How can I close a browser/page using jQuery if the page was not opned using window.open()?

Question

I have a logout event in my site and once the user clicks on logout they cookies are cleared and I also display a link to close the page or the browser if the user wants.

The link id to close the browser is closeBrowser

Here is my jQuery code

$(document).ready(function() {
    $('#closeBrowser').click(function(){        
        window.close();
    });
});

I think it is not working because the page was not opened with window.open() event . However, I am not sure.

How can I close the page once the user clicks on that link??

Thanks

Answer 1

The documentation for window.close() states :

This method is only allowed to be called for windows that were opened by a script using the window.open method. If the window was not opened by a script, the following error appears in the JavaScript Console: Scripts may not close windows that were not opened by script.