[Greasemonkey] Closing firefox tabs

[Dave Land]

On Jun 20, 2006, at 2:20 AM, Steve Randles wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I've just subscribed to the list to see if I can alter a userscript  
> that I
> already have.
>
> What I want to be able to do is to simply close the firefox tab  
> when the
> "buy" button is clicked, so that I buy and then the tab goes away.
>
> I have some scripting knowledge (various types) and want to know  
> what I need
> to do, to get this done.
>
> Can anyone help?

Maybe...

Scripts are prevented from using window.close() to dismiss windows  
that they did not open to prevent script kiddies from maliciously  
closing your windows for you...

On the other hand, top.close() seems to do the trick.

I suppose the general model, then, would be to write a GM script that  
detects the page that is returned in response to a successful "buy"  
button click, and execute top.close().

I am sorry that I didn't take the time to write a script that does  
this — but I did want to pass along a little experience from a guy  
who found that window.close() merely logs "Scripts may not close  
windows that were not opened by script."

Good luck with your new script!

Dave