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?

[code=html]
<a href="#" onClick="javasc ript:window.clo se();">close window</a>
[/code]

I've tried window.close(se lf) 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:

[code=html]
***** index.cfm code portion *****
<cfif session.access eq 'admin'>
<li><a href="##" onclick="popup( 'emulation.cfm' ,140,500,'emula tion');">Emulat ion</a></li>
<li><a href="##" onclick="alert( 'Under Development');" >Administration </a></li>
</cfif>

***** emulation.cfm code portion *****
<a href="#" onclick="window .close();">clos e window</a>

***** javascript popup function *****
function popup(url,heigh t,width,mywindo w,scrollbars){
params="height= " + height + ",width=" + width + ",scrollbar s=" + scrollbars + ",status=1" ;
window.open(url ,mywindow,param s);
}
[/code]

[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.....hmm mmm

[acoder]

Check your browser settings then.