Right now I have the following:
<%= submit_tag 'Save' ,{:onClick => "window.close()"} %>
This works well for closing the window. Unfortunately, it closes the window before the form POSTs to the server.
The window was created using a link in the homepage:
function amenitiesPopup(){
window.open("/amenities", "Swag", "status,width=600,height=800,resizable,scrollbars=yes","POS");
}
Without the :onClick => "window.close()" the form POSTs as expected. Just need to close it afterwards.
Thanks
Edit: My solution was to have the controller return a string literal:
if (params[:search])
...
render :text => '<body onload="window.close()"></body>'
end
This will skip any layout/view items and just render an empty body that auto-closes
Right now I have the following:
<%= submit_tag 'Save' ,{:onClick => "window.close()"} %>
This works well for closing the window. Unfortunately, it closes the window before the form POSTs to the server.
The window was created using a link in the homepage:
function amenitiesPopup(){
window.open("/amenities", "Swag", "status,width=600,height=800,resizable,scrollbars=yes","POS");
}
Without the :onClick => "window.close()" the form POSTs as expected. Just need to close it afterwards.
Thanks
Edit: My solution was to have the controller return a string literal:
if (params[:search])
...
render :text => '<body onload="window.close()"></body>'
end
This will skip any layout/view items and just render an empty body that auto-closes
Share Improve this question edited Sep 27, 2013 at 18:28 Chris asked Sep 27, 2013 at 17:42 ChrisChris 9596 silver badges18 bronze badges2 Answers
Reset to default 3Just return
<body onload="window.close()">
from the server, that way your POST is sure to go through before the window closes. So instead of closing from the submitting document, you close in the document received as reply by the server. Also, if you want to close the window afterwards, you might consider posting to an iframe instead depending on what you want to achieve.
function onSubmit(){
$.ajax({
//POST info and URL etc goes here
}).done(function(){
window.close();
});
}
You need to specify all arguments required by the jquery ajax api (url, data, etc).
if you submit without ajax you'll go to the page you submitted to and will no longer have control of your window, unless you control the destination page, in which case you should add the window.close to the script of your destination page:
<script>
window.close();
</script>