click-to-close window ??

autopost · Jan 9, 2008

What is the HTML command that closes the window issusing the message: 
 
"The web page you are viewing is trying to close the window" ? 
 
How can I change it, so that when you reply NO, it will not close the window, but it will redirect you to a diffrent ULR. 
 
Thanks for any tip! 
 
cheers!It's not HTML, it's Javascript, and it's something like this: 
 
<script type="text/javascript"> 
document.write('<a href=http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/archive/index.php/"window_not_closed.html" onclick="window.close();return false;">Close window</a>'); 
</script> 
 
AdamAdam, 
 
thanks! 
 
This command also closes the window: 
<body onLoad=" window.close()"> 
 
is that also Javascript?Yes, that is an event handler, which executes the Javascript code "window.close()" when the event fires, i.e. when the page loads. 
 
AdamAdam, 
 
so how would you modify this event handler, so that the "NO" response will redirect you to a different location? 
 
Thanks again!I'm sure adam will be much more creative, by while I am online, it'll be easier just to post a boring one that youcan play with:<script type="text/javascript"> 
 
function newClose() { 
if(confirm("The Web page you are viewing is trying to close the window.\n\nDo you want to close this window?")) { 
window.opener = top; 
window.close(); 
} 
else { 
// user decides not to close window 
} 
} 
 
window.onload = newClose 
 
</script>Browsers (or at least MSIE) will show the alert 'The window you are viewing...etc if a javascript is trying to close a window that wasn't originally opened by the parent window (this is a security thing), in which case I'm not sure if you can program a redirect into it. 
 
Just a thought anyway.well i got most of that code from adam, just implemented it to how the poster wanted it, Mozilla will find a problem with this, ehh too bad, don't use it then

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