extension.getViews()

Returns an array of the Window objects for each of the pages running inside the current extension. This includes, for example:

• the background page, if one is defined
• any popup pages, if defined and loaded
• any options pages, if defined and loaded
• any browser tabs that host content packaged with the extension

In Firefox, if this method is called from a page that is part of a private browsing window, such as a sidebar in a private window or a popup opened from a private window, then its return value will not include the extension's background page.

Syntax

var windows = browser.extension.getViews(
  fetchProperties // optional object
)

Parameters

fetchPropertiesOptional

object.

typeOptional

string. An extension.ViewType indicating the type of view to get. If omitted, this function returns all views.

windowIdOptional

integer. The window to restrict the search to. If omitted, this function returns all views.

Return value

array of object. Array of Window objects.

Browser compatibility

The compatibility table in this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.

Examples

Get all windows belonging to this extension, and log their URLs:

var windows = browser.extension.getViews();

for (var extensionWindow of windows) {
  console.log(extensionWindow.location.href);
}

Get only windows in browser tabs hosting content packaged with the extension:

var windows = browser.extension.getViews({type: "tab"});

Get only windows in popups:

var windows = browser.extension.getViews({type: "popup"});

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