HTMLGeolocationElement: promptdismiss event

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The promptdismiss event of the {{domxref("HTMLGeolocationElement")}} interface is fired whenever the user activates the <geolocation> element and dismisses the resulting dialog, by pressing the "close" button or the <kbd>Esc</kbd> key.

Syntax

Use the event name in methods like {{domxref("EventTarget.addEventListener", "addEventListener()")}}, or set an event handler property.

addEventListener("promptdismiss", (event) => { })

onpromptdismiss = (event) => { }

Event type

An {{domxref("Event")}}.

Examples

Using promptdismiss to respond to user permission dismissal

In our Embedded map demo (source code), we use a promptdismiss event handler to respond to the user dismissing the <geolocation> permission prompt:

geo.addEventListener("promptdismiss", notifyUserRetrySelection);

In the notifyUserRetrySelection() function, we ask the user to press the button again and allow location.

function notifyUserRetrySelection() {
  statusElem.textContent =
    'Please press the "Use location" button again and allow location for this site.';
}

See the main {{domxref("HTMLGeolocationElement")}} page for a full walkthrough of this example.

Specifications

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Browser compatibility

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See also

• {{htmlelement("geolocation")}} element