286258 - window.close() within tabs does nothing

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 183697

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[federico razzoli]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; it-IT; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050226 Firefox/1.0.1
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; it-IT; rv:1.7.6) Gecko/20050226 Firefox/1.0.1

It seems that JavaScript method window.close() does nothing if the page is
opened within a tab. Instead, it properly works if the page is opened within a
window.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Visit this URL: http://www.quadronno.it/_autotrapianto2.php
2. MIDDLE-click on "Ingrandisci" (under the photos)
3. click on CHIUDI (close): it a link to "javascript:window.close();"
Actual Results:  
Absolutely nothing.

Expected Results:  
My personal opinion is that the tab should close. Another option could be to
close the whole window, maybe with an alert message.
Opera closes the tab.

Comment 1

[Kevin Brosnan]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 183697 ***