Issue 6053 - Workaround window.close problem on Firefox

composer.js

 /*
  * This file is part of Adblock Plus <https://adblockplus.org/>,
  * Copyright (C) 2006-present eyeo GmbH
  *
  * Adblock Plus is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
  * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 3 as
  * published by the Free Software Foundation.
  *
  * Adblock Plus is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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   },
   errors =>
   {
     if (errors.length > 0)
       alert(errors.join("\n"));
     else
       closeDialog(true);
   });
 }
 
+// We'd rather just call window.close, but that isn't working consistently with
+// Firefox 57, even when allowScriptsToClose is passed to browser.windows.create
+// See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1418394
+function closeMe()

[kzar, 2017/11/20 14:54:48]

Taken straight from adblockplusui/issue-reporter.js.

+{
+  browser.runtime.sendMessage({
+    type: "app.get",
+    what: "senderId"
+  }).then(tabId => browser.tabs.remove(tabId));
+}
+
 function closeDialog(success)
 {
   browser.runtime.sendMessage({
     type: "forward",
     targetPageId,
     payload:
     {
       type: "composer.content.finished",
       remove: (typeof success == "boolean" ? success : false)
     }
   });
-  window.close();
+  closeMe();
 }
 
 function init()
 {
   // Attach event listeners
   window.addEventListener("keydown", onKeyDown, false);
 
   document.getElementById("addButton").addEventListener("click", addFilters);
   document.getElementById("cancelButton").addEventListener(
     "click", closeDialog.bind(null, false)
   );
 
   // Apply jQuery UI styles
   $("button").button();
 
   document.getElementById("filters").focus();
 
   ext.onMessage.addListener((msg, sender, sendResponse) =>
   {
     switch (msg.type)
     {
       case "composer.dialog.init":
         targetPageId = msg.sender;
         document.getElementById("filters").value = msg.filters.join("\n");
         break;
       case "composer.dialog.close":
-        window.close();
+        closeMe();
         break;
     }
   });
 
   window.removeEventListener("load", init);
 }
 window.addEventListener("load", init, false);