how to detect if a link was clicked when [removed] is triggered?

Question

I have window.onbeforeunload triggering properly. It\'s displaying a confirmation box to ensure the user knows they are navigating (closing) the window and that any unsaved

Answer 1

var link_was_clicked = false;
document.addEventListener("click", function(e) {
  if (e.target.nodeName.toLowerCase() === 'a') {
    link_was_clicked = true;
  }
}, true);

window.onbeforeunload = function() {
  if(link_was_clicked) {
    link_was_clicked = false;
    return;
  }
  //other code here
}