Eel: Call window.close() on javascript with Eel

[ghost]

Hi so I've been trying to close a window on javascript working with eel, but window.close() doesn't seem to work, are there any other ways to make the window close or to terminate the eel process on javascript?

[samuelhwilliams]

window.close() seems to work for me - can you share your code please? It's very difficult to help if I can't reproduce the problem, and having your exact code will generally help there. :)

[ghost]

@samuelhwilliams here :)

 <script>
      window.onload = function() {
        //when page loads execute this function
        swal({
          title: "Welcome",
          text: "You were successfully logged in!",
          icon: "success",
          button: "Thanks",
          closeOnClickOutside: false,
          closeOnEsc: false,
          closeOnEsc: false
        }).then(value => {
          //if button "ok" is clicked it returns true in the value variable and then closes the window if true
          console.log("closing");
          window.close();
        });
      };
    </script>

When clicking on the button, an error message is displayed on the console which is the following
Scripts may close only the windows that were opened by it., I tried opening the html page on chrome directly and window.close() works and closes my page when the swal button is clicked but whenever I open it with Eel with python main.py and I try to click on the button Thanks nothing happens and the previous error message appears in the console.

[Jack-Stoller]

I was able to fix this issue with this window.open('','_self').close() code instead of the window.close() method.

[ghost]

Thanks for the response @FutureLights, I tried adding window.open('', '_self').close(); after then(value => { but I still get this error Scripts may close only the windows that were opened by it.

[Jack-Stoller]

What browser are you using?

[ghost]

Found it so instead of redirecting with javascript to my page which I couldn't close later I created a js function that replaced the href and opened a new window so I could then call the window.close() argument. Here is my function if anyone wants to use it:

function Pospopup(URL, title) //?Function to open new window with same position of parent window
{
  let left = window.screenX; //takes left property of mainfile window
  let top = window.screenY; //takes left property of mainfile window
  window.open(URL, title, "width=800, height=600, top=" + top + ", left=" + left); //opens new window and sets the left and top property
}

the left and top var are just to keep the window in the same position as the previous one.
Anyway big thanks to @samuelhwilliams and @FutureLights for helping me out