how to prevent address bar and enter refresh action

Question

i use window.open in msedge to open a new page,when cursor on address bar and press enter key the page will refresh. i want to prevent this action ,i have used EventListener keydown and event.preventDefault in beforeunload but they all dont work,is there any way to prevent refresh?

Answer 1

Hi @hi hi,

Unfortunately, you cannot disable refresh because:

1. Keydown event (or any event) does not apply to the browser UI, which means if the focus is on the address bar, the keydown event would not be listened for. A user is able to hit ENTER key in the address bar.
2. Either a prompt or refresh is expected in beforeunload event. And the only way to prevent refresh is a user selecting "Cancel". It always involves user interaction.

It is a by-design behavior in modern browsers. For more information, you can refer to this doc.

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