Merge pull request #4410 from ivanov/close-new-tabs-chrome

make close-and-halt work on new tabs in Chrome

IPython/html/static/notebook/js/menubar.js

@@ -131,7 +131,11 b' var IPython = (function (IPython) {'
         });
         this.element.find('#kill_and_exit').click(function () {
             IPython.notebook.session.delete();
-            setTimeout(function(){window.close();}, 500);
+            setTimeout(function(){
+                // allow closing of new tabs in Chromium, impossible in FF
+                window.open('', '_self', '');
+                window.close();
+            }, 500);
         });
         // Edit
         this.element.find('#cut_cell').click(function () {