HTML to close current page

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I can't find any reference on how to have a click (on the word "close") close down the current web page.

I am using FrontPage, but I know how to get into the code.

Can this be done with HTML or do I have to brave the difficulties of Javascript?

TIA

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[feherke]

Hi

HTML will certainly not do it. HTML does nothing. It is markup language.

You will have to use JavaScript for that, but just a little :

<a href="#" onclick="window.close();return false">close</a>

Not that in modern browsers [tt]window.close()[/tt] will only close windows opened with [tt]window.open()[/tt].

Feherke.

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[traingamer]

Note that in modern browsers window.close() will only close windows opened with window.open().

That's because people don't like when you close their browser.

Greg
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. Kierkegaard

 

[telephoto]

thanks feherke

I found yourcode didn't work - but telling me I needed Javascript I checked another site....

Replacing the "close" in the HTML with this:
<a href="javascript:window.close()">Close</a>

It works a treat - thanks for the pointer

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