Window.close not working IN CHROME

Gatim Tewari

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Nov 25, 2014, 1:20:27 AM11/25/14

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Using any of the below scripts cannot close the current tab in chrome

<script>

function closeMe()
{
var win=window.open("","_self");
win.close();
}
</script>

<html>
<body>
<form>
<input type="button" name="Close"
onclick="closeMe()" />
</form>
</body>
</html>

We can also write script like this

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

or

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

PLEASE ADVISE WHAT CAN BE A RESOLUTION, CHROME GIVES AND ERROR AS "wE CAN CLOSE ONLY THOSE WINDOWS THAT ARE OPENED VIA SCRIPT"

tHANKS

GATIM

Martin Hodgkins

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Nov 25, 2014, 6:58:50 AM11/25/14

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If you put the script tag actually inside the html then it works. I have just tried it.

<html>

<head>

<script>

function closeMe()
{
var win=window.open("","_self");
win.close();
}
</script>

</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type="button" name="Close"
onclick="closeMe()" />
</form>
</body>

</html>

Robert Brown

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Nov 25, 2014, 7:12:05 AM11/25/14

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Hi,

did you get this working?

I have just updated to version 39 and now none of our javascript close functions work.

I have tried many different variations of the windows.close() but Google Chrome just ignores it and the window just stays open.

Many thanks,

Robert

Martin Hodgkins

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Nov 25, 2014, 7:21:01 AM11/25/14

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Yes, version 39. I just made a html file with this in it (just moved the script into the head) and it opens in chrome and when the button is clicked the tab closes.

<html>

<head>

<script>

function closeMe()
{
var win=window.open("","_self");
win.close();
}
</script>

</head>
<body>
<form>
<input type="button" name="Close"
onclick="closeMe()" />
</form>
</body>

</html>

Robert Brown

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Nov 25, 2014, 7:21:44 AM11/25/14

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Hi Martin,

have you tested this with version 39 Google Chrome?

regards,

Robert

Robert Brown

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Nov 25, 2014, 7:40:54 AM11/25/14

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Thanks,

I will try that now.

Regards,

Robert

Robert Brown

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Nov 25, 2014, 7:46:20 AM11/25/14

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Hi Martin,

if I open the new htm page from a parent and then use your code to close the newly opened htm page then nothing happens.

:-(

Gatim Tewari

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Nov 26, 2014, 2:30:41 AM11/26/14

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Hi,

I've tested it already with the same type under <html> and <head> in ver 39, none of them work and I am not able to use it like chrome.remove.tabs() function exaclty.

As of now no workarounds working for me

Regards,

~GAtim

Biself Uken

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Dec 25, 2014, 3:36:43 AM12/25/14

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I use the latest version of Chrome and copied all of the code, still not working, who can tell me why?

在 2014年11月25日星期二UTC+8下午8时21分01秒，Martin Hodgkins写道：

Jason

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Jan 8, 2015, 10:11:10 AM1/8/15

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By chance do any of you have the registry setting that Chrome implemented for having showModalDialog continue to work? You can find details about it here:

http://blog.chromium.org/2014/07/disabling-showmodaldialog.html

http://www.chromium.org/administrators/policy-list-3#EnableDeprecatedWebPlatformFeatures

I find that if I have this setting enabled, window.close() and all variations do not work. However if I remove it, they all work as they should.

Can anyone else confirm this?

liju liju

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Martin Absconding :)

ganesh paiya

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Oct 27, 2016, 1:36:27 AM10/27/16

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ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript(Me, Me.GetType(), "Close_Window", "self.close();", True)
ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript(Me, Me.GetType(), "callJSFunction", "closeWindow();", True)
ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript(Me, Page.GetType, "ClosePage", "window.open('window.close();', '_self', null)", True)

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Eyob Zeleke

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Oct 27, 2016, 8:23:43 AM10/27/16

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Thanks Ganesh. I have tried these before and none of them work in Chrome. These work in IE, Edge and also Firefox (with a setting change) but not chrome. Do you have any other suggestion?

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PhistucK

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Oct 27, 2016, 9:18:56 AM10/27/16

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Are you trying to close a window/tab that was not opened by a script? If so, that will not work, by design.

☆PhistucK

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Thanks Ganesh. I have tried these before and none of them work in Chrome. These work in IE, Edge and also Firefox (with a setting change) but not chrome. Do you have any other suggestion?

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ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript(Me, Me.GetType(), "Close_Window", "self.close();", True)
ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript(Me, Me.GetType(), "callJSFunction", "closeWindow();", True)
ScriptManager.RegisterStartupScript(Me, Page.GetType, "ClosePage", "window.open('window.close();', '_self', null)", True)

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Eyob Zeleke

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Oct 27, 2016, 9:30:17 AM10/27/16

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Yes, I am trying to close a window that was not opened by a script. Is there any other way at all?

So, I have an a website (c#) that uses windows authentication. What I am trying to do is, add a Button (Logout) and kill the windows authentication session upon clicking the button. I was thinking of just using javascript to do it but isn't working for chrome browsers like we discussed. Any other suggestions?

On Thursday, October 27, 2016 9:18 AM, PhistucK <phis...@gmail.com> wrote:

Are you trying to close a window/tab that was not opened by a script? If so, that will not work, by design.

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On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 3:18 PM, 'Eyob Zeleke' via Chromium-Apps-Announce <chromi...@chromium.org> wrote:

Thanks Ganesh. I have tried these before and none of them work in Chrome. These work in IE, Edge and also Firefox (with a setting change) but not chrome. Do you have any other suggestion?

On Thursday, October 27, 2016 1:36 AM, ganesh paiya <tech...@gmail.com> wrote:

ScriptManager. RegisterStartupScript(Me, Me.GetType(), "Close_Window", "self.close();", True)
ScriptManager. RegisterStartupScript(Me, Me.GetType(), "callJSFunction", "closeWindow();", True)
ScriptManager. RegisterStartupScript(Me, Page.GetType, "ClosePage", "window.open('window.close();' , '_self', null)", True)

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PhistucK

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Oct 27, 2016, 9:33:07 AM10/27/16

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Not really, you cannot close those windows.

You can communicate with them using localStorage and the storage event, or using BroadcastChannel and make them navigate to about:blank, or to a page that explains that the season is over or something like that.

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Eyob Zeleke

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ok, thanks for your help!

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