Tab switch event available for Google Chrome extension?
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Solution 1
In your manifest.json file add the following:
"permissions":[
"background",
"tabs"
],
"background" : {
"scripts": ["scripts/background.js"],
"persistent": false
}
In your background.js:
chrome.tabs.onActivated.addListener(function(activeInfo) {
console.log(activeInfo.tabId);
});
Solution 2
It's possible, see onActivated
at https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/tabs/#event-onActivated
Author by
Kelley van Evert
Updated on June 05, 2022Comments
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Kelley van Evert almost 2 years
As a Google Chrome extension, is it possible to listen to tab switches? That is, to be notified when a tab switch has just happened?
(I want to make an extension that, in fullscreen, when switching tabs with the usual Ctrl+PageUp and Ctrl+PageDown keyboard shortcuts, gives visual feedback of the switch and other currently available tabs.)
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Waqar Bin Kalim over 2 yearsDoes this also work if the tab you're switching to is in a different window?