Try pasting the URL you get from the call to chrome.extension.getURL() into your CSS. It will look something like chrome-extension://1234567890abcdef/image.gif
Another way would be to use JavaScript on page load to set the background-image style based on the results of chrome.extension.getURL(), and this would probably be better (in case your extension ID ever changes - although it shouldn't) but I won't recommend it if you're not comfortable with doing some JavaScript programming. Cheers, Jói On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 3:44 PM, ehamiter <[email protected]> wrote: > > Still can't seem to get it to work. I tried Marcos' suggestion, but > instead of what I expect it to do, it tries to pull the page in > question + /image.gif. For example, if you're on google.com and you > expect to see the image, after inspecting the element, you will notice > the img src is http://google.com/image.pdf, instead of chrome- > extension://blahblahblah/image.pdf. > > I've tried chrome.extension.getURL() in the same manner but that did > not work. It returns what I expect, but I can't use that in a css > selector like url(image.gif). > > I am very appreciative of the answers thus far, but I'm afraid the > majority of you are speaking over my head. Jói, are you saying this > cannot be done in a user script? > > I am not sure how else to phrase my question... if you have a user > script extension that uses an image, and you need to reference it > locally with css, how do you do it? If I use an image that is not > local, I can do it easily. I don't understand why it isn't trivial to > do the former and not the latter. If you wouldn't mind, please explain > it with an example of something that works. I'm just an amateur coder, > so I have a hard time deciphering suggestions like > > something.here { > do this > } > > Thanks very much. > > > On Oct 19, 10:46 am, Erik Kay <[email protected]> wrote: >> 2009/10/18 Jói Sigurðsson <[email protected]>: >> >> >> >> > To build URLs relative to the base of the extension, use >> > chrome.extension.getURL(relativeUri). See API documentation at >> >http://chromeextensionsdocs.appspot.com/ >> >> > Referring to resources within the extension should work fine from >> > extension pages (e.g. background page or a browser action drop-down) >> > but calling chrome.extension.getURL() will not work from a user script >> > since user scripts run in the context of whichever page(s) you target >> > them to, and those pages don't have access to the extension APIs. >> >> Thanks for replying Joi. Just one small clarification. User scripts >> have access to *almost* none of the extension APIs. One that they do >> have access to is chrome.extension.getURL(). Please use this within >> content scripts rather than trying to build up the URL manually. It >> will make it easier for you while you're testing. >> >> The others that are available are chrome.extension.connect() and >> chrome.extension.onConnect:http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/extension.html >> >> It would be nice if we could be a bit more obvious about which are >> accessible and which aren't. >> >> Erik >> >> >> >> > Cheers, >> > Jói >> >> > On Sun, Oct 18, 2009 at 9:40 AM, ehamiter <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Sorry to ask, but could you clarify a little? I tried >> >> >> pdflinks[i].style.background = 'url(location.hostname:// >> >> edonhiglkbcngojedpmbgenfgohdekoj/image.gif)'; >> >> >> but that didn't work. >> >> >> On Oct 17, 9:21 pm, Pedro Junior <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> location.hostname >> >> >>> On Oct 17, 10:59 pm, ehamiter <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> > Title says it all, really. Using find and replace links and want to >> >>> > include a local image instead of calling on the http address to save >> >>> > bandwidth. I have the image in the directory, and manually typing in >> >> >>> > chrome-extension://edonhiglkbcngojedpmbgenfgohdekoj/image.gif >> >> >>> > works. However, when I try to use it in a script as such >> >> >>> > links[i].style.background = 'url(chrome-extension:// >> >>> > edonhiglkbcngojedpmbgenfgohdekoj/image.gif) no-repeat'; >> >> >>> > then it doesn't get called. Can I get around this? >> >> >>> > Thanks. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-extensions" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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