Chrome app notes

chromeapp.txt

Opening up a new tab with chrome app
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manifest.json

{
  "name": "Alyssa",
  "version": "2.0",
  "manifest_version": 2,
  "description": "Alyssa app",
  "icons": { "128": "icon.png" },
  "background": {
    "scripts": ["background.js","jQuery-Knob-master/js/jquery.knob.js"]
    //"page": "background.html"    
  },
  "browser_action": {
    "default_title": "",
    "default_icon": "icon.png"
  },
  "permissions": [
    "tabs","http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"
  ]
}

background.js

chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function(tab) {
  chrome.tabs.create({'url': chrome.extension.getURL('jQuery-Knob-master/test.html')}, function(tab) {
    // Tab opened.
  });
});

background.html

your normal html page