Close the current window?

[Mat]

The tiddler tool "Open in new window" uses tm-open-window to show the tid in a separate window.

I'm making a little toolbar menu inside the window and want a close tiddler button there, i.e really a close window button.

How can this be done? Is there some action or message to close the current window?

Thank you!

<:-)

[Saq Imtiaz]

Try

<a href="self.close ()">Close</a>

or

<a href="window.close ()">Close</a>

[TW Tones]

Saq,

Both return a 404 in Chrome and FireFox.

Regards

Tony

[Eric Shulman]

On Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 5:31:29 AM UTC-7, Saq Imtiaz wrote:

Try

<a href="self.close ()">Close</a>

or

<a href="window.close ()">Close</a>

That should be:

<a href="javascript:self.close ()">Close</a>

or

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

-e

[Mat]

Thank you guys! Erics solution works, excellent. 

<:-)

[TW Tones]

Eric,

Both worked as advertised and do not close the main tab if used there in (fortunatly)

Regards

Tony

[Saq Imtiaz]

Right! Thanks for correcting Eric, that's what I get for rushing.

[Jeremy Ruston]

Cunning stuff, but it also reminds me that the core should really be suppressing links to javascript: URIs. In this case, we should add a “tm-close-window” message of course.

Best wishes

JEremy

> On 21 Jul 2020, at 15:23, Saq Imtiaz <saq.i...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Right! Thanks for correcting Eric, that's what I get for rushing.
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[TiddlyTweeter]

Jeremy Ruston wrote:

Cunning stuff, but it also reminds me that the core should really be suppressing links to javascript: URIs. In this case, we should add a “tm-close-window” message of course. 

 

Right!

It surprised me it worked!

As far as I understand it, Mother can create and close windows. 

But spawned child won't be able to kill herself via button, only Mother can do that???

Best wishes

TT

[TW Tones]

Jeremy,

If I may share a view on this, I do not mean to tell you something you know, but restate the need for openness, even while filling potential security gaps. I am seeking agreement or discussion.

On Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 1:56:28 AM UTC+10, Jeremy Ruston wrote:

Cunning stuff, but it also reminds me that the core should really be suppressing links to javascript: URIs. In this case, we should add a “tm-close-window” message of course.

It is a good idea to remove identified gaps such as this and provide a de jure method. 

What you say may be best practice and would be worthy of a default behaviour, especially when a tiddlywiki is internet facing, however please consider that Tiddlywikis versatility allows for many applications, I for one have a set of them running on my local machine, that only I can access and I use for desktop interaction and to take full control of my browser and desktop. In this case I am not keen to have restrictions imposed, restrictions that may be necessary for the "filthy internet", impact the local functionality/versatility.

Other applications of tiddlywiki can take place in a secure LAN from local servers, apart from the fact such devices may already be hack-able on many levels, this can be a semi or wholly trusted environment. An example may be once a user logs in and has access to tiddlywiki, such as on a Raspberry Pi they may be keen to interact with the device hardware.

The javascript uri function is used with bookmarks as well, and I make use of only a few so far, but they are a big productivity gain.

I believe decisions already taken for robustness in the face of the internet have impacted the versatility off line, this includes lost opportunities for example I would like to freely save files locally without direct user involvement for automation. 

Best wishes

Tony