How to close a window.open

Question

I know that you can close a window.open with window.close but is there another way. I have a popup that opens facebook connect and i want to shut the popup whenever the user con

Answer 1

You can use close() method of created popup that is returned by the open() method as object:

var myPopup;

$(document).ready(function(){
    $('#signin_menu a').click(function (){

        myPopup = window.open(
            $('#signin_menu a').attr("href"),
            'mywindow',
            'width=850,height=400');

        return false;
    });
})

To close do the following:

myPopup.close();