HTMLDialogElement: close event - Web APIs | MDN (original) (raw)

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The close event is fired on an HTMLDialogElement object when the it represents has been closed.

This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

addEventListener("close", (event) => { })

onclose = (event) => { }

Event type

Examples

Live example

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>

button,
div {
  margin: 0.5rem;
}

JavaScript

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();
});

Result

Specifications

Specification
HTML # event-close