Q1521 How can I cancel the users F5 request to refresh the page in Internet Explorer?

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Q1521 How can I cancel the users F5 request to refresh the page in Internet Explorer?

Do it by redirecting the keyboard action on another keycode that you can control (backspace in this example):

function cancelRefresh() {
  // keycode for F5 function
  if (window.event && window.event.keyCode == 116) {
    window.event.keyCode = 8;
  }
  // keycode for backspace
  if (window.event && window.event.keyCode == 8) {
    // try to cancel the backspace
    window.event.cancelBubble = true;
    window.event.returnValue = false;
    return false;
  }
}

This function is called on the onKeyDown event and it seems to work!

Feedback on 'Q1521 How can I cancel the users F5 request to refresh the page in Internet Explorer?'

• March 05, 2002 at 12:13:18: Lance Munslow
• 23:11:41 12/18/00 Trevor Hastings