The close event is fired on an HTMLDialogElement object when the <dialog> it represents has been closed.
This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.
The close event is fired on an HTMLDialogElement object when the <dialog> it represents has been closed.
This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.
Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.
js
addEventListener("close", (event) => {});
onclose = (event) => {};
A generic Event.
html
<dialog class="example-dialog">
<form method="dialog">
<button>Close via method="dialog"</button>
</form>
<button class="close">Close via .close() method</button>
<p>Or hit the <kbd>Esc</kbd> key</p>
</dialog>
<button class="open-dialog">Open dialog</button>
<div class="result"></div>
js
const result = document.querySelector(".result");
const dialog = document.querySelector(".example-dialog");
dialog.addEventListener("close", (event) => {
result.textContent = "dialog was closed";
});
const openDialog = document.querySelector(".open-dialog");
openDialog.addEventListener("click", () => {
dialog.showModal();
result.textContent = "";
});
const closeButton = document.querySelector(".close");
closeButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
dialog.close();
});
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # event-close |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
close_event |
37 | 79 | 98 | No | 24 | 15.4 | 37 | 37 | 98 | 24 | 15.4 | 3.0 |
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