118342 - Javascript close.self closes browser instead of tab

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 103452

(SeaMonkey :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[Bas van Duijnhoven]

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User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:0.9.7) Gecko/20011221
BuildID:    2001122106

In the mentioned URL (http://www.bbc.co.uk/gameskids/pokemon/characters2.html)
the javascript close.self statement closes the entire browser instead of the
current tab in tabbed browsing. It correctly closes current window in normal
browsing.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Start Mozilla
2. Open new TAB (File -> New -> Navigator Tab)
3. Open URL http://www.bbc.co.uk/gameskids/pokemon/characters2.html
4. Click close link


Actual Results:  Entire browser closes

Expected Results:  Current tab should be closed in tabbed browsing, in normal
browsing current window should be closed

<a href="#" onClick="self.close();return false;"><font face="Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">Close</font></a>

Comment 1

[Olav Vitters]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 103452 ***

Comment 2

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

vrfy dup