handle ajax error when a user clicks refresh

Question

i apologise if this is something i should be able to look up. all of the terms i wanted were way overloaded..

here is my problem: when i open a page, it fires off a

Answer 1

Combined version of nisanth074 and Peter V. Mørch answers, that worked for me.

Example:

var isPageBeingRefreshed = false;

$(window).on('beforeunload', function(){

    isPageBeingRefreshed = true;
});

$.ajax({

    // Standart AJAX settings

}).error(function(){

    if (!isPageBeingRefreshed) {

        // Displaying error message
    }
});