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LinThawLinThaw 

Close Tab or Window by JavaScript

Hi there,

What is the best way to close tab or window by using javascript in any browsers ( IE FireFox, Chrome...)?

Condition:
Don't want to show window close confirm popup.

Thanks&Regards,
LinThaw
NagendraNagendra (Salesforce Developers) 
Hi Linthaw,

Some browsers will not allow you to close the window using window.close() unless the script opened the window. This is a little annoying sometimes. But there is a workaround to resolve this issue. If you observe the error message that is thrown by Mozilla Firefox, “Scripts may not close windows that were not opened by the script”, it clearly says that if the script didn’t open the window, you can’t close that. But we open a blank page in the same window using “_self” as the target window and close the same window. In that way, the script opens the window (which is a blank one) and closes the window too.
So, to put this in the code, 
< script >
function closeMe()
{
var win = window.open(“”,”_self”); /* url = “” or “about:blank”; target=”_self” */
win.close();
}
< /script >
< input type=”button” name=”CloseMe” value=”Close Me” onclick=”closeMe()” />
For example In Mozilla, if there are more than one tabs open, then only the tab where this script is being executed, will be closed, not the whole window. But if there is only one tab open where this script is executing then the window will be closed.

Tested this script in Mozilla Firefox 1.5.0.4 and IE 6, XP SP2, Mozilla 1.7.12. I didn’t test in any other browser.

Hope this helps.

Please mark this as solved if it's resolved.

Thanks,
Nagendra
LinThawLinThaw
Thanks Nagendra,

It works when vf page open in new tab,
but not working in same windows.

Regards,
LinThaw