Why Fire Fox And Chrome Can not Support window.close(); ?

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<a  onclick="window.close();" title="Close" >
      <img src="Close.png" />
  </a>

I Try This Code In My Project ..
IE8 And Some Browsers Support This Code But Fire Fox And Chrome CAN NOT Support This Code.

JavaScript

window.close();

Why Fire Fox And Chrome Can not Run My Code but IE8 , IE8+ And Other Browsers Support That ?

Please Help ME
Best Regards AJ

Posted 14-Sep-14 22:51pm

Ali Javani

Updated 14-Sep-14 23:02pm

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Sibeesh KV · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-18T20:56:00

Solution 2

By default Firefox don't allow to close tab using JavaScript
It is needed to follow these steps in Firefox

1. Go to address bar and type about:config
2. Go to parameter dom.allow_scripts_to_close_windows
3. Set its value as true

See more here[^]

Posted 18-Sep-14 20:56pm

Sibeesh KV

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Ali Javani 24-Sep-14 13:30pm

thanks For Solution
and i have an other Question ...
can i Do this Config in Code with Java Script ?

[no name] 24-Sep-14 13:45pm

That i am not sure about , since it is the property of browser. It is not possible i guess. I will share with you if i find any answer for it. Thank you

[no name] 24-Sep-14 13:59pm

You can check here https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/996592

Gihan Liyanage · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-14T23:09:00

Solution 1

Mozila Says "Scripts may not close windows that were not opened by script."

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/window.close[^]

Posted 14-Sep-14 23:09pm

Gihan Liyanage

Updated 14-Sep-14 23:10pm

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