Close Named Window

[kaeserea]

Hello!

How do I close a window which was opened from a different page than the one that should close the window?

The window to be closed has a name but statements like

window.MyName.close()
window["MyName"].close()

don't work.

Thanx
Eva

 

[adam0101]

This may look weird, but you first create a reference to the named window using window.open (don't worry, it doesn't open a window if the name already exists). Then you close it:

open('','MyName').close();

Adam

There are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't

 

[stormbind]

I think you can also give the window object a name when created, and close it from that.

myWin = window.open(...);
myWin.close();

--Glen

Memoria mihi benigna erit qui eam perscribam

 

[adam0101]

Glen,

Yes, but only from the page that opened it. The variable "myWin" won't exist on other pages unless you create it and link it to the existing popup by using the "target" argument of window.open().

myWin = window.open('','MyName');
myWin.close();

This code basically does the same as my first post.

Adam

There are only 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary, and those who don't

 

[kaeserea]

Hi Adam,

fantastic! It works. I had the same that Glen's solution didn't work as the object of the opened window wasn't there for the third window.

Adam held Eva ;-) nice.

Nice weekend!
Eva