windows

Interact with browser windows. You can use this API to get information about open windows and to open, modify, and close windows. You can also listen for window open, close, and activate events.

Types

windows.WindowType: The type of browser window this is.
windows.WindowState: The state of this browser window.
windows.Window: Contains information about a browser window.
windows.CreateType: Specifies the type of browser window to create.

Constants

windows.WINDOW_ID_NONE: The windowId value that represents the absence of a browser window.
windows.WINDOW_ID_CURRENT: A value that can be used in place of a windowId in some APIs to represent the current window.

Methods

windows.get(): Gets details about a window, given its ID.
windows.getCurrent(): Gets the current window.
windows.getLastFocused(): Gets the window that was most recently focused — typically the window 'on top'.
windows.getAll(): Gets all windows.
windows.create(): Creates a new window.
windows.update(): Updates the properties of a window. Use this to move, resize, and (un)focus a window, etc.
windows.remove(): Closes a window, and all its tabs.

Events

windows.onCreated: Fired when a window is created.
windows.onRemoved: Fired when a window is closed.
windows.onFocusChanged: Fired when the currently focused window changes.

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Firefox for Android
Safari on iOS
windows
CreateType
WINDOW_ID_CURRENT
WINDOW_ID_NONE
Window
Window.alwaysOnTop
Window.focused
Window.height
Window.id
Window.incognito
Window.left
Window.sessionId
Window.state
Window.tabs
Window.title
Window.top
Window.type
Window.width
WindowState
WindowState.docked
WindowState.fullscreen
WindowState.maximized
WindowState.minimized
WindowType
WindowType.app
WindowType.devtools
WindowType.panel
create
get
get.getInfo
getInfo.windowTypes
getAll
getAll.populate
getAll.windowTypes
getCurrent
getCurrent.getInfo
getInfo.windowTypes
getLastFocused
getLastFocused.getInfo
getInfo.windowTypes
onBoundsChanged
onCreated
onFocusChanged
onRemoved
remove
update
update.drawAttention
update.focused
update.height
update.left
update.state
update.titlePreface
update.top
update.width

Example extensions

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.windows API. This documentation is derived from windows.json in the Chromium code.

	desktop					mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Firefox for Android	Safari on iOS
`windows`
`CreateType`
`WINDOW_ID_CURRENT`
`WINDOW_ID_NONE`
`Window`
`Window.alwaysOnTop`
`Window.focused`
`Window.height`
`Window.id`
`Window.incognito`
`Window.left`
`Window.sessionId`
`Window.state`
`Window.tabs`
`Window.title`
`Window.top`
`Window.type`
`Window.width`
`WindowState`
`WindowState.docked`
`WindowState.fullscreen`
`WindowState.maximized`
`WindowState.minimized`
`WindowType`
`WindowType.app`
`WindowType.devtools`
`WindowType.panel`
`create`
`get`
`get.getInfo`
`getInfo.windowTypes`
`getAll`
`getAll.populate`
`getAll.windowTypes`
`getCurrent`
`getCurrent.getInfo`
`getInfo.windowTypes`
`getLastFocused`
`getLastFocused.getInfo`
`getInfo.windowTypes`
`onBoundsChanged`
`onCreated`
`onFocusChanged`
`onRemoved`
`remove`
`update`
`update.drawAttention`
`update.focused`
`update.height`
`update.left`
`update.state`
`update.titlePreface`
`update.top`
`update.width`

Types

Constants

Methods

Events

Browser compatibility

Example extensions