Vuejs 'beforeunload' event not triggered as expected - vue.js

Question

I have registered 'beforeunload' event on created hook of the component used by routes of vue router.
I want to call this event handler in order to remove user on browser tab close or browser tab refresh or browser close.
On ComponentA
created (){
window.addEventListener('beforeunload', () => {
this.removeUser()
return null
})
}
Smilarly on ComponentB
created (){
window.addEventListener('beforeunload', () => {
this.removeUser()
return null
})
}
And my router.js
{
path: '/staff/call/:session_key',
name: 'Staff Call',
component: ComponentA,
meta: {auth: true}
},
{
path: '/consumer/call/:session_key',
name: 'Consumer Call',
component: ComponentB
},
Here 'beforeunload' event handler is triggered randomly. That is sometimes it get triggered and sometimes not. I count find any pattern when it is triggered and when it is not.
What am I missing here?

Answer 1

Edit
I'd guess the most likely culprit then is exactly what #PatrickSteele said. From MDN:
Note: To combat unwanted pop-ups, some browsers don't display prompts
created in beforeunload event handlers unless the page has been
interacted with; some don't display them at all. For a list of
specific browsers, see the Browser_compatibility section.
I'd say it's likely you're seeing inconsistent behavior because you are sometimes not interacting with the page.
This may be a syntax error. created should be a method
created () {
window.addEventListener('beforeunload', this.removeUser)
},
methods: {
removeUser () {
//remove user here
}
}
A fiddle working: https://jsfiddle.net/e6m6t4kd/3/

Answer 2

It's work for me. while do something before reload or close in
vue.js
created() {
window.onbeforeunload = function(){
return "handle your events or msgs here";
}
}

Answer 3

I had to do some fiddling on the above examples, I believe this is the most robust solution:
let app1 = new Vue({
delimiters: ['[[', ']]'],
el: '#app',
data: {
dirty_form: true,
},
created () {
console.log('created')
window.addEventListener('beforeunload', this.confirm_leaving)
},
methods: {
confirm_leaving (evt) {
if (this.dirty_form) {
const unsaved_changes_warning = "You have unsaved changes. Are you sure you wish to leave?";
evt.returnValue = unsaved_changes_warning;
return unsaved_changes_warning;
};
};
},
});

Answer 4

If you want detect page refresh/change in Vue whenever you press F5 or Ctrl + R, You may need to use Navigation Timing API.
The PerformanceNavigation.type, will tell you how the page was accessed.
created() {
// does the browser support the Navigation Timing API?
if (window.performance) {
console.info("window.performance is supported");
}
// do something based on the navigation type...
if(performance.navigation.type === 1) {
console.info("TYPE_RELOAD");
this.removeUser();
}
}

Answer 5

Not sure why none of the above were fully working for me in vue 3 composition api. Abdullah's answer partially works but he left out how to remove the listener.
setup() {
const doSomething = (e) => {
// do stuff here
return true
}
onBeforeMount(() => {
window.onbeforeunload = handleLeaveWithoutSaving
})
onUnmounted(() => {
window.onbeforeunload = null
})
}