HTMLDialogElement: close event
{{APIRef("HTML DOM")}}
The close event is fired on an HTMLDialogElement object when the {{htmlelement("dialog")}} it represents has been closed.
This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.
Syntax
Use the event name in methods like {{domxref("EventTarget.addEventListener", "addEventListener()")}} , or set an event handler property.
addEventListener("close", (event) => { })
onclose = (event) => { }
Event type
A generic {{domxref("Event")}} .
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
{{ EmbedLiveSample('Live_example', '100%', '200px') }}
Specifications
{{Specifications}}
Browser compatibility
{{Compat}}