Client Side Web Development

Re: Window.Close() not working on Firefox

blodfox777 — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:16:22 GMT

feroze1:

use tihs

<a href="javascript:window.close();">Close This Window</a>

I'm sorry but it can not be done if the window was not open by "window.open()" function

Re: Window.Close() not working on Firefox

feroze1 — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:08:21 GMT

use tihs

<a href="javascript:window.close();">Close This Window</a>

Re: Window.Close() not working on Firefox

diadem_2k — Thu, 22 May 2008 09:40:45 GMT

blodfox777,

i tried the solution which you have posted but it didn't work....when i set the browser settings to true (dom..allow etc... to true)

then it worked but wondering how to let users know about this....it would be nice if we have server side solution.......

jagan...i will try your method and get back to you....

Re: Window.Close() not working on Firefox

jagan.unique — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:42:25 GMT

try this. its working on both IE and FF

<head runat="server">
    <title>Untitled Page</title>
<script language="javascript">

   function openwin (url) {
       newwindow = window.open( url ,'openwin')
    }

   </script>

</head>
<body>
<form runat="server" id="form1">
<a href="javascript:openwin('default.aspx')">new window</a><br/>

<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Button" OnClientClick="window.newwindow.close();" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

Re: Window.Close() not working on Firefox

blodfox777 — Thu, 22 May 2008 03:40:31 GMT

use the following code instead of "window.close();"

function winClose(){ window.top.opener = null; window.close(); }

function closeWindow() { window.open('','_parent',''); window.close(); }

if it doesn't works

please set your firefox browser:

1.input "about:config " to your firefox address bar and enter;

2.make sure your "dom.allow_scripts_to_close_windows" is true

Hope this helps!

Re: Window.Close() not working on Firefox

joshj — Wed, 21 May 2008 21:12:50 GMT

From the mozilla developer's site:

This method (window.close) is only allowed to be called for windows that were opened by a script using the window.open method...

http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/DOM:window.close

Window.Close() not working on Firefox

diadem_2k — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:18:51 GMT

I have a case where if users clicks logout link, he will be directed to logout.aspx page and in the page_load of logout.aspx page.....i have added this code:

This below pasted code works fine on IE6 and IE7 but not in firefox....i did search on google and tried all the ways that i found like adding:

// Scripts & Windows prefs
pref("dom.allow_scripts_to_close_windows", true);

but nothing seams to be working for firefox??? is there any work around to fix this issue so that it works on IE and Firefox as well????

thanks a lot in advance............

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// Build A JavaScript String That Will Close This Web Browser Window
        StringBuilder jsScript = new StringBuilder();
        jsScript.Append("<script language='javascript' type='text/javascript'>");
        jsScript.Append("window.close();");
        jsScript.Append("</script>");

        //Add The JavaScript To The HTML Stream
        Page.ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptBlock(typeof(Page), "CloseBrowser", jsScript.ToString());

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