Maybe it could. You can send a message to a content script in that tab, that will make it go back (history.go(-1)) and take the URL (from the onupdated event) and create a new tab with that URL.
However, you cannot now whether URL updating was initiated by the Omnibox) or by the website (or a link on which the user clicked. So... I guess it will not help. Hehe. Sorry. ☆PhistucK On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 16:56, GSA <[email protected]> wrote: > I want to write extension which will open a tab when new URL is > entered in URL bar, onUpdated event for current tab will not help in > that case, is not it? > > On Dec 11, 8:51 am, PhistucK <[email protected]> wrote: > > No. But you can observe the onUpdated event of tabs. > http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/tabs.html#event-onUpdated > > > > ☆PhistucK > > > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 03:14, GSA <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Trying to figure out if I can detect user putting URL into URL bar and > > > navigating to new link. > > > > > Thanks, > > > G > > > > > -- > > > > > 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]<chromium-extensions%[email protected]> > <chromium-extensions%2bunsu[email protected]> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > >http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en.- Hide quoted > text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > > 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]<chromium-extensions%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en. > > > -- 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.
