Author API Methods

Checks if the current Item or Activity being edited has any unsaved changes or not. That is, whether it is safe to unload the Author API instance, or reload the page.

You would want to use this method so that you can ensure that any unsaved changes will not be lost when navigating to another page, for example.

To override the safeToUnload state, see the setSafeToUnload() method.

Note When creating a new Item, it behaves as if all changes are saved. However, when creating a new Activity, it behaves as if it has unsaved changes, to allow saving of an empty Activity.

Examples

// Reload the page if there are no unsaved changes
if (authorApp.safeToUnload()) {
    window.location.reload();
}

Arguments

None.

Return value

Type boolean

Returns true when:

• the Item or Activity has no changes
• not in the Item editor or Activity editor views

Returns false when:

• the Item or Activity has unsaved changes.

Related articles

• The disable_onbeforeunload initialization option, which controls whether Author API will ignore the default browser behavior for showing an unsaved changes warning.
• The setSafeToUnload() method, which updates the internal status of the specified view to override its status indicating whether it has any unsaved changes.