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250 </script> 251 252 <div class="g-unit" id="gc-pagecontent"> 253 <div id="pageTitle"> 254 <h1 class="page_title">experimental.webInspector.* APIs</h1> 255 </div> 256 <!-- TABLE OF CONTENTS --> 257 <div id="toc" style="display: none; "> 258 <h2>Contents</h2> 259 <ol> 260 <li> 261 <a>h2Name</a> 262 <ol> 263 <li> 264 <a>h3Name</a> 265 </li> 266 </ol> 267 </li> 268 <li> 269 <a href="#apiReference">API reference</a> 270 <ol> 271 <li> 272 <a href="#properties">Properties</a> 273 <ol> 274 <li> 275 <a href="#property-anchor">propertyName</a> 276 </li> 277 </ol> 278 </li> 279 <li> 280 <a>Methods</a> 281 <ol> 282 <li> 283 <a href="#method-anchor">methodName</a> 284 </li> 285 </ol> 286 </li> 287 <li> 288 <a>Events</a> 289 <ol> 290 <li> 291 <a href="#event-anchor">eventName</a> 292 </li> 293 </ol> 294 </li> 295 <li> 296 <a href="#types">Types</a> 297 <ol> 298 <li> 299 <a href="#id-anchor">id</a> 300 </li> 301 </ol> 302 </li> 303 </ol> 304 </li> 305 </ol> 306 </div> 307 <!-- /TABLE OF CONTENTS --> 308 309 <!-- Standard content lead-in for experimental API pages --> 310 <p id="classSummary" style="display: none; "> 311 For information on how to use experimental APIs, see the <a href="experimental.html">chrome.experimental.* APIs</a> page. 312 </p> 313 314 <!-- STATIC CONTENT PLACEHOLDER --> 315 <div id="static"><div id="pageData-name" class="pageData">experimental.webInspector.* APIs</div> 316 317 <p> 318 The following API modules provide support for extending 319 Chrome Development Tools (aka WebInspector): 320 </p> 321 322 <a name="api-list"></a> 323 <ul> 324 <li> 325 <a href="experimental.webInspector.audits.html">experimental.webInspector.audits</a></li><li> 326 <a href="experimental.webInspector.inspectedWindow.html">experimental.webInspector.inspectedWindow</a></li><li> 327 <a href="experimental.webInspector.panels.html">experimental.webInspector.panels</a></li><li> 328 <a href="experimental.webInspector.resources.html">experimental.webInspector.resources</a></li> 329 </ul> 330 331 <p class="warning"> 332 <b>Caution:</b> 333 Don't depend on these experimental APIs. They might disappear, and they 334 <em>will</em> change. 335 Also, the Chrome Developer Dashboard doesn't allow you to 336 upload extensions that use experimental APIs. 337 </p> 338 339 <h2 id="using">How to use WebInspector APIs</h2> 340 341 <ol> 342 <li> 343 WebInspector APIs are currently experimental, so please start with 344 <a href="experimental.html">the steps for using experimental extension 345 APIs</a>. 346 </li> 347 <li> 348 Specify the "devtools_page" field in your extension's manifest and make 349 sure you have "experimental" permission: 350 <pre>{ 351 "name": ... 352 "version": "1.0", 353 "minimum_chrome_version": "10.0", 354 <b>"devtools_page": "devtools.html"</b>, 355 "permissions": [ <b>"experimental"</b> ... ], 356 ... 357 } 358 </pre> 359 </li> 360 <li> 361 An instance of the devtools_page specified in your extension's manifest 362 will be created for every Developer Tools window opened. The page may add 363 other extension pages as panels and sidebars to the Developer Tools window 364 using <a href="experimental.webInspector.panels">experimental.webInspector.panels</a> 365 API. 366 </li> 367 <li>The APIs available to extension pages within the Developer Tools 368 window include all <a href="#api-list">experimental.webInspector modules 369 listed above</a> and <a href="extension.html">chrome.extension</a> API. 370 Other extension APIs are not available to the Developer Tools pages, but 371 you may invoke them by sending a request to the background page of your 372 extension, similarly to how it's done in the 373 <a href="overview.html#contentScripts">content scripts</a>. 374 </li><li>Please note that, unlike other Chrome Extension APIs, the WebInspector 375 APIs lack "chrome" prefix. 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