close browser window after n seconds rails

Question

I need to close a browser window in 10 seconds on rails. I tried this code in a rails view file called callback.html.erb. Here's my code.

<center>
<p>
    Your profile has been processed. This browser window will close in 10 seconds
</p>
</center>
<script type="text/javascript">
function closeWindow() 
{
    setTimeout
    (
        function() 
        {
            window.close();
        },10000
    );
}
window.onload = closeWindow();
</script>

It doesn't seem to be working(Nothing really happens). Any idea on where I'm wrong?

Thanks in advance!

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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See this answer. Basically you can't close the window if you haven't opened it. Close windows that were not opened by script using javascript

edited May 23 '17 at 11:59

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answered Jan 19 '14 at 09:07

vooD

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Oh. That's a bummer. Is there any other way I could implement this? – Alok Mysore Jan 19 '14 at 09:09
You can't unless you opened the window with ```window.open()```. It is a security restriction. – vooD Jan 19 '14 at 09:16

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 19 '14 at 09:06

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It should be:

window.onload = closeWindow;

By putting () at the end you invoke closeWindow immediately, but you want to provide a reference to this function.

answered Jan 19 '14 at 09:06

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 23 '17 at 08:00

Try this with count countdown-

<p style="text-align:center">Please select a seller to process the report.<br/>
This window will close automatically within <span id="counter">10</span> second(s).</p>

        <script type="text/javascript">

            function countdown() {
            var i = document.getElementById('counter');
            i.innerHTML = parseInt(i.innerHTML)-1;
            if (parseInt(i.innerHTML)<=0) {
                 window.close();
            }
        }
        setInterval(function(){ countdown(); },1000);
        </script>

close browser window after n seconds rails

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