jQuery API Documentation

.unload()

Categories: Deprecated > Deprecated 1.8 | Events > Document Loading | Removed

.unload( handler )Returns: jQueryversion deprecated: 1.8, removed: 3.0

Description: Bind an event handler to the "unload" event, or trigger that event on an element.

version added: 1.0.unload( handler )
- handler
  
  Type: Function( Event eventObject )
  
  A function to execute each time the event is triggered.
version added: 1.4.3.unload( [eventData ], handler )
- eventData
  
  Type: Anything
  
  An object containing data that will be passed to the event handler.
- handler
  
  Type: Function( Event eventObject )
  
  A function to execute each time the event is triggered.
version added: 1.0.unload()
- This signature does not accept any arguments.

This API has been removed in jQuery 3.0.

Instead of .unload( handler ) or .unload( eventData, handler ), use .on( "unload", handler ) or .on( "unload", eventData, handler ), respectively.

Instead of .unload(), use .trigger( "unload" ).