How do I get the alert ""Are you sure you want to leave" to appear?

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I have an Interface Rule that is displayed inside a Record View (i.e.: Summary). It consists of editable textfields, dropdown lists, and a Submit button that activates a!startProcess(). All of these items are grouped inside a a!formLayout(). 
 When I make changes to the editable fields and click on another link, the alert ""Are you sure you want to leave" does not appear. Is there any way to get this to happen? 
 I noticed that the alert ""Are you sure you want to leave" appears for interfaces that are part of a User Input Task node in a process. However, I do not wish to use a!startProcessLink() as I want to stay on the same page and preserve the values of my local variables.

edmund.loh · Accepted Answer

After some experimentation, I have noticed some additional behaviours. It appears that when the "saveInto" of input elements saves into a local variable, the alert box does not appear. But, when a rule input is used instead, the alert box will appear.

Mike Schmitt · Answer

Can you provide any further detail pertinent to what you've tried so far? For instance, can you verify that 1) you're using this instance in a task in a live process instance, and 2) that the paragraph field has had some data entered in it (and actually saved into the RI variable, and mapped to an ACP variable within the task configuration), prior to attempting to navigate away from the task without submitting?

How do I get the alert ""Are you sure you want to leave" to appear?

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