From c538c151c7462ad0395ff2c15c5e11e89e362aa8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Striven <sg.striven@cutecat.club>
Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2026 19:47:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Initial commit

---
 docs/advanced/creating components.md |   27 +++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/advanced/creating components.md b/docs/advanced/creating components.md
index 1496b15..84e0380 100644
--- a/docs/advanced/creating components.md
+++ b/docs/advanced/creating components.md
@@ -129,11 +129,11 @@
     return <button id="btn">Click me</button>
   }
 
-  YourComponent.beforeDOM = `
+  YourComponent.beforeDOMLoaded = `
   console.log("hello from before the page loads!")
   `
 
-  YourComponent.afterDOM = `
+  YourComponent.afterDOMLoaded = `
   document.getElementById('btn').onclick = () => {
     alert('button clicked!')
   }
@@ -156,12 +156,25 @@
   // do page specific logic here
   // e.g. attach event listeners
   const toggleSwitch = document.querySelector("#switch") as HTMLInputElement
-  toggleSwitch.removeEventListener("change", switchTheme)
   toggleSwitch.addEventListener("change", switchTheme)
+  window.addCleanup(() => toggleSwitch.removeEventListener("change", switchTheme))
 })
 ```
 
-It is best practice to also unmount any existing event handlers to prevent memory leaks.
+You can also add the equivalent of a `beforeunload` event for [[SPA Routing]] via the `prenav` event.
+
+```ts
+document.addEventListener("prenav", () => {
+  // executed after an SPA navigation is triggered but
+  // before the page is replaced
+  // one usage pattern is to store things in sessionStorage
+  // in the prenav and then conditionally load then in the consequent
+  // nav
+})
+```
+
+It is best practice to track any event handlers via `window.addCleanup` to prevent memory leaks.
+This will get called on page navigation.
 
 #### Importing Code
 
@@ -179,7 +192,7 @@
     return <button id="btn">Click me</button>
   }
 
-  YourComponent.afterDOM = script
+  YourComponent.afterDOMLoaded = script
   return YourComponent
 }) satisfies QuartzComponentConstructor
 ```
@@ -213,9 +226,11 @@
 As Quartz components are just functions that return React components, you can compositionally use them in other Quartz components.
 
 ```tsx title="quartz/components/AnotherComponent.tsx"
-import YourComponent from "./YourComponent"
+import YourComponentConstructor from "./YourComponent"
 
 export default (() => {
+  const YourComponent = YourComponentConstructor()
+
   function AnotherComponent(props: QuartzComponentProps) {
     return (
       <div>

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