I'm having trouble calling the window.close function, without getting the following error:
Scripts may close only the windows that were opened by it.
Here is how I have my app laid out:
HTML:
<html ng-app="mynewAPP" ng-controller="appCTRL">
....blahblah </html>
My Angular controls work fine, but when I call window.close, it is not working (at least the closing part... rest of app is fine).
app.controller("appCTRL" ,function( [injections]){
$window.close();
}
How would I go about allowing AngularJS to close the window it is sitting on?
For example the below script would work fine: (basic JS)
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function closeme(){
window.close();
}
</script></head>
<body onload="closeme()"></body>
</html>
For those that are wondering how I am opening the page, simply by visiting "mypage.html" on the browser. Nothing fancy.
I'm having trouble calling the window.close function, without getting the following error:
Scripts may close only the windows that were opened by it.
Here is how I have my app laid out:
HTML:
<html ng-app="mynewAPP" ng-controller="appCTRL">
....blahblah </html>
My Angular controls work fine, but when I call window.close, it is not working (at least the closing part... rest of app is fine).
app.controller("appCTRL" ,function( [injections]){
$window.close();
}
How would I go about allowing AngularJS to close the window it is sitting on?
For example the below script would work fine: (basic JS)
<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">
function closeme(){
window.close();
}
</script></head>
<body onload="closeme()"></body>
</html>
For those that are wondering how I am opening the page, simply by visiting "mypage.html" on the browser. Nothing fancy.
Share Improve this question edited Dec 18, 2014 at 15:43 JJJ 33.2k20 gold badges94 silver badges103 bronze badges asked Dec 18, 2014 at 15:37 NateNate 1,7704 gold badges25 silver badges41 bronze badges 4- 3 The important part here is how you've opened the window, as the error message says. – JJJ Commented Dec 18, 2014 at 15:39
- 1 Just as a new browser (i.e by visiting mypage.html) – Nate Commented Dec 18, 2014 at 15:40
- 1 Then you can't close the window programmatically. The "basic JS" version would also not do it. – JJJ Commented Dec 18, 2014 at 15:41
- yes, this "basic js" does do it, as i have tested it.. in both IE and Chrome (FF doesnt close it) – Nate Commented Dec 18, 2014 at 15:42
1 Answer
Reset to default 7Due to security restriction you can only close windows with window.close that were opened by javascript.
Reference: MDN