Close FireFox tab

doctorized · **Posted:** Wed Mar 21, 2012 9:10 pm

Is there a way to close programmatically only one tab in Firefox?
I tried

Code:

PostMessage_(GetForegroundWindow_(), #WM_CLOSE, 1, 0)

and

Code:

SendMessage_(GetForegroundWindow_(), #WM_SYSCOMMAND, #SC_CLOSE, 0)

but in every case closes the whole firefox and not only the active tab.

MachineCode · **Joined:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:16 pm **Posts:** 1480

From my own quick tests, it seems Firefox ignores messages, which is probably why it doesn't respond.

You can force it with a virtual Ctrl+W keystroke like this, but it's Windows-only and a bad hack:

Code:

keybd_event_(#VK_CONTROL,0,0,0)
keybd_event_(#VK_W,0,0,0)
keybd_event_(#VK_W,0,#KEYEVENTF_KEYUP,0)
keybd_event_(#VK_CONTROL,0,#KEYEVENTF_KEYUP,0)

doctorized · **Posted:** Thu Mar 22, 2012 11:26 am

I am interested only for Windows (for now). Is this working on Chrome too?

MachineCode · **Joined:** Tue Feb 22, 2011 1:16 pm **Posts:** 1480

If it uses the same shortcut (Ctrl+W), then yes. If not, change the code to whatever shortcut Chrome uses to close a tab.

doctorized · **Posted:** Thu Mar 22, 2012 1:25 pm

Works fine with Chrome. Thanx a lot!!

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