Automatically close window after some time using JQuery

Question

I want to close a window automatically after 5 seconds using jQuery. This is what i tried but not working.

function SubmitDesignRequestForm() {
    var frm = $("#frmDesignRequestForm").serialize();
    $.post("/Admin/SaveDesignRequestForm", frm, function(data) {
       Notify("Success", "Saved Successfully");
       setTimeout(function() {
         window.close();
       }, 500); 
     });
   });
}

But above function just show message but do not close windows.

 setTimeout(function() {
        Notify("Success", "Saved Successfully");
        window.close();
    }, 5000);

From above function "Saved Successfully" pops up but window does not close.

Please guide!

Is `Notify` recognised as window ? – Karthik Chintala Feb 08 '13 at 12:47 — Karthik Chintala, Feb 08 '13 at 12:47

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

The problem is not in your code, I tried an almost identical one: the data was an empty string but otherwise everything is the same.

And it worked perfectly, but only in Google Chrome, see these links for what the problem can be with Firefox and IE:

Firefox: window.close() doesn't work on Firefox, any work around?

IE: How can I close a browser window without receiving the "Do you want to close this window" prompt?

I hope this helps!

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 08 '13 at 12:14

0

for 5 seconds it is 5000. Try with

setTimeout(function() {
         window.close();
       }, 5000);

answered Feb 08 '13 at 12:14

asifsid88

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`window.setTimeout` .. try this – asifsid88 Feb 08 '13 at 14:27

Automatically close window after some time using JQuery

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