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If you require this 69 parameter, the manifest key 70 <a href="manifest.html#minimum_chrome_version">minimum_chrome_version</a> 71 can ensure that your extension won't be run in an earlier browser version. 72 </dd> 73 74 <!-- OBJECT PROPERTIES --> 75 <dd> 76 <dl> 77 <div> 78 <div> 79 </div> 80 </div> 81 </dl> 82 </dd> 83 84 <!-- OBJECT METHODS --> 85 <dd> 86 <div></div> 87 </dd> 88 89 <!-- OBJECT EVENT FIELDS --> 90 <dd> 91 <div></div> 92 </dd> 93 94 <!-- FUNCTION PARAMETERS --> 95 <dd> 96 <div></div> 97 </dd> 98 99 </div> <!-- /VALUE --> 100 101 <div id="functionParametersTemplate"> 102 <h5>Parameters</h5> 103 <dl> 104 <div> 105 <div> 106 </div> 107 </div> 108 </dl> 109 </div> 110 </div> <!-- /SUBTEMPLATES --> 111 112 <a id="top"></a> 113 <div id="skipto"> 114 <a href="#gc-pagecontent">Skip to page content</a> 115 <a href="#gc-toc">Skip to main navigation</a> 116 </div> 117 <!-- API HEADER --> 118 <table id="header" width="100%" cellspacing="0" border="0"> 119 <tbody><tr> 120 <td valign="middle"><a href="http://code.google.com/"><img src="images/code_labs_logo.gif" height="43" width="161" alt="Google Code Labs" style="border:0; 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"> 168 <ul> 169 <li><a href="getstarted.html">Getting Started</a></li> 170 <li><a href="overview.html">Overview</a></li> 171 <li><a href="whats_new.html">What's New?</a></li> 172 <li><h2><a href="devguide.html">Developer's Guide</a></h2> 173 <ul> 174 <li>Browser UI 175 <ul> 176 <li><a href="browserAction.html">Browser Actions</a></li> 177 <li><a href="contextMenus.html">Context Menus</a></li> 178 <li><a href="notifications.html">Desktop Notifications</a></li> 179 <li><a href="omnibox.html">Omnibox</a></li> 180 <li><a href="options.html">Options Pages</a></li> 181 <li><a href="override.html">Override Pages</a></li> 182 <li><a href="pageAction.html">Page Actions</a></li> 183 </ul> 184 </li> 185 <li>Browser Interaction 186 <ul> 187 <li><a href="bookmarks.html">Bookmarks</a></li> 188 <li><a href="cookies.html">Cookies</a></li> 189 <li><a href="events.html">Events</a></li> 190 <li><a href="history.html">History</a></li> 191 <li><a href="management.html">Management</a></li> 192 <li><a href="tabs.html">Tabs</a></li> 193 <li><a href="windows.html">Windows</a></li> 194 </ul> 195 </li> 196 <li>Implementation 197 <ul> 198 <li><a href="a11y.html">Accessibility</a></li> 199 <li><a href="background_pages.html">Background Pages</a></li> 200 <li><a href="content_scripts.html">Content Scripts</a></li> 201 <li><a href="xhr.html">Cross-Origin XHR</a></li> 202 <li><a href="idle.html">Idle</a></li> 203 <li><a href="i18n.html">Internationalization</a></li> 204 <li><a href="messaging.html">Message Passing</a></li> 205 <li><a href="npapi.html">NPAPI Plugins</a></li> 206 </ul> 207 </li> 208 <li>Finishing 209 <ul> 210 <li><a href="hosting.html">Hosting</a></li> 211 <li><a href="external_extensions.html">Other Deployment Options</a></li> 212 </ul> 213 </li> 214 </ul> 215 </li> 216 <li><h2><a href="apps.html">Packaged Apps</a></h2></li> 217 <li><h2><a href="tutorials.html">Tutorials</a></h2> 218 <ul> 219 <li><a href="tut_debugging.html">Debugging</a></li> 220 <li><a href="tut_analytics.html">Google Analytics</a></li> 221 <li><a href="tut_oauth.html">OAuth</a></li> 222 </ul> 223 </li> 224 <li><h2>Reference</h2> 225 <ul> 226 <li>Formats 227 <ul> 228 <li><a href="manifest.html">Manifest Files</a></li> 229 <li><a href="match_patterns.html">Match Patterns</a></li> 230 </ul> 231 </li> 232 <li><a href="permission_warnings.html">Permission Warnings</a></li> 233 <li><a href="api_index.html">chrome.* APIs</a></li> 234 <li><a href="api_other.html">Other APIs</a></li> 235 </ul> 236 </li> 237 <li><h2><a href="samples.html">Samples</a></h2></li> 238 <div class="line"> </div> 239 <li><h2>More</h2> 240 <ul> 241 <li class="leftNavSelected">Chrome Web Store</li> 242 <li><a href="http://code.google.com/chrome/apps/docs/developers_guide.html">Hosted Apps</a></li> 243 <li><a href="themes.html">Themes</a></li> 244 </ul> 245 </li> 246 </ul> 247 </div> 248 <script> 249 initToggles(); 250 </script> 251 252 <div class="g-unit" id="gc-pagecontent"> 253 <div id="pageTitle"> 254 <h1 class="page_title"></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"></div> 316 <div id="pageData-showSideNav" class="pageData">false</div> 317 318 <style> 319 cs { 320 border:none; 321 margin:0; 322 } 323 324 #pics td { 325 padding:0 1em 0 0; 326 } 327 328 #pics img { 329 border:none; 330 } 331 </style> 332 333 <table class="columns" style="margin:0"> 334 335 <tbody><tr> 336 <td> 337 <h3>What are extensions?