JS close window

[Dan Morgan]

I urgently need a piece of JS that will close the window when a user clicks a button.
Using window.close works but it gives an alert box to ask the user if they want to close the window. Is there a way around this?

Thanks in advance!

GP

[Jeremy W.]

Sorry, this is one of the most common javascript questions. The common answer? No.

[Marina]

Actually there seem to be a way of doing this. I haven't tried it but you can read about it here.

[Jeremy W.]

document.images is an IE check, thus the solution (if it really works, it seems a bit of a weirdy) would only work in browsers that have this DOM in place.

But, hey, if I'm wrong I stand corrected

[Dan Morgan]

Thanks guys, I have looked into it a bit more and it does seem impossible as the thing is being designed without any knowledge of the targets environment.

[Paul S]

Originally posted by glenplake
I urgently need a piece of JS that will close the window when a user clicks a button.
Using window.close works but it gives an alert box to ask the user if they want to close the window. Is there a way around this?

Thanks in advance!

GP

Javascript ask that when you try to close a window which hasn't opened via javascript, ie, by window.open command (security reasons)
Is that your case?

[Dan Morgan]

es, thats exactly it! We have worked around the problem now though? Thanks