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Example chrome extension that reproduces undefined chrome.tabs
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| chrome.tabs.onUpdated.addListener(function() { | |
| window.console.log('updated from background'); | |
| }); |
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| chrome.tabs.onUpdated.addListener.addListener( | |
| function(tabId, changeInfo, tab) { | |
| window.console.log('updated from contentscript'); | |
| } | |
| ); |
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| { | |
| "name": "My test extension", | |
| "version": "1", | |
| "manifest_version": 2, | |
| "background": { | |
| "scripts":["background.js"] | |
| }, | |
| "content_scripts": [ | |
| { | |
| "matches": ["http://*/*", "https://*/*"], | |
| "js": ["contentscript.js"] | |
| } | |
| ], | |
| "permissions": [ | |
| "tabs" | |
| ] | |
| } |
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For anyone who comes across this gist:
chrome.tabsis not available in a content script by design. Content scripts can access only 4 chrome API so chrome.tabs is only available in a background/popup or other internal extension page that has chrome-extension://<extension-id>/ URL.