I've got a page which open a new window fullscreen but it still has the other page (the one which re-directs) behind so when you close the new window you are taken back to a blank page.
Is there a way to open a new window and then close the tab which is now inactive?
Currently I have some javascript like this
window.open("http://website.co.uk");
Thanks
You can technically use window.close() on the opening tab, but browsers usually will not allow JavaScript to close windows that it has not opened. Can you redirect to some useful page that the user can use once they have closed the window?
If you can add some JavaScript code to the page being opened, I think you can use window.opener.close() to close the original window. I tested it in IE8, the browser will ask for confirm before close the original window.
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I am working on a web application where I am using JavaScript for the client side scripting. Now my requirement is to close all the opened window which were opened through window.showModalDialog().
For this, I read the history of the browser using window.history.length, but I do not know how to close each window. This works well for window.open(), but not for window.showModalDialog().
Could you please guide me to move forward?
You can close the opened window as follows:
To Open:
var window1=window.open("http://somedomain.com");
var window2=window.open("http://someotherdomain.com");
To Close
window1.close();
window2.close();
But be sure you call window1.close() and so on.. on the same script where you opened it.
You should not be using window.showModalDialog. Firefox has deprecated it, and Chrome has removed it. Also take a look at window.showModalDialog: What It is and Why You Should Never Use It.
The idea of showModalDialog is that all scripts are paused while the modal window is open. Thus, using window.close doesn't work, since as long as the window is open, no more scripts are being executed.
One possibility is to have JavaScript in the modal dialog so that is closes itself. You will not be able to close it from outside.
I have a requirement where i want to restrict users from opening url manually from browser. The url should only open from clicking a button which opens a pop window.
Notes:-1.) I cannot temper with button code that's application's standard code
2.) I have already tried window.opener but it does not work in IE.
So basically i want to identify if the opened window is a pop window or normal browser window.
Thanks in advance.
I have MyPage.aspx html page (generated using ASP.Net). When user tries to navigate away from this page, I need to close the window – user should not be able to go back or navigate to another page.
When I used window.close() inside window.onbeforeunload event, it asks for a confirmation to the user. “The webpage you are viewing is trying to close the window. Do you want to close the window?” On clicking “No” the user can escape the close attempt. Is there any way to forcefully close the window without giving an option to the user?
Reference:
How can I close a browser window without receiving the "Do you want to close this window" prompt?
Html javascript to open new window and close current window
"Unknown Exception" when cancelling page unload with "location.href"
Display confirmation popup with JavaScript upon clicking on a link
You can "trick" the browser like this:
window.onbeforeunload = function() {
window.open('', '_self', '');
window.close();
}
It seems to work in chrome/safari/ie/ff: http://jsbin.com/olijig/1
Firefox seems stubborn, but there might be another way to do the same in FF.
I should probably say that this technique is in no way standard and I don’t recommend it at all, and this code might break in many browsers besides firefox.
UPDATE
It actually works in Firefox too (latest version), but not older versions (I tried 3.6.1). You need to do some more testing to confirm the browser compatibility.
No, you can't. The user must be always capable of controlling whatever happens in his browser.
I'm not positive about this, but I believe if you have a window open another window, the parent window can close that child window. Would it be practical to have a landing page that opens your app in a separate window that could then close the window through javascript? Someone can probably elaborate more, as I haven't done this myself.
I have an application, in that I want to close the entire browser on clicking on the close button from our application. I tried with the window.close() and self.close() functions but they will be closing the browser if the window is opened from window.open().
Please suggest to me how I can close the browser on clicking on the close button?
You can't. window.close() used to do that in a far past, but browsers don't allow that anymore, going from the concept of that a website should be able to stay open as long as it has to. Eg. a website doesn't end. If you log out, you don't close the window, you simply go back to the home page where you let the user log in again. Same with smartphone apps btw :-)
Most modern browsers will only let you close child windows of a parent. You cannot close the parent window through script.
window.close();
The above will pop up a confirm dialog each time, and not working at all in Firefox.
Use this way
window.open('','_self');
window.close();
I think that's not without a reason. People don't like windows being closed without notice.
Closing a browser window is not as straight-forward as it used to be years ago.
Typically, a newly opened window can be closed if:
1. the 'close' is called within the DOM of the window itself
2. the closer is the opener
However, with almost all browsers having tabs, if the opened window is the only remaining tab in the main window, it might not close without prompt for above case 1. Even if it closes, it might just close the tab and leave the main window opened.
You can't - it's a security feature. You'll need to look into showing some form of modal dialog if you wish to be able to close it. Have a look at something like This JQuery Example which features auto-close
Windows not opened by JavaScript cannot be automatically closed with JavaScript (and I can't think of any good reason for a website to close the window that the visitor arrived at the site with, discarding their Back history in the process)
it works in chrome,firefox need to turn the "allowjavascriptclosewindow" option on.
ie need alter your code as:
window.open("","_self");
window.close();
The below javascript works fine to close the tab with user confirmation.
<script>
function closeWindow()
{
if (confirm('Are you sure you want to close the Window? All the unsaved data will be lost')) {
top.window.open('','_self','');
top.window.close();
}
}
</script>