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The close() won’t always work in Firefox – FF will only close a window with close() if a script opened the window.
So you have to pretend it did… ;)
Use:
<a xhref="javascript:window.open('','_parent','');window.close();">Close Window</a>
PLEASE NOTE: CHANGE xhref TO HREF. Damn wordpress!
Comment by search engine optimiser — November 29, 2006 @ 12:21 pm
thanx
Comment by Manpreet — September 3, 2007 @ 6:22 pm
the solution does not work with FF 2.0.0.5. any idea ?
Comment by nettellect — March 5, 2008 @ 7:05 am
hi.. Your script does not close firefox 2.0. Please provide if any solution
Comment by Sakthi — April 10, 2008 @ 9:38 pm
does not work at all.
Comment by s — June 20, 2008 @ 11:48 am
I think your solution works only for FF version less than 2.0
Comment by zer01 — August 5, 2009 @ 1:33 am
Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. :) Cheers! Sandra. R.
Comment by sandrar — September 10, 2009 @ 4:08 pm
i’m not really sure what i’m doing wrong…
i’m new to javascript
when i put your script, as well as:
function closeWindow() {
window.open(”,’_parent’,”);
window.close();
}
into my blog, i want it to close my blog (or window/tab) completely
any idea how to help me?
Comment by icecreamiie — September 12, 2009 @ 12:10 am
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Comment by emma watson sex — October 24, 2009 @ 6:26 am
the script doesn’t work..!
Comment by ipands — February 6, 2010 @ 10:25 pm