RESOLVED FIXED 20661
JavaScript can close a window 
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20661
Summary JavaScript can close a window
Berend-Jan Wever
Reported 2008-09-05 05:34:21 PDT
JavaScript can close a window, even if it was not opened through JavaScript. This is done by closing an IFRAME within the page: <BODY onload="go()"> <IFRAME name="target"></IFRAME> </BODY> <SCRIPT> function go() { oWin = window.open("about:blank", "target"); oWin.close(); } </SCRIPT>
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Mark Rowe (bdash)
Comment 1 2008-09-05 17:41:05 PDT
<rdar://problem/6201382>
Alexey Proskuryakov
Comment 2 2009-01-29 14:36:37 PST
See also: <http://trac.webkit.org/projects/webkit/changeset/40371>.
Adam Barth
Comment 3 2009-01-29 15:53:38 PST
ap, What was the reasoning behind that change? It seems like we want to match Firefox's behavior for window.close().
Brady Eidson
Comment 4 2009-01-29 16:56:06 PST
That change was actually made in an effort to match firefox.
Adam Barth
Comment 5 2009-01-29 18:11:12 PST
> That change was actually made in an effort to match firefox. Awesome. What else is left to do to match their policy?
Brady Eidson
Comment 6 2009-01-29 18:40:29 PST
I can't find a thorough documentation of Firefox's window.close() policy, but that change definitely brought us closer. And, in the process, fixed this bug!
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