Showing alert in angularjs when user leaves a page

Question

I\'m an angularjs new bee. I\'m trying to write a validation which alerts the user when he tries to close the browser window.

I have 2 links on my page v1 and v2.Whe

Answer 1

The code for the confirmation dialogue can be written shorter this way:

$scope.$on('$locationChangeStart', function( event ) {
    var answer = confirm("Are you sure you want to leave this page?")
    if (!answer) {
        event.preventDefault();
    }
});