windows
Interact with browser windows. You can use this API to get information about open windows and to open, modify, and close windows. You can also listen for window open, close, and activate events.
Types
- windows.WindowType (en-US)
- The type of browser window this is.
- windows.WindowState (en-US)
- The state of this browser window.
- windows.Window (en-US)
- Contains information about a browser window.
windows.CreateType
- Specifies the type of browser window to create.
Properties
- windows.WINDOW_ID_NONE (en-US)
- The
windowId
value that represents the absence of a browser window. - windows.WINDOW_ID_CURRENT (en-US)
- The
windowId
value that represents the current window.
Functions
- windows.get() (en-US)
- Gets details about a window, given its ID.
- windows.getCurrent() (en-US)
- Gets the current window.
- windows.getLastFocused() (en-US)
- Gets the window that was most recently focused — typically the window 'on top'.
- windows.getAll() (en-US)
- Gets all windows.
- windows.create() (en-US)
-
Creates a new window.
- windows.update() (en-US)
- Updates the properties of a window. Use this to move, resize, and (un)focus a window, etc.
- windows.remove() (en-US)
- Closes a window, and all its tabs.
Events
- windows.onCreated (en-US)
- Fired when a window is created.
- windows.onRemoved (en-US)
- Fired when a window is closed.
- windows.onFocusChanged (en-US)
- Fired when the currently focused window changes.
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
Edge incompatibilities
Promises are not supported in Edge. Use callbacks instead.
Example extensions
- annotate-page
- bookmark-it
- private-browsing-theme
- store-collected-images
- theme-integrated-sidebar
- window-manipulator
Acknowledgements
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.windows
API. This documentation is derived from windows.json
in the Chromium code.
Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.