HTMLDialogElement: close event
The close event is fired on an HTMLDialogElement object when the dialog it represents has been closed.
| Bubbles | No |
|---|---|
| Cancelable | No |
| Interface | Event |
| Event handler property | onclose |
Examples
Live example
HTML
<dialog class="example-dialog">
<button class="close" type="reset">Close</button>
</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', () => {
if (typeof dialog.showModal === 'function') {
dialog.showModal();
result.textContent = '';
} else {
result.textContent = 'The dialog API is not supported by this browser';
}
});
const closeButton = document.querySelector('.close');
closeButton.addEventListener('click', () => {
dialog.close();
});
Result
Specifications
| Specification |
|---|
| HTML Standard # event-close |
Browser compatibility
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See also
- HTML
<dialog>element