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Is there any easy work around to close the current tab and open a new tab by javascript?

@Tushar Will that have a back button? I need to disable the back button in browser. — Subash L, Aug 25 '15 at 07:20

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 25 '15 at 07:23

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Try below :

window.open('http://www.google.com','_blank');window.setTimeout(function(){this.close();},1000)

answered Aug 25 '15 at 07:23

Nikhil Maheshwari

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I get `Scripts may close only the windows that were opened by them.` – Gel Feb 21 '23 at 13:03

Muhammed Moussa · Answer 2 · 2021-12-07T10:33:48.733

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you can use location.replace for same goal:

window.location.replace('https://stackoverflow.com/');

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Location/replace

edited Dec 07 '21 at 10:33

answered Mar 17 '20 at 22:03

Muhammed Moussa

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Kevin Sebastian Fernandez · Answer 3 · 2015-08-25T08:09:53.600

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window.open(url,'_blank');
this.close();

window.open will open the new tab according to the user browser settings only. Sorry that I didn't find any way to open an url in new tab if the user's browser settings wont allow you to.

In browser settings, set it to allow popups and then try. This will work.

Instead, to disable back button you can use options given in this page

http://www.irt.org/script/311.htm

edited Aug 25 '15 at 08:09

answered Aug 25 '15 at 07:59

Kevin Sebastian Fernandez

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http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4907843/open-a-url-in-a-new-tab-using-javascript this will explain you further about we have no option to open new tab unless the browser settings allow us to. – Kevin Sebastian Fernandez Aug 25 '15 at 08:04

score 1 · Answer 4 · edited Jun 30 '18 at 20:50

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var win = window.open('/Employees/GetAttendenceDataBySelectedData/?attendDateString=' + $("#AttendDate").val() + ', "_blank');

window.top.close();

edited Jun 30 '18 at 20:50

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answered Jun 30 '18 at 20:11

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Please provide some explanation of your solution, don't just post. Also, try to restructure your answer on a more visually compact way. – dmitryro Jun 30 '18 at 23:48

Open New Tab and Close the Current Tab

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