[Javascript] window.close () not catched

[javascript at webdesignofficina.com (Guillaume)]

David Dorward wrote:

>On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 04:15:12PM +0200, Guillaume wrote:
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>>A new window is opened with an inline window.open JavaScript ( 
>>target="_blank"  refuses to pass Xhtml validation).
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>Because you are using XHTML 1.0 Strict and it doesn't include a target
>attribute?
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Excactly

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>>Except in Safari: this browser allows the window.close only when the 
>>window is opened first.
>>If you browse to the second image inside this window the window.close 
>>does not work anymore...
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>>Any idea why ?
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>Presumably it ties the security to the document you open rather than
>just the window, so a different document doesn't have the authority to
>close the window.
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>>Any fix ?
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>Get rid of the JavaScript and decide user's already know how to close
>windows - since they can do it for every other window on their system?
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Since i'm proposing this link and it's working in all other browsers, 
I'd like not to waste Safari's users clics.



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