self.close();

mbaker · January 30th, 2008, 12:08 AM

In using the following code:

<a href="" onclick="self.close()";>Close This window</a>

which is a very old standard in JavaScript, all of the sudden in IE 7.0, Windows Explorer opens after the IE window or tab has been closed.

Is there a work around to the issue? Or must we just suffer with an IE issue?

mbaker

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joefawcett · January 30th, 2008, 03:55 AM

That is correct behaviour, and has always happened in IE, to cancel the default action of the link you need to return false from the handler:

Code:

<a href="" onclick="self.close();return false;";>Close This window</a>

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Joe (Microsoft MVP - XML)