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"javascript:window.close()" script doesnt work in firefox 3.6 and above It works in IE8 and used to work in earlier Firefox

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WarwickFrancis
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I am using <a href="javascript:window.close()"> to close the window at the completion of an online survey. I works OK in IE and used to work in Firefox. Now the script does not do anything in 3.6 and above . In IE it closes a window through a GUI

I am using <a href="javascript:window.close()"> to close the window at the completion of an online survey. I works OK in IE and used to work in Firefox. Now the script does not do anything in 3.6 and above . In IE it closes a window through a GUI

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cor-el
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In Firefox you can only close a window that was previously opened via JavaScript

See : 

https://developer.mozilla.org/En/DOM/window.close
https://developer.mozilla.org/En/DOM/window.open