Question

I am trying to create chrome extension which will read text inside the particular TAG from the Webpage …
but not able to read value
I need to pick Text inside the tag definition excluding html tags..
here i want to read the value from the tag “definition”

output:is an overwhelming urge to have of something is often connected with money
suppose web page is like this

<div id="definition">
<div class="section blurb">
<p class="short"><i>Greed</i> is an overwhelming urge to have <i>more</i>
 of something
<p class="long"><i>Greed</i> is often connected with money</p>      
</div>  
</div>  

this is what i was trying
popup.html

<script>
  var newwin = chrome.extension.getBackgroundPage();
      newwin.get(); 
</script>

background.html

 <Script>

    function get()
    {
    var myDivObj = document.getElementById("definition");
    if ( myDivObj ) {
       alert (myDivObj.innerHTML); 
    }else{
       alert ( "Alien Found" );
    }
    }

    </Script>

Answer 1

I moved my script from the background page to content scrit and it worked like charm..

but was just wondering why dint work in background page..?