Name
Window.close( ): close a browser window â JavaScript 1.0:
Synopsis
window
.close( )
Description
The close( )
method closes
the top-level browser window specified by
window
. A window can close itself by
calling self.close( )
or simply
close( )
. Only windows opened by
JavaScript can be closed by JavaScript. This prevents malicious
scripts from causing the userâs browser to exit.
See Also
Window.open( )
, the
closed
and opener
properties of Window
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