Windows.close() can not work in FireFox.

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Hello All,

Please give me solution,

window.close() is not working in FirFox.

I have set about:config in dom variable true ,its working fine.

But i want this through javascript/coding.

Please help me.

Posted 30-Mar-12 4:08am

madhuri@mumbai

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sjelen · Answer 1 · 2012-03-30T05:17:00

Solution 1

Using javaScript, you can only close windows that you previously opened, like:

JavaScript

var myWindow = window.open('http://www.google.com');
...

myWindow.close();

You can not close arbitrary windows.

Posted 30-Mar-12 5:17am

sjelen

Bojjaiah · Answer 2 · 2012-03-30T07:16:00

Solution 2

see this reference

Window.close();[^]

http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/met_win_close.asp[^]

Posted 30-Mar-12 7:16am

Bojjaiah