Automatically close browser/tab without opening it by javascript

Asked Nov 17 '17 at 11:41

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i need to close the browser or tab automatically after it open, to do like confirmation page, " Thanks for something, browser gonna close after 2 seconds".

so i try this :

<div id="Success" class="Content" onload="winClose()">
...
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
  function winClose() {
    window.setTimeout("window.close();",2000)
  }
</script>

but, the window.close() method can be execute if the browser/tab was open by a script

Les scripts ne peuvent pas fermer une fenêtre qui n’a pas été ouverte par un script.

Scripts can not close a window that has not been opened by a script.

so, i got a window opening where the user choose between 4 choices, and on click, they fall on a page that tell to the user, that the choice as been register successfully, and Automatically close after 2 seconds. btw im on silex microframework, so if something with controller is possible, tell me.

how can i do this "Automatically close things" without opening the browser/tab by a script ?

edited Jun 20 '20 at 09:12

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asked Nov 17 '17 at 11:41

Nicolas Chancerel

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Why do you need to open a whole tab just to show a message? – Federico klez Culloca Nov 17 '17 at 11:43
this is not a new tab but redirected somewhere else, but i still need to close my tab :/ – Nicolas Chancerel Nov 17 '17 at 11:45
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As the error says, you can't close a browser window through JavaScript if you didn't create the window through a script to begin with. That's a security/UX feature that's mandated by the HTML5 spec, and it can't be worked around in recent versions of browsers. – Joe Clay Nov 17 '17 at 11:46
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Possible duplicate of [window.close and self.close do not close the window in Chrome](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19761241/window-close-and-self-close-do-not-close-the-window-in-chrome) – Lalit Sachdeva Nov 17 '17 at 11:50
will this help u? window.open('', '_self', '').close(); – Rajkumar Somasundaram Nov 17 '17 at 12:01
There is semicolon after window.close() – Muhammad Usman Nov 18 '17 at 20:41
@NicolasChancerel did you find a way to auto-close the new tab? – bachr Jan 14 '20 at 21:01

Automatically close browser/tab without opening it by javascript

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