297020 - window.close() should close its tab when multiple tabs open

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 183697

(Firefox :: Tabbed Browser, defect)

Description

[walf]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.7.8) Gecko/20050511 Firefox/1.0.4

when i have multiple tabs open, pages that have buttons, links, etc. that invoke
the javascript window.close() function, the tabbed window that contains that
function should close but it does nothing. (presumably to stop one tab from
closing many others without confirmation.)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. open a page in one tab.
2. in the same firefox window, open a new tab with a page that has a button/link
that invokes window.close()
3. click that button/link.

Actual Results:  
nothing happens.

Expected Results:  
current tab should close bringing focus to next tab.

Comment 1

[:Gavin Sharp [email: [e-mail]]]

Javascript is not permitted to close windows it didn't open.

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