</h3> 338 339 <p> 340 Extensions are small software programs that 341 can modify and enhance the functionality of the Chrome browser. 342 You write them using web technologies such as 343 HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. 344 You can also use the extension system to build 345 <a href="apps.html">packaged apps</a>, 346 a downloadable kind of 347 <a href="http://code.google.com/chrome/apps/index.html">installable web app</a>. 348 </p> 349 350 <p> 351 <img src="images/index/gmail-small.png" width="91" height="35" align="right" style="margin-top:0px; margin-left:0.5em" alt="A screenshot of an extension's icon in the browser bar"> 352 From a user's point of view, 353 extensions and packaged apps are very different 354 because they present very different user interfaces. 355 Extensions have little to no user interface. 356 For example, the image to the right shows the icon 357 that provides the UI for the 358 <a href="samples.html#gmail">Gmail extension</a>. 359 </p> 360 361 <p> 362 <img src="images/index/html5app.png" width="200" height="160" align="right" style="margin-top:0px; margin-left:0.5em" alt="A screenshot of a packaged app that implements a jigsaw puzzle"> 363 Packaged apps, on the other hand, 364 look and feel like regular web apps, 365 with a big-screen design 366 and rich UI. 367 The image to the right shows a jigsaw puzzle game 368 implemented by a packaged app. 369 </p> 370 371 <p> 372 Both extensions and packaged apps bundle all their files 373 into a single file that the user downloads and installs. 374 This bundling means that, unlike ordinary web apps, 375 extensions and packaged apps don't need to depend 376 on content from the web. 377 </p> 378 379 <p> 380 You can distribute your extension or packaged app 381 by using the 382 <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/developer/dashboard">Chrome Developer Dashboard</a> 383 to publish to the 384 <a href="http://chrome.google.com/webstore">Chrome Web Store</a>. 385 For more information, see the 386 <a href="http://code.google.com/chrome/webstore">store developer documentation</a>. 387 </p> 388 389 </td> 390 <td style="width:330px"> 391 <h3>How do I start?</h3> 392 393 <p> 394 </p><ol> 395 <li> 396 Follow the <a href="getstarted.html">Getting Started tutorial</a> 397 <!-- PENDING: once we have one for packaged apps, change to 398 "for _extensions_ or _packaged_apps_" --> 399 </li> 400 <li> 401 Read the 402 <a href="overview.html">Overview</a> 403 </li> 404 <li> 405 Keep up-to-date by reading the 406 <a href="http://blog.chromium.org/">Chromium blog</a> 407 </li> 408 <li> 409 Subscribe to the 410 <a href="http://groups.google.com/a/chromium.org/group/chromium-extensions">chromium-extensions group</a> 411 </li> 412 </ol> 413 <p></p> 414 415 <h3>Featured videos</h3> 416 417 <p> 418 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=CA101D6A85FE9D4B">Technical videos</a> <br> 419 <a href="http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=38DF05697DE372B1">Developer snapshots</a> (below) 420 </p> 421 422 <p> 423 <iframe title="YouTube video player" width="300" height="199" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/wRDPTnY3yO8?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe> 424 </p> 425 </td> 426 </tr> 427 </tbody></table> 428 </div> 429 430 <!-- API PAGE --> 431 <div class="apiPage" style="display: none; "> 432 <a name="apiReference"></a> 433 <h2>API reference: chrome.apiname </h2> 434 435 <!-- PROPERTIES --> 436 <div class="apiGroup"> 437 <a name="properties"></a> 438 <h3 id="properties">Properties</h3> 439 440 <div> 441 <a></a> 442 <h4>getLastError</h4> 443 <div class="summary"> 444 <!