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HTMLDialogElement: cancel event

The cancel event fires on a <dialog> when the user instructs the browser that they wish to dismiss the current open dialog. The browser fires this event when the user presses the Esc key.

This event does not bubble.

When a <dialog> is dismissed with the Esc key, both the cancel and close events are fired.

Syntax

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

addEventListener("cancel", (event) => {});

oncancel = (event) => {};

Event type

A generic Event.

Examples

Live example

HTML

html

<dialog class="example-dialog">
  <button class="close" type="reset">Close</button>
</dialog>

<button class="open-dialog">Open dialog</button>

<div class="result"></div>

JavaScript

const result = document.querySelector(".result");

const dialog = document.querySelector(".example-dialog");

dialog.addEventListener("cancel", (event) => {
  result.textContent = "dialog was canceled";
});

const openDialog = document.querySelector(".open-dialog");
openDialog.addEventListener("click", () => {
  if (typeof dialog.showModal === "function") {
    dialog.showModal();
    result.textContent = "";
  } else {
    result.textContent = "The dialog API is not supported by this browser";
  }
});

const closeButton = document.querySelector(".close");
closeButton.addEventListener("click", () => {
  dialog.close();
});

Result

Specifications

Specification
HTML Standard # event-cancel
HTML Standard # handler-oncancel

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	WebView Android	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet
`cancel_event`	37	79	98	No	24	15.4	No	No	98	No	15.4	No