Socket killed when using onbeforeunload?

[Jeff]

Hey everyone,
I'm having a problem where if I use the onbeforeunload event and the
user opts to "stay on this page", it appears the connection to my
Node.js/Socket.IO server gets killed.

I'm using something similar to the code below so that when the client
receives the event "updateScript", it logs a message to the console.

Socket.on("updateScript", function(){
console.log('updateScript event received');
});

It works until you try to close the window, then choose "stay on this
page." After that, the event doesn't fire.

I'm having the problem in Chrome, Safari, and Firefox. I couldn't
replicate it in Opera, but I think that might be because it doesn't
support onbeforeunload. I didn't test Internet Explorer.

Any ideas?

[Brian Gruber]

Maybe set this option on the CLIENT side

sync disconnect on unload 

something like this

var opts  = {};

opts['sync disconnect on unload'] = false;

io.connect("server here", opts);

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Brian Gruber

www.luckyorange.com

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[Yanik Lupien]

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[Jeff]

Wow. I just tested it and that fixed it. Thank you for your help!

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