tabs.onSelectionChanged
Warning:
This event is deprecated. Use tabs.onActivated instead.
Fires when the selected tab in a window changes.
Syntax
browser.tabs.onSelectionChanged.addListener(listener)
browser.tabs.onSelectionChanged.removeListener(listener)
browser.tabs.onSelectionChanged.hasListener(listener)
Events have three functions:
addListener(listener)-
Adds a listener to this event.
removeListener(listener)-
Stop listening to this event. The
listenerargument is the listener to remove. hasListener(listener)-
Check whether
listeneris registered for this event. Returnstrueif it is listening,falseotherwise.
addListener syntax
Parameters
listener-
The function called when this event occurs. The function is passed these arguments:
tabId-
integer. The ID of the tab that has become active. selectInfo-
object. See the selectInfo section for more details.
Additional objects
selectInfo
windowId-
integer. The ID of the window the selected tab changed in.
Browser compatibility
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Note:
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.tabs API. This documentation is derived from tabs.json in the Chromium code.