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closeTab() for Lightning Experience
Arguments
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| tabId | string | ID of the workspace tab or subtab to close. |
Sample Code
This component has a button that, when pressed, closes the currently focused tab.
Component code:
1<aura:component implements="flexipage:availableForAllPageTypes" access="global">
2 <lightning:workspaceAPI aura:id="workspace"/>
3 <lightning:button label="Close Focused Tab" onclick="{!c.closeFocusedTab}"/>
4</aura:component>Controller code:
1({
2 closeFocusedTab : function(component, event, helper) {
3 var workspaceAPI = component.find("workspace");
4 workspaceAPI.getFocusedTabInfo().then(function(response) {
5 var focusedTabId = response.tabId;
6 workspaceAPI.closeTab({tabId: focusedTabId});
7 })
8 .catch(function(error) {
9 console.log(error);
10 });
11 }
12})Response
This method returns a promise that, upon success, resolves to true.