How to close popup browser window

Add-ons Development
#1

when i click on link from my extension, i open a popup window as shown below:

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After Login, how can i close a browser window?

#2

Have you tried calling window.close() inside the popup?

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#3

yes… i have tried window.close(), but its not working…

#4

but its not working

That is strange. I just successfully did that in both Chrome and Firefox. Are you calling .close() on the top-level frame (and not inside an embedded iframe)?

An alternative approach would be:

async function closeSelf() {
    const { id: windowId, } = (await browser.windows.getCurrent());
    return browser.windows.remove(windowId);
}
#5

thank you for help
window.close() is working now. Actually in my browser allow_scripts_to_close_windows is in false mode . I set it TRUE.

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#6

for all browsers allow_scripts_to_close_windows is false by default. Is there any option to close window?
otherwise how can we, allow_scripts_to_close_windows is to true programatically?

#7

You can’t (and shouldn’t) change that from a WebExtension.

Is there anything wrong with the closeSelf function I proposed?

#8

closeSelf is not working for me…could you please provide the code syntax , how to close window for closeSelf ?

My code: for open a window
browser.windows.create({
url: browser.extension.getURL(“Login.htm”),
type: “popup”,
height: 600,
width: 500
});

then window.close is not working…

#9

If you declare and call closeSelf inside that popup it will work. (And window.close() should too.)

#10

this is working in FF 71/70