I just remembered that atleast in IE, if your in any browser window (including a popup) and hit the backspace key with focus on the window but not an edit box or anything, it will be the same as pressing the back button. Theres no onBack or anything you can trap that you know of is there?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Johansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of list witango-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 2:50 PM Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: Closing a browser window without user clicking > Actually, I do this all the time. I got tired of having to deal with > people pushing the back button at the most opportune times :) > > I open the window which becomes the main window of the app with > Toolbar=no and then I have a JavaScript which prevents right-click > > Ben Johansen - http://www.pcforge.com > Authorized Witango Reseller http://www.pcforge.com/WitangoGoodies.htm > Latest downloads & List Archives @ http://www.witango.ws > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:owner-witango-talk@;witango.com] On Behalf Of Atrix Wolfe > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 2:44 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk > Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: Closing a browser window without user > clicking > > I was thinkin Ben that if you had a system where the user must login, > maybe > after the user logs in, it could make a popup window and thats where the > app > itself is, then at any time you wanted you could close the window from > within the app and theyd find themselves right back at the login screen > (: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ben Johansen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Multiple recipients of list witango-talk" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 2:34 PM > Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: Closing a browser window without user > clicking > > > > Hi, > > > > Atrix gave an excellent example on this question. > > > > I just wanted to bring up the point that it works great on child > browser > > windows, which are browser windows opened with window.open() > > > > If you are talking about closing the main window, then the browser is > > going to squawk an force the user to answer the question like > > "The Web page you are viewing is trying to close the window" > > "Do you want to close the window?" > > > > I have yet to find a way around this > > > > Ben Johansen - http://www.pcforge.com > > Authorized Witango Reseller http://www.pcforge.com/WitangoGoodies.htm > > Latest downloads & List Archives @ http://www.witango.ws > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:owner-witango-talk@;witango.com] On Behalf Of rich Jasinski > > Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 1:24 PM > > To: Multiple recipients of list witango-talk > > Subject: Witango-Talk: Closing a browser window without user clicking > > > > Is there a way to close a browser window without the user clicking a > > button? > > I have a taf that looks at a table and if there is a value in a field > it > > does a redirect to a page. If the value is not there I want to close > the > > browser. > > > > rich > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body > > > > > ________________________________________________________________________ > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body > > ________________________________________________________________________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: send a plain text/US ASCII email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe witango-talk in the message body
