mailto link (in chrome) is triggering [removed] - can i prevent this?

Question

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Hi all. I have a form page where i\'ve put a window.onbeforeunload co

Answer 1

Add a flag and see if it is flipped, set the flag on the link click.

var ignore = false
window.onbeforeunload = function() {
    if (changed && !ignore) {
        return "You have unsaved changes.  Do you really want to leave this page without saving?";
    } else {
        ignore = false;
    }
}

And the link

<a class="button button-alt" href="mailto:foo@foo.com" onclick="ignore=true">Report a problem</a>

It would be better to add the onclick with JavaScript code.