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user225269
user225269

Reputation: 10913

how to open another window and close the window that calls it

I have this code in userpage.php:

<script langauge="JavaScript"><!--
function newWindow(fileName,windowName) { msgWindow=window.open(fileName,windowName); }
//--></script>

<a href="javascript:newWindow('1.html','window1')">Logout</a>

And this code at index.php:

<script language="JavaScript"><!--
function newWindow(fileName,windowName) { msgWindow=window.open(fileName,windowName); }
function replaceURL(fileName) { newWindow(fileName,'window2'); self.close(); }
//--></script>

What Im trying to do is to call another window that show index.php. Calling it with the userpage.php. But the script doesn't close the window that calls it.

Its a logout link. Because when I press back button after logging out. I end up seeing the page which only the user that has logged in can access

Upvotes: 1

Views: 4902

Answers (3)

Phani Kumar PV
Phani Kumar PV

Reputation: 892

can also use

Following is an example on how to use

lets say the follwing is my html content for Page 1

<html>
<body>

<script type="text/javascript">
myWindow=window.open('2.htm','','width=200,height=100')
myWindow.focus()
</script>

</body>
</html>

Following is the content for second page 2.htm

<html>
<body>

<script type="text/javascript">

// this will colse the parent window.

window.opener.close();

</script>
Hi hello
</body>
</html>

Upvotes: 1

matei
matei

Reputation: 8685

you can't close windows that you didn't open with a script (not in all browsers anyway). so if the parent window is one opened by the user (by firing up a new tab, or opening his browser from the start menu/dock/whatever), you shouldn't be able to close that.

Upvotes: 0

Kangkan
Kangkan

Reputation: 15571

Use window.opener.close(); to close the parent window from the child.

Upvotes: 1

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