Popup window not closing using window.close

[dmorand]

I can't seem to get my popup windows to close properly in IE. They close fine in Firefox. Any suggestions on what I should try?

<a href="#" onClick="javascript:window.close();">close window</a>
 

I've tried window.close(self) as well, but that's not working either

[acoder]

You don't need the "javascript:" part. window.close() should work. So does it just not work or can you see any errors too?

[dmorand]

You don't need the "javascript:" part. window.close() should work. So does it just not work or can you see any errors too?

I removed the javascript part, but still nothing. It works in Firefox, just not IE. I'm not getting any errors in the statusbar.

[dmorand]

I removed the javascript part, but still nothing. It works in Firefox, just not IE. I'm not getting any errors in the statusbar.

Actually I take it back. It works in IE6, just not IE7.

[acoder]

Can you produce a small version of your code that demonstrates the problem?

[dmorand]

Can you produce a small version of your code that demonstrates the problem?

I think it has to do with the popup windows and how I'm opening them, not sure though.

Here is some of the code:

***** index.cfm code portion *****
<cfif session.access eq 'admin'>
                <li><a href="##" onclick="popup('emulation.cfm',140,500,'emulation');">Emulation</a></li>
                <li><a href="##" onclick="alert('Under Development');">Administration</a></li>
            </cfif>
 
***** emulation.cfm code portion  *****
<a href="#" onclick="window.close();">close window</a>
 
***** javascript popup function *****
function popup(url,height,width,mywindow,scrollbars){
    params="height=" + height + ",width=" + width + ",scrollbars=" + scrollbars + ",status=1";
    window.open(url,mywindow,params);
}
 

[dmorand]

It might be the system I'm testing on. I just opened the page on another computer, and all of the popup windows close with no problem.....hmmmmm

[acoder]

Check your browser settings then.