# BEFORE close event

**URL:** <https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/before-close-event/5500>\
**Category:** UXP Plugin API\
**Tags:** feature-request, events\
**Created:** [November 15, 2022, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/before-close-event/5500 "2022-11-15T19:24:01Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 3:13pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/before-close-event/5500/3 "2022-11-22T15:13:47Z")

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Can’t find it now, so maybe I was only thinking it and never posted 😃

IMO all events MUST have a `before{Event}`. There may be lots of use cases. Maybe you want to save a snapshot before deleting a layer. Or maybe you want to do some stuff before creating new layer group, or before you move the layer.

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