[webkit-help] problems with WindowCloseRequested signal

[Thomaz de Oliveira dos Reis]

Hi!

I'm having a problem with this signal when javascript calls
"window.close" in pages that have already being navigated.

For exemple:

we have is a.html:
<a href="b.html">link to B</a><br/>
<a href="#" onclick="window.close()">close this window</a>

and b.html:
<a href="a.html">link to A</a><br/>
<a href="#" onclick="window.close()">close this window</a>


If I open my custom browser with webkit, and click on "close this
window" the signal is emitted
But if I click on "Link to B" and then on "close this window" the
signal is not emitted.

First I tought that this would be something related for misusing
pyqt-webkit[1], but then after trying the same code with
python-webkit-gtk I've got exactly the same problem.

So, what I'm missing here? It's something related to Webkit or even
javascript/html specification that I didn't get it?

Thanks for the help!


[1] message posted on PyQT list, few days ago:
Hi,

I have this simple code:

import sys
from PyQt4.QtCore import *
from PyQt4.QtGui import *
from PyQt4.QtWebKit import *

def close(): sys.exit()

app = QApplication(sys.argv)

web = QWebView()
QObject.connect(web.page(),SIGNAL("windowCloseRequested ()"),close)

web.load(QUrl("a.html"))
web.show()

sys.exit(app.exec_())

and 2 more files, that is a.html:
<a href="b.html">link to B</a><br/>
<a href="#" onclick="window.close()">close this window</a>

and b.html:
<a href="a.html">link to A</a><br/>
<a href="#" onclick="window.close()">close this window</a>

When you load the app, and then clicks on "close this window" the window closes
But if you click on link to B and then click on "close this window"
the window doesn't closes.

Why this happens? There is any solution so this signals keep working
even after loading another URL?


thanks!