I want a javascript API to set a event when the browser is going to open a new page.

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title: I want a javascript API to set a event when the browser is going to open a new page.
date: 2021-10-09T14:41:09.660Z
submitter: YanSH
number: 6161aa052a7f784ac3c8e385
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When publishing some user-generated contents written in HTML, I can hardly prevent them from opening a new page, so I want an API to set an event when the browser is going to open a new page, then I can control these contents better.

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