UI Action script (client side) to save record & close the current window.

[Ankita Kolhe]

Hi Community,

I have a 'Save & Close' UI Action to save the record & close the current window.

However below code is not working:-

g_form.save();

window.close();

Could anyone please help with the same?

Any response will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Ankita

[Ankita Kolhe]

Hi @Isaac Vicentini ,

Thank yo so much for quick response.

However I have been told to implement this.

The code you shared is not working.

Thanks

[Isaac Vicentini]

Ordinary JavaScript cannot close windows willy-nilly. This is a security feature, to stop various malicious exploits and annoyances.

From the latest working spec for window.close():

The close() method on Window objects should, if all the following conditions are met, close the browsing context A:

• The corresponding browsing context A is script-closable.
• The browsing context of the incumbent script is familiar with the browsing context A.
• The browsing context of the incumbent script is allowed to navigate the browsing context A.

A browsing context is script-closable if it is an auxiliary browsing context that was created by a script (as opposed to by an action of the user), or if it is a browsing context whose session history contains only one Document.

This means, with one small exception, JavaScript must not be allowed to close a window that was not opened by that same JavaScript.

Chrome allows that exception -- which it doesn't apply to userscripts -- however Firefox does not. The Firefox implementation flat out states:

This method is only allowed to be called for windows that were opened by a script using the window.open method.

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If you try to use window.close() from a Greasemonkey / Tampermonkey / userscript you will get:

• Firefox: The error message, "Scripts may not close windows that were not opened by script."
• Chrome: just silently fails.

Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19761241/window-close-and-self-close-do-not-close-the-window-in-...

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