javascript window.close() works in one case but doesnt in another

Question

in both the cases , i am trying to close a popup window opened from the same parent using the similar code. In both cases the function is being called inside the call back function of the jquery $.post method. But while one of them works properly, the other one throws an error

Firefox:

window.close is not a function

Chrome:

Property 'close' of object [object DOMWindow] is not a function

I tried to do this separately with two simple html files having minimal code .. and it works perfectly

this is the code i am using to open the popups

<a onclick="window.open('<?php echo $personalize_href; ?>',null,'height=688,width=1000,status=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=2,location=no');">

Please help

Answer 1

You can try self instead of window.

self references the current window, whereas window references the parent window.

self is actually a DOMWindow object.

Answer 2

You need to keep a handle to the window (or reclaim a handle to the window...)

var myWin = window.open(uri, "myWin", "height=300, width=200");

...

myWin.close();

Answer 3

thanks Pekka..

this is how i am calling window.open

<a onclick="window.open('<?php echo $personalize_href; ?>',null,'height=688,width=1000,status=no,toolbar=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=2,location=no');" class="button">

by two different cases what i meant was, there is a parent window with two links which open two different popups .. one gets closed using window.close, the other doesnt and i am calling the window.close function from the popup windows in both the cases.. along with some other code which is this

window.close();
        if (window.opener && !window.opener.closed) {
        window.opener.location.href = 'xyz';
        }