Note: Please follow the steps in our documentation to enable e-mail notifications if you want to receive the related email notification for this thread. If you have extra questions about this answer, please click "Comment". If the answer is the right solution, please click "Accept Answer" and kindly upvote it. In my tests, the script you mentioned works correctly if the page is launched by Visual Studio or by the command line (created by script): msedge.exe Conversely, pages opened manually by the user cannot be closed by script(not initial interface when opening browser ). As metioned in this doc:Ī browsing context is script-closable if it is an auxiliary browsing context that was created by a script (as opposed to by an action of the user), or if it is a top-level browsing context whose session history contains only one Document. Just refer to this doc: the latest working spec for window close(). Windows are opened with window.open () full syntax here Windows are closed with window.close () full syntax here (but not always) This is where the MDN statement comes into play. I did some testing on this issue, and with reference to the relevant documentation, I think this result is reasonable. Child ('your current page URL', '_self', '') html and click “Open child”, then click “Close child”. If so, use the window's name stored on the form. html, I added a text field (could be a hidden field), removed the closeMe() function since that was an epic fail! and modified the closeChild() function to look and see if the reference was lost. If we store that on the page, we can use it to get a reference again!īelow, in. You will notice I had a variable called “childname”. If the parent is refreshed, it loses the reference to the child and the parent cannot close the child. Its a close window button that, well, closes the containing. replace: It is an optional parameter and used to specify the URL URL creates. specs: It is an optional parameter used to separate the item using a comma. name: It is an optional parameter and is used to set the window name. If URL is not set then window.open () method open a blank window. I hope this simple example has cleared a few thing up. Description: For some reason, this is one of the most requested items we get script wise. It is used to set the URL of web pages that need to open. Scripts may not close windows that were not opened by script. Since the child window was opened with script, window.open() it can close itself. Since the parent was not opened with window.open() it cannot be closed using window.close() or self.close(). Since we opened the child using a script, and had a reference handle to that child (in the variable “child”), by the MDN statement, we were able to close it using the handle to the window.close() ( child.close() ) A child window opens as separate window as a tab, just as before. See the console.log() Īccording to the MDN it can close itself, under the right conditions.Īdd the following button and closeMe() function to. Go back to the parent and click “Close child” and the child window closes. I also keep checking in my app that opened the window for newWindow.closed so I know when it is closed. When other service redirects back to my site I just call window.close() in script tag. A child window opens as separate window as a tab. I have an app that opens a window to do oauth through another service. This all works for popup windows as well. Since I did not specify the size of the window, it will open as a new tab in the browser. This is where the MDN statement comes into play. Go back to the parent and click Close child and the. A child window opens as separate window as a tab. The JavaScript functions are to: Close the parent. *window.close() - full syntax here (but not always!)* Since I did not specify the size of the window, it will open as a new tabThis all works for popup windows as well. What does this statement really say? First: Opening and Closing Windows. Scripts may not close windows that were not opened by script It's interesting how often this question comes up. How can I close a window with JavaScript?
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