Question

I am planning to write a Chrome extension to jump to a bookmark from the omnibox. I want to use the chrome omnibox APIs (see Chrome omnibox APIs). What the extension wants to do is:
1) type the search keyword “jb” (jump to bookmark) and type TAB to enter the extension;
2) before hitting any key, I want the omnibox give the suggestions from the bookmarks;
3) type any term in the omnibox; and update the suggestions.

The function is very simple. But I do not know how to implement the step #2 using the existing omnibox APIs. The method chrome.omnibox.onInputStarted.addListener does not accept to give suggestions. Suggestions are only allowed when some term is entered (via chrome.omnibox.onInputChanged.addListener).

Any help is appreciated.

Answer 1

After pressing a tab key chrome.omnibox.onInputChanged.addListener is fired with an empty text, so you can return default suggestions.