-- Note: intentionally longer 80 columns --> 445 <span>chrome.extension</span><span>lastError</span> 446 </div> 447 <div> 448 </div> 449 </div> 450 451 </div> <!-- /apiGroup --> 452 453 <!-- METHODS --> 454 <div id="methodsTemplate" class="apiGroup"> 455 <a></a> 456 <h3>Methods</h3> 457 458 <!-- iterates over all functions --> 459 <div class="apiItem"> 460 <a></a> <!-- method-anchor --> 461 <h4>method name</h4> 462 463 <div class="summary"><span>void</span> 464 <!-- Note: intentionally longer 80 columns --> 465 <span>chrome.module.methodName</span>(<span><span>, </span><span></span> 466 <var><span></span></var></span>)</div> 467 468 <div class="description"> 469 <p class="todo">Undocumented.</p> 470 <p> 471 A description from the json schema def of the function goes here. 472 </p> 473 474 <!-- PARAMETERS --> 475 <h4>Parameters</h4> 476 <dl> 477 <div> 478 <div> 479 </div> 480 </div> 481 </dl> 482 483 <!-- RETURNS --> 484 <h4>Returns</h4> 485 <dl> 486 <div> 487 <div> 488 </div> 489 </div> 490 </dl> 491 492 <!-- CALLBACK --> 493 <div> 494 <div> 495 <h4>Callback function</h4> 496 <p> 497 The callback <em>parameter</em> should specify a function 498 that looks like this: 499 </p> 500 <p> 501 If you specify the <em>callback</em> parameter, it should 502 specify a function that looks like this: 503 </p> 504 505 <!-- Note: intentionally longer 80 columns --> 506 <pre>function(<span>Type param1, Type param2</span>) <span class="subdued">{...}</span>;</pre> 507 <dl> 508 <div> 509 <div> 510 </div> 511 </div> 512 </dl> 513 </div> 514 </div> 515 516 <!-- MIN_VERSION --> 517 <p> 518 This function was added in version <b><span></span></b>. 519 If you require this function, the manifest key 520 <a href="manifest.html#minimum_chrome_version">minimum_chrome_version</a> 521 can ensure that your extension won't be run in an earlier browser version. 522 </p> 523 </div> <!-- /description --> 524 525 </div> <!-- /apiItem --> 526 527 </div> <!-- /apiGroup --> 528 529 <!-- EVENTS --> 530 <div id="eventsTemplate" class="apiGroup"> 531 <a></a> 532 <h3>Events</h3> 533 <!-- iterates over all events --> 534 <div class="apiItem"> 535 <a></a> 536 <h4>event name</h4> 537 538 <div class="summary"> 539 <!-- Note: intentionally longer 80 columns --> 540 <span class="subdued">chrome.bookmarks</span><span>onEvent</span><span class="subdued">.addListener</span>(function(<span>Type param1, Type param2</span>) <span class="subdued">{...}</span>); 541 </div> 542 543 <div class="description"> 544 <p class="todo">Undocumented.</p> 545 <p> 546 A description from the json schema def of the event goes here. 547 </p> 548 549 <!-- PARAMETERS --> 550 <div> 551 <h4>Parameters</h4> 552 <dl> 553 <div> 554 <div> 555 </div> 556 </div> 557 </dl> 558 </div> 559 </div> <!-- /decription --> 560 561 </div> <!-- /apiItem --> 562 563 </div> <!-- /apiGroup --> 564 565 <!-- TYPES --> 566 <div class="apiGroup"> 567 <a name="types"></a> 568 <h3 id="types">Types</h3> 569 570 <!-- iterates over all types --> 571 <div class="apiItem"> 572 <a></a> 573 <h4>type name</h4> 574 575 <div> 576 </div> 577 578 </div> <!-- /apiItem --> 579 580 </div> <!-- /apiGroup --> 581 582 </div> <!-- /apiPage --> 583 </div> <!-- /gc-pagecontent --> 584 </div> <!-- /g-section --> 585 </div> <!-- /codesiteContent --> 586 <div id="gc-footer" --=""> 587 <div class="text"> 588 <p> 589 Except as otherwise <a href="http://code.google.com/policies.html#restrictions">noted</a>, 590 the content of this page is licensed under the <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/">Creative Commons 591 Attribution 3.0 License</a>, and code samples are licensed under the 592 <a rel="license" href="http://code.google.com/google_bsd_license.html">BSD License</a>. 593 </p> 594 <p> 595 2011 Google 596 </p> 597 598 <!-- begin analytics --> 599 <script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js" type="text/javascript"></script> 600 <script src="http://www.google-analytics.com/ga.js" type="text/javascript"></script> 601 602 <script type="text/javascript"> 603 // chrome doc tracking 604 try { 605 var engdocs = _gat._getTracker("YT-10763712-2"); 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