Unsolved Tabs api changes - are they permanent?
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I see that in 6.6.3271.45 (maybe earlier too, but I noticed only now) web panels are now accessible through chrome tabs API, which allows extensions to work with them. As far as I remember, this was not the case a few months back. Is there any info on whether this change is permanent so I can base my extension on this, or is this an experiment or a side effect that could change anytime?
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@lunavod For some time, extensions could interact with panels but was mostly a bug (no user interaction or API communication; just a silent injection) and thus removed.
Now I think panels now are just (correctly) considered opened tabs, so the feature should stay.
Feel free to test your extension and report any issue you notice on that side -
I took a look at the "add web panel" UI and all I saw there were links to bookmarks and open pages. Tried dragging an extension icon from the address bar to the panel and that didn't work either.
How does one add an extension to this?
Thanks
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@ImaginaryFreedom You can't move a single extension to the panels area; you can only move the whole extension container there (jigsaw/arrow icon).
Any active extension should be able to interact with other webpanels (even if you don't move there) -
@Hadden89 said in Tabs api changes - are they permanent?:
@ImaginaryFreedom You can't move a single extension to the panels area; you can only move the whole extension container there (jigsaw/arrow icon).
Any active extension should be able to interact with other webpanels (even if you don't move there)Thanks.