It seems there is no perfect way to this but I handle it with this little trick:
React.useEffect(() => {
const confirmationMessage="Changes you made may not be saved.";
const beforeUnloadHandler = (e: BeforeUnloadEvent) => {
(e || window.event).returnValue = confirmationMessage;
return confirmationMessage; // Gecko + Webkit, Safari, Chrome etc.
};
const beforeRouteHandler = (url: string) => {
if (Router.pathname !== url && !confirm(confirmationMessage)) {
// to inform NProgress or something ...
Router.events.emit('routeChangeError');
// tslint:disable-next-line: no-string-throw
throw `Route change to "${url}" was aborted (this error can be safely ignored). See https://github.com/zeit/next.js/issues/2476.`;
}
};
if (notSaved) {
window.addEventListener('beforeunload', beforeUnloadHandler);
Router.events.on('routeChangeStart', beforeRouteHandler);
} else {
window.removeEventListener('beforeunload', beforeUnloadHandler);
Router.events.off('routeChangeStart', beforeRouteHandler);
}
return () => {
window.removeEventListener('beforeunload', beforeUnloadHandler);
Router.events.off('routeChangeStart', beforeRouteHandler);
};
}, [notSaved]);
This code will interrupt changing route (with nextJs Route and also browser refresh / close tab action)