You are correct. I never noticed that the cntl-click open new tab behavior was more complex than open at max(index)+1.
Apologies. Feel free to open a bug for this request at crbug.com. Rafael On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 12:24 PM, Ionut Bilica <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> >>> >> > -- 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.
