How can I prevent [removed] from being triggered by [removed] href links in IE?

Question

I\'m building a fail safe for my form that is going to warn users that if they leave the page their form data will be lost (similar to what gmail does).

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Answer 1

If the user mouse is on a link and they trigger refresh page with the keyboard or activate a link with the keyboard, the prompt won't show up. So Dr.Molle approach will not work in this rare case.