{"json_modified": "2016-03-28T08:50:33.149401", "uuid": "fcf3b2c2-1230-477b-a11c-00cf63c6a02d", "title": "cancel", "url": "/en-US/docs/Web/Events/cancel", "tags": ["API", "DOM", "NeedsMobileBrowserCompatibility", "NeedsBrowserCompatibility", "events", "Events"], "translations": [], "modified": "2016-03-02T10:18:15", "label": "cancel", "localization_tags": [], "locale": "en-US", "id": 174035, "last_edit": "2016-03-02T10:18:11", "summary": "The <strong><code>cancel</code></strong> event is fired at a <a href=\"/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/dialog\" title=\"The HTML &lt;dialog&gt; element represents a dialog box or other interactive component, such as an inspector or window. &lt;form&gt; elements can be integrated within a dialog by specifying them with the attribute method=&quot;dialog&quot;. When such a form is submitted, the dialog is closed with a returnValue attribute set to the value of the submit button used.\"><code>&lt;dialog&gt;</code></a> when the user instructs the browser that they wish to dismiss the current open dialog. For example, the browser might fire this event when the user presses the <kbd>Esc</kbd> key or clicks a \"Close dialog\" button which is part of the browser's UI.", "sections": [{"id": "Quick_Links", "title": null}, {"id": "General_info", "title": "General info"}, {"id": "Properties", "title": "Properties"}, {"id": "Methods", "title": "Methods"}, {"id": "Specifications", "title": "Specifications"}, {"id": "Browser_compatibility", "title": "Browser compatibility"}, {"id": "See_also", "title": "See also"}], "slug": "Web/Events/cancel", "review_tags": ["technical"]}