Omitting the "index" parameter results in positioning the tab as last
tab in window (not the default behavior).
So problem still not solved.

Thanks for your replay.

Is there a solution?


On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Rafael Weinstein <[email protected]> wrote:
> Just omit the index parameter like this:
>
>                                        chrome.tabs.create({
>                                                windowId: tab.windowId,
>                                                url:      request.url,
>                                                selected: 
> (localStorage[request.click] == "foreground")
>                                          });
>
> Doing so tells chrome to use the default behavior of inserting a new tab.
>
> I tried it with your extension and it seems to work.
>
> Cheers
> Rafael
>
> On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 12:13 AM, Ionut Bilica <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Tanks for your replay,
>>
>> I know about the "index" parameter, but you can not use it to get the
>> right behavior.
>>
>> If I ctrl+click two links in tab A, my Chrome will show tabs A,B,C in
>> this order. If I use tabs.create using index as you suggested, I get
>> A, C, B. The last tab opened is inserted (using the index parameter)
>> right after the current tab. So if you open more than one tabs, the
>> last opened will be the one next to the active tab. Which is not the
>> normal behavior.
>>
>> Chrome's positioning of new opened tab is clever. Not making it
>> available for extension writers is not so clever.
>>
>> The extension I'm working on, and which gives me this headache is:
>> https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/afalkcagoidkdjdlfoaicbanbfgoamoo
>>
>> Thanks again
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 12:36 AM, Mohamed Mansour <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> The tab api has a "create" method as you have seen:
>>> http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/tabs.html#method-create
>>> One of the parameters is "index", you can use that index to position that
>>> tab anywhere in that window. So once you open a new link, you get its tab's
>>> index from the tab object, and you increment 1. That value gets passed into
>>> the "index" of the createProperties for chrome.tabs.create.
>>> -Mohamed Mansour
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 8:56 AM, ionut.bilica <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> In Chrome, when opening a link in a new tab, it is positioned after
>>>> the last tab created to open a link from the current tab.
>>>> How do I simulate this with chrome.tabs.create?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
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