window.close() is not working in FF

[hasankaz]

Hi,
Its seems v.silly question but I cant close Firefox window using

javascript:window.close();

command, anyone have a solution for this please advise...
thanks in advance
regards
Kazmi~

[Nile]

Either one of these should work:

<button onClick="window.close()">Close Window</button>

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

[hasankaz]

Thx Nile but all these commands are working only with IE but not with Firefox. I've tried all these

1- <a href="javascript:self.close();">Close </a>
2- <a href="javascript:window.close();">Close </a>

but no luck........

[Nile]

It must be your settings, make a page(html) and put this in:

<script>
alert('Javascript is enabled');
</script>
<noscript>Javascript is disabled</noscript>

Tell me the output.

[hasankaz]

Lol strange..... Javascript is enabled as well nothing wrong with browser as its newly downloaded and being busy on lots on testing and development and all function perfect.....let me search as well......... thx for your time, did you test this on your firefox ?

[Nile]

Yes, I did any it worked what version do you have as I have FF 2.0.0.14

[hasankaz]

Yup same version, i even upload the script to test, cause i feel like it might be cause im local (although thats sounds stupid) ......

[Nile]

Hmm, try downloading it again, although I don't think it will work, but if you contact Mozilla, they'll probably tell you the same thing. So reinstall it, if it still doesn't work contact them.

[rangana]

No, there's no problem in FF, the problem is in Javascript itself

In FF, window.close() will never close, not unless you opened that window through window.open method

For further reading:
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/DOM:window.close

Hope that helps