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closing a window in _blank from outside _blank

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lwfg

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How do you close a window openned in target=_blank when a button outside that window is clicked?
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Hi

No way.

To close another window with JavaScript, you need a reference to that window. You get such reference only when opening the window with JavaScript.


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