windows.onCreated
Fired when a window is created.
Syntax
js
browser.windows.onCreated.addListener(listener)
browser.windows.onCreated.removeListener(listener)
browser.windows.onCreated.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 a
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 this argument:
window-
A
windows.Windowobject containing details of the window that was created.
Examples
Log the IDs of new windows as they are created:
js
browser.windows.onCreated.addListener((window) => {
console.log(`New window: ${window.id}`);
});
Example extensions
Browser compatibility
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- See implementation notes.
Note:
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.windows API. This documentation is derived from windows.json in the Chromium code.