Firefox allow_scripts_to_close_windows

OK Paste as. Treat my content as plain text, not as HTML. Existing Members Sign in to your account. This email is in use. Do you need your password? Submit your solution! When answering a question please: Read the question carefully.

Understand that English isn't everyone's first language so be lenient of bad spelling and grammar. If a question is poorly phrased then either ask for clarification, ignore it, or edit the question and fix the problem. Insults are not welcome. Don't tell someone to read the manual. Chances are they have and don't get it. Are there other ways to close Firefox, when Firefox does not respond, and is invisible on my desktop and Task Manager?

Search Support Search. Learn More. Chosen solution The problem has been solved. Download the latest Desktop version of Firefox from mozilla.

After the download finishes, close all Firefox windows or open the Firefox menu and click the close button. Linux: If you installed Firefox with the distro-based package manager, you should use the same way to uninstall it - see Install Firefox on Linux. If you downloaded and installed the binary package from the Firefox download page , simply remove the folder firefox in your home directory.

Now, go ahead and reinstall Firefox: Double-click the downloaded installation file and go through the steps of the installation wizard. Once the wizard is finished, choose to directly open Firefox after clicking the Finish button. IE also allows HTA documents to close themselves without restriction. As of Chromium 88 , window. As you can see, there are subtle differences here between what the spec requires and what the browser implements.

As you can see from the above list, both normal link clicks and JavaScript open invocations can result in tabs with or without the opener set. The user clicks on a ToC link to Section3 and the browser dutifully scrolls down to that section. Chromium blocks window. Recently filed crbug. As an aside, it also sets a new standard for bug filing by including comic-book style art showing unhappy users converting to happy users if the proposed feature is landed.

This is a super-obscure corner case. Now, try to launch the browser from your start menu. Giggle wildly as your browser launches and then blows itself away. Email Required, but never shown. The Overflow Blog. Stack Gives Back Safety in numbers: crowdsourcing data on nefarious IP addresses. Featured on Meta. New post summary designs on greatest hits now, everywhere else eventually.

Related Hot Network Questions. Question feed.