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window.close() does not work in Firefox 2.0 upwards

Hi,
I have been trying to close a window using javascript and the window.close to no avail. I have found a few suggestions like:
. Copy/paste the following code to the head of your page…

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

function closeWindow() {

window.open('','_parent','');

window.close();

}

</script>

2. Set your link like this:

<a href="javascript:closeWindow();">Close Window</a>

but that did not have any effect. So I am guessing it was for FF < 3.0 probably <2.0. I have also tried using window.focus() and self.close(). Also I am not trying to kill the window from a popup so it should not be a problem of javascript origin. Another 'solution' that failed was:
window.opener='';
window.close();
So does anybody know if there is a way of doing it or is it impossible?

Tomarse111

Are you trying to do this from the main window? i.e. not trying to close a popup and / or not trying to close the main window from a popup?

schwago

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Yes, I am trying to do this from a window I opened by hand and not with javascript. I get the error: a page not opened with javascript can not be closed with a script. I was wondering if it was possible to circunvent that.

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amar31282

any update @schwago:

Regards,
Amarjit

swist

As far as I tested, for most browsers (includin ff2 & ff3, without need for changing browser conf.) this should work:

<input type="button" name="Close" onclick="javascript: window.opener = window.self; window.close();" />

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