Closing a child window 1

[GirlFriday1]

Hello again!
My question is,,,how do you close a child window using a button? Any suggestions?
Thanks!

 

[link9]

as long as you assigned the window to a variable, so that you have a way of referring to it...

var x = window.open('thePage.htm', 'theWindow');

then you can just say:

x.close;

 

[GirlFriday1]

mkay,,,newbie question,,do I put this in the parent or the child window? I've tried both but they don't seem to work. Is it because I'm using them in a select statement?

Thanks again for the tips Link9! This is a HUGE help! Yer great!!
Thanks!
Your friend, GirlFriday!

 

[link9]

well, if you're in the child window, and you want to close that, then just say:

window.close();

That will only work w/out a confirmation box if it is a child window that one of your pages has opened... (i.e. - you have "ownership" of that window, and you can do whatever you want with it)

the x.close method should work if it's a valid reference to a window object that you have opened from the parent window (in the parent window, of course) --

 

[GirlFriday1]

I was forgetting the () at the end of the statement. You are seriously helping me out of a HUGE jam today, Thanks! Another vote for you! (a small repayment for all of your help!)

 

[Guest_imported]

better check whether your child window is open and do the follwing code

if (x && x.open && !x.closed) x.close();

 

[BobbaFet]

When your closing the child window from in itself
then you can suffice with :
<a href=&quot;JavaScript:self.close;&quot;> Close </a> Everybody has a right to my opinion.
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