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CloseWatcher: close() method

Limited availability

This feature is not Baseline because it does not work in some of the most widely-used browsers.

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The close() method of the CloseWatcher interface lets you skip any logic in the cancel event handler and immediately fire the close event. It then deactivates the close watcher as if destroy() was called.

Syntax

close()

Parameters

None.

Return value

None (undefined).

Examples

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Using the close() method

Use the close() method to deactivate the close watcher and destroy it.

watcher.close();

Specifications

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Opera Safari Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet WebView Android WebView on iOS
close 126 126 preview 112 No 126 No 83 No 28.0 126 No

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CloseWatcher/close