HTMLDialogElement: close event

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since March 2022.

The close event is fired on an HTMLDialogElement object when the <dialog> it represents has been closed.

This event is not cancelable and does not bubble.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like addEventListener(), or set an event handler property.

js
addEventListener("close", (event) => { })

onclose = (event) => { }

Event type

A generic Event.

Examples

Handling close events

This example demonstrates how to listen for close events triggered by several different methods for closing a dialog:

  • Calling the close() method
  • A form with method="dialog". Submitting the form closes the dialog and causes a submit event to be fired, without submitting data or clearing the form
  • The Esc key. See cancel event

HTML

html
<dialog id="dialog">
  <form method="dialog">
    <button type="submit">Close via method="dialog"</button>
  </form>
  <p><button id="close">Close via .close() method</button></p>
  <p>Or hit the <kbd>Esc</kbd> key</p>
</dialog>

<button id="open">Open dialog</button>

JavaScript

js
const dialog = document.getElementById("dialog");
const openButton = document.getElementById("open");
const closeButton = document.getElementById("close");

openButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
  log("open button click event fired", true);
  log("dialog showModal() called");
  dialog.showModal();
});

closeButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
  log("close button click event fired");
  log("dialog close() called");
  dialog.close();
});

dialog.addEventListener("close", (event) => {
  log("dialog close event fired");
});

Result

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# event-close

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Chrome Android
Firefox for Android
Opera Android
Safari on iOS
Samsung Internet
WebView Android
WebView on iOS
close event
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 37 (Release date: 2014-08-26)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 98 (Release date: 2022-03-08)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 24 (Release date: 2014-09-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 15.4 (Release date: 2022-03-14)
footnote Full support
Chrome Android – Full support
Chrome Android 37 (Release date: 2014-09-03)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 98 (Release date: 2022-03-08)
footnote Full support
Opera Android – Full support
Opera Android 24 (Release date: 2014-09-10)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 15.4 (Release date: 2022-03-14)
footnote Full support
Samsung Internet – Full support
Samsung Internet 3 (Release date: 2015-04-10)
footnote Full support
WebView Android – Full support
WebView Android 37 (Release date: 2014-09-03)
footnote Full support
WebView on iOS – Full support
WebView on iOS 15.4 (Release date: 2022-03-14)
footnote Full support

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Full support
Full support

See also