No need to declare it. You may also be interested in the chrome.extension.getURL method to get a url for use in chrome.tabs.create or window.open.
http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/extension.html#method-getURL On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 8:49 PM, Wesley Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > > Hi Nick, > > Thanks for the quick reply! That should work for what I need and I'm > pleased to here it is possible using an additional page. Does the > package dictate that I declare this extra page in the manifest or can > it just reside in the directory like images, etc? Thanks again. > > -Wesley > > On Oct 29, 11:40 pm, Nick Baum <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Wesley, > > > > It's not possible to load the existing instance of the background page in > a > > tab, so the solution is to create a new html page, as you suggested. Note > > that this will be able to communicate directly with the background page, > and > > use the extension APIs, so hopefully it won't be too much of a hassle. > > > > -Nick > > > > On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Wesley Johnson > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > I'm authoring an extension that requires centralized UI for various > > > aspects and features. My initial thought is to put it into the > > > background page. It's easy enough to call up a tab and set the URL to > > > the background html page of your extension. The issue in doing that is > > > that it appears to create a new instance of a background page and > > > loads that.... > > > > > Can I view the actual background page the extension is linked to/ > > > communicating with? I know you can use chrome.extension.getViews() to > > > loop through views for your extension and find the background view, > > > but how to I send that "view" to a tab, so I can see it? If this is > > > not possible, which I could understand it might not be since it is, by > > > design, a BACKGROUND page - then what are my alternatives for > > > rendering additional UI? > > > > > Should I just create a new html page and package it up with my > > > extension and then just load that into a new tab? It would require > > > more work getting my background page to communicate with yet ANOTHER > > > view, but it could work. > > > > > Thoughts? > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
