Question

$(function(){
      var count = 5;
      countdown = setInterval(function(){
        $(".countdown").html("Closing in " + count + "...");
        if (count == 0) {
          window.close();
        }
        count--;
      }, 1000);
    });

Doesn’t seem to be working for me. But if I change window.close(); to window.location = "http://google.com";, it works. Any help on closing a window after a countdown would be a great help!

Thank you!

Answer 1

In which browser are you trying this ? Usually it is not that simple when working in browsers that have multiple tabs opened .. I used the below for opening and closing a window (single tab) and it worked for me

window.open('', '_self', ''); 
window.close();