How can i close parent window from child window

Question

I opening the logout link in new tab from parent window destroying the session and redirecting the child window page to index or login page. But simultaneously i want to close parent window. How should i do it? It should work in all browser. Thanks in advance.

possible duplicate of :http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5429018/how-to-close-a-parent-window-by-pressing-a-button-on-child-window-in-javascript — Pranav, Nov 09 '11 at 06:19

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 09 '11 at 06:20

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You can do this:

window.opener.close();

answered Nov 09 '11 at 06:20

Sudhir Bastakoti

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thanks for replay i used this but its not working.. it works in IE browser but giving warning before closing the parent window. Not working with other browsers like Firefox, google chrome – INV Nov 09 '11 at 06:22

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 18 '16 at 03:55

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Use the following:

window.open('', '_self', '');
window.close();

edited Mar 18 '16 at 03:55

johnnyRose

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answered Mar 18 '16 at 01:10

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 09 '11 at 06:24

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Use this on child : opener.close();

you'll need to make sure that the opener has been defined for browsers that don't have it by default, by placing the following in the parent:

<script language="JavaScript">
 msgWindow=open('',window,'resizable=no,width=200,height=200');
 msgWindow.location.href ='apage.html';
  if (msgWindow.opener == null) msgWindow.opener = self; </script>

answered Nov 09 '11 at 06:24

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thanks for reply but i want to open the link in new tab of browser not in new window. – INV Nov 09 '11 at 06:31
See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/427479/programmatically-open-new-pages-on-tabs – Sandeep Pathak Nov 09 '11 at 06:57
You are free to do changes on the script according to your needs. – Sandeep Pathak Nov 09 '11 at 06:59

How can i close parent window from child window

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