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10 years 4 months ago #116042 by Taereian_43648
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Thank you jonson works fine.

Do you also now how to make it Multilanguage like only show if it's German?

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10 years 4 months ago #116085 by Mazi
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You can try using the {LANG} placeholder and maybe put everything into an IF statement like
...
if({LANG}=='de')
{
...
}

{LANG} should get replaced by Limesurvey with the current survey language.
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10 years 1 month ago - 10 years 1 month ago #118624 by jonsen
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Hi everyone,

the code has been working well on all of my past surveys. BUT now I have a survey which contains a file uploader question and there IT DOESN'T WORK CORRECTLY!

How to replicate the problem:
1. Add the code ( www.limesurvey.org/manual/Workarounds:_S...y_closing_the_survey ) to your template.js
2. Add a file uploader question
3. Navigate through the survey. If you open the file uploader, you will be asked if you want to leave the page EVEN THOUGH you use the LS navigation (the "next" or "previous" buttons).
4. Notice that you will not have the this problem if you just pass through that question without opening the uploader iframe.

The function works based on a <input type="hidden" id="submitted" /> tag being added when using the navigation, which then again is being checked for by the "goodbye" function to see if the buttons were used. The interesting point: Even though this tag is appeded to the end of the <body> correctly when using the navigation (even after opening the file uploader), the goodbye function does not recognize it. How can this be? It works flawlessly for all other pages, why not here? Does it have something to do with the iframe (which is the only differnce to other pages that I can see)?

I'm really looking forward to a new perspective on this, as I have been stuck on this for a week now. Thank you very much!

Best
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10 years 1 month ago #118659 by tpartner
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Yeah, I think the problem is that, with the introduction of a second <body> element in the iframe, the scope to look for the "#submitted" element gets messed up.

Additionally, I'm not keen on introducing unnecessary input elements - I think it's better handled by adding a class to the <body> element.

So, try this which uses a class instead of a hidden input to indicate a valid move and limits the scope for the <body> elements to the top window (ignoring anything in an iframe).

Code:
function goodbye(e) {
  if(!$('body', top.document).hasClass('submitted')) { //check if a button was used to navigate or the survey is completed
    if(!e) e = window.event;
    //e.cancelBubble is supported by IE - this will kill the bubbling process.
    e.cancelBubble = true;
    e.returnValue = 'Are you sure you want to quit this survey?'; //This is displayed on the dialog for IE
 
    //e.stopPropagation works in Firefox.
    if (e.stopPropagation) {
      e.stopPropagation();
      e.preventDefault();
    }
 
    return 'Are you sure you want to quit this survey?'; // For chrome
  }
 
}
 
window.onbeforeunload = goodbye;
 
$(document).on('click', '.button, .changelang, [name="move"]', function(event){ //added .changelang here, please add other classes if you know which should be allowed to navigate
  $('body', top.document).addClass('submitted');
});
Cheers,
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10 years 1 month ago #118701 by jonsen
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Thank you, Tony! I re-added !$('#completed').length for the final page, so one can leave the finished survey without being asked and also tried to fix it for the template editor by looking for the '.templateeditor' class...

Hope this does it for now! I updated the workaround in the wiki ...
Code:
//FEATURES: (2015-03-27) Now with fix for iframes (e.g. file uploader) and the template editor 
function goodbye(e) {
    if(!$('body', top.document).hasClass('submitted') &amp;&amp; !$('#completed').length &amp;&amp; !$('.templateeditor', top.document).length) { //check if a button was used to navigate OR the survey is completed OR the template is displayed in the template editor
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5 years 5 months ago #191526 by blocka
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Is there a solution to address this in LS 3.20.2+191119 ?

The JS in the wiki when dropped into the custom.js for a theme doesn't seem to have any affect....
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5 years 5 months ago #191527 by blocka
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And then I found the answer. You can add this to custom.js:

(window).on('beforeunload', function(){
var c=confirm();
if(c){
return true;
}
else
return false;
});
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5 years 2 months ago - 5 years 2 months ago #195219 by Sweden
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This is strange - I guess I have inserted the code mentioned here , and the code in the previous post, in Custom.js and then forgot all about it. However, the result is not what I hoped it would be.

I would like to see the warning in the end message (after the survey has been submitted), if someone tries to close the tab. It doesn't work that way now - the tab closes without any warning. How do I change that?

On the other hand, I get an unwanted warning when I try to save the results as PDF. I use the plugin PDFreport where the PDF is generated when you click on the "print answers" link (settings in PDFreport/file upload question is set to "Replace public print answer"). How can I prevent that warning and still keep the other (that isn't working yet)?

LS Version is 3.22.7+200225
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5 years 1 month ago #196042 by Sweden
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Hmmm.... I can't be the only one with this problem. Any ideas are welcome ;)

I forgot to mention that a warning is shown at the end page, if the user tries to close the tab/browser, but only if they have scrolled down first. They need to see a warning even if they haven't done anything.

Also, it is strange that the warning shows if a user clicks on the print/download PDF link - that is not good (more details in my last post).

tpartner and blocka provided a solution but it doesn't seem to work anymore (or not the way it should...) I hope someone can take another look at the code.
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5 years 1 month ago #196051 by tpartner
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If you have a plugin that is conflicting with your desired behavior maybe you should contact the plugin developer.
Cheers,
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5 years 1 month ago #196058 by Sweden
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Thanks, but I don't think it is caused by a plugin conflict. I have tested some more and tried deactivating both PDFreport and limeMpdf and I still get the warning when I click the "print answers" link on the end page. That can be very confusing for the participants and they may do something stupid.

Also, unless they scroll down on the end page they don't get a warning if they close their browser/tab (people can easily do that by accident).

So there seems to be a conflict between the "print answers" link/funktion and the workaround code in the wiki
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5 years 1 month ago #196084 by tpartner
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I can see how the "Print answers" link would trigger the confirm function as it moves to window to a new screen (closing the survey screen).

Maybe the solution is as easy as having "Print answers" open in a new tab.

Extend your theme and edit the submit.twig file (found under the Completed screen).

Change this line:
Code:
<a href="{{ aSurveyInfo.aCompleted.aPrintAnswers.sUrl }}" title={{ aSurveyInfo.aCompleted.aPrintAnswers.sTitle }} class="{{ aSurveyInfo.class.submitwrapperdivaa }}" {{ aSurveyInfo.attr.submitwrapperdivaa }}>

To this:
Code:
<a target="_blank" href="{{ aSurveyInfo.aCompleted.aPrintAnswers.sUrl }}" title={{ aSurveyInfo.aCompleted.aPrintAnswers.sTitle }} class="{{ aSurveyInfo.class.submitwrapperdivaa }}" {{ aSurveyInfo.attr.submitwrapperdivaa }}>

If this does not work, please provide the exact code you have in your custom.js file.

Cheers,
Tony Partner
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