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Issue 10874057: Document the activeTab extension permission. (Closed) Base URL: svn://svn.chromium.org/chrome/trunk/src
Patch Set: aa Created 8 years, 3 months ago
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1 <h1>The activeTab permission</h1>
mkearney1 2012/09/12 17:02:37 General comment: I like the heading style in the o
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4 The <code>activeTab</code> permission allows extensions to access the active tab in response to user gestures like clicking an <a href="browserAction.html">exte nsion button</a> or <a href="contextMenus.html">context menu item</a>.
mkearney1 2012/09/12 17:02:37 I kind of like parts of the original active tab in
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8 Many extensions only need access to a page in response to a user gesture on the extension. For example, consider a web clipping extension that has a browser act ion and context menu item. The extension doesn't need to run automatically on al l pages, it only needs to run when one of its UI surfaces is acted upon.
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12 Without <code>activeTab</code> the extension would need to request both the <cod e>&lt;all_urls&gt;</code> and <code>tabs</code> permissions, showing a scary war ning on installation. With <code>activeTab</code> none of that will be necessary .
mkearney1 2012/09/12 17:02:37 Does a warning get displayed to the user at any ti
mkearney1 2012/09/12 17:02:37 Nit, commas after 'Without activeTab' and 'With ac
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16 Formally, the <code>activeTab</code> permission allows an extension to use <a hr ef="tabs.html#method-executeScript">tabs.executeScript</a> and <a href="tabs.htm l#method-insertCSS">tabs.insertCSS</a> on any tab the extension has been invoked on, including any frames with the same security origin. The permission lasts un til the tab is navigated.
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20 The <code>activeTab</code> permission is activated whenever a piece of extension UI is acted upon by a user. At the time of writing, examples of such UI include :
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22 <li>clicking on an extension’s browser action,
23 <li>clicking on an extension’s page action,
24 <li>clicking on an extension’s script badge,
25 <li>accepting a suggestion from an extension’s omnibox,
26 <li>invoking an action from an extension’s context menu, and
27 <li>executing a command configured for an extension.
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mkearney1 2012/09/12 17:02:37 I'm a little bit curious about the last item here
29 But this list will grow over time as more types of extension UIs are added.
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