Question

I am testing my Chrome extension by using the following codes:

chrome.tabs.create({url: "login_popup.html"}, function(tab){
    chrome.extension.sendRequest({oid: tab.openerTabId});
});

However, a new tab was created only when Chrome started, but no tabs were created when I opened open a new page. Shouldn’t the chrome.tabs.create be executed whenever a new page is loaded?

The manifest.json is:

{
   "name": "minus_test",
   "version": "1.0",
   "background_page": "minus_test.html",
   "permissions": [ "*://*/", "tabs" ]
}

Thanks!

Answer 1

No. background_page gets executed once when Chrome starts at which point it creates a new tab. If you want to create a new tab ever time a new window is opened you need to use the chrome.windows.onCreated listener.