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Reputation: 3069

How to control new browser tab using Chrome app

How can I control a new tab opened with chrome.browser.openTab({url:""}, function () { });? Control in the sense, things we do with JavaScript like change the URL of the tab, get element by ID and change element attributes, etc.

Is it possible within a Chrome app or do I have to create a Chrome app plus an extension and control everything using message passing?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 877

Answers (1)

Tom Dunn
Tom Dunn

Reputation: 2455

If it has to be a Chrome App controlling contents of a Chrome browser tab, then I think what you suggest at the end is the best option: Chrome app communicates with Chrome extension via message passing and Chrome extension modifies the page.

https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/messaging#external

Probably this does not fit your use case, but if the website could be displayed from the Chrome app, you could use a <webview> tag, the website would not be sandboxed, and you could control its contents using webview.executeScript and the contentload event

https://developer.chrome.com/apps/tags/webview#example https://developer.chrome.com/apps/tags/webview#event-contentload

Upvotes: 1

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