XHR abort doesn't stop file uploading

Question

I\'ve made an XHR-based file uploader with progressbar, and I would like to add a feature to cancel the upload before it fully uploaded. The simlified code (runs after DOM r

Answer 1

Ok, I noticed that the event name is onabort. With the xhr.abort = ... line I overwrote the abort function. So the solution:

xhr.onabort = function(){...};

or

xhr.addEventListener("abort", function(){...});