Reputation: 91630
Is there a way to simply close a browser window, guaranteed? Last time I heard, calling window.close()
or self.close()
only works when the current window is launched from another window. Is there a way to get the majority of browsers to close the current window when this isn't so?
Upvotes: 3
Views: 2420
Reputation: 3628
Try this one (Working in Chrome & IE) -
function closeWindow() {
window.open('', '_self', '');
window.close();
}
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 1883
in firefox you can't close the window that the user opened you can just close the window you opened firefox not allow that because of security reasons take a look at this: http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/749393
however that's work with IE
hope it helped
Upvotes: 1
Reputation: 3399
There is no way to close a parent window via script without prompting in any major browser.
So nope, no guarantees. On a child window, window.close
and self.close
both work great.
Upvotes: 8