Close the window after clicking target _blank link

Question

How i can close the current window 2 sec after a link with an href _blank is clicked .

<a href="https://google.com" target="_blank"></a>

you want to close the new window or the window which has this link? — Inus Saha, Jun 22 '18 at 16:29

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 23 '18 at 10:35

Maybe you can handle click event and from that open window and taking the reference of opened window and close it after timeout.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width">
  <title>JS Bin</title>
</head>
<body>
  <button onclick="openWin()">Open Window</button>
</body>

  <script>
    var myWindow;

function openWin() {
    myWindow = window.open("http://www.google.com", "myWindow", "width=200,height=100");
    setTimeout(closeWin, 2000)
}

function closeWin() {
    myWindow.close();
}
  </script>
</html>

thanks i know that but i need a new way to open and close a new tab without browser ask you to allow popups — Yusuf HR, Jun 23 '18 at 10:41

Inus Saha · Accepted Answer · 2018-06-23T10:18:40.303

The window which has the link can not be closed by Javascript.

only the window which is opened by a script can be closed by that script.

so because your window with the link is not opened by a script, so it can not be closed by a script.

but there are people suggesting some hacky ways. check the following link:

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

the problem with hacks is that its not guaranteed to work always on all browser.

Close the window after clicking target _blank link

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