How can you close a window that was opened with tm-open-external-window?

#1

Hi!

I know how to open an external window with tm-open-external-window. Here is an illustration using a button:

<$button>
<$action-sendmessage $message="tm-open-external-window" $param="https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/whiteNoiseGenerator.php" windowName="background_noise" windowFeatures="height=400, width=600"/>
Play background noise
</$button>

But I can’t see if there is any way to close this window from within my wiki? tm-close-window can close tiddlers opened with a windowID parameter, but there is no documented way to assign a windowID when using tm-open-external-window.

Can anyone help at all? :slight_smile:

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#2

What triggers the timer to start ?

#3

A button. Though I only mentioned the timer to give an example of a specific use case, it’s not really relevant. I can see how it has made my question unclear so I’ve edit the original post.

#4

The trigger is relevant because it might very well be possible to implement what you want without using an external window.

For example,put the following in a new tiddler:

Sound will be played when "''a''" is entered as the first and only character in the field:  <$edit-text tiddler=<<currentTiddler>> field="whatever" />

<$list filter="[{!!title}get[whatever]match[a]]">
    <audio autoplay muted>
        <source src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/71/Open-mid_front_unrounded_vowel.ogg" type="audio/ogg">
        Your browser does not support the audio element.
    </audio>
</$list>
#5

An external window opens a completely new browser, which can only be closed, if you close that new window. Closing any app from the browser is forbidden.

tm-open-window and tm-close-window can be used from the browser. But there is a difference. tm-open-window opens a “connected” window. I am not sure if that is what you want. The important parameter here is windowId

tm-close-window can not close a window which was opened with tm-open-external-window

#6

The windowID can be almost anything, for example the tiddler name, which makes sense. Trying to open the the same window a second time should just bring the window forward.

Although not finished I made a window manager to list open windows in the side bar so you can return to them and or close them.

  • Of course we already have the Open in new window button
    • However I have used different display templates for similar buttons.