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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.chrome.contextMenus</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.chrome.contextMenus</div> 316 317 <p> 318 The <code>contextMenus</code> API is no longer experimental; 319 it's supported! 320 You can read all about it at its new home: 321 </p> 322 323 <blockquote> 324 <a href="contextMenus.html">chrome.contextMenus</a> 325 </blockquote> 326 </div> 327 328 <!-- API PAGE --> 329 <div class="apiPage" style="display: none; "> 330 <a name="apiReference"></a> 331 <h2>API reference: chrome.apiname </h2> 332 333 <!-- PROPERTIES --> 334 <div class="apiGroup"> 335 <a name="properties"></a> 336 <h3 id="properties">Properties</h3> 337 338 <div> 339 <a></a> 340 <h4>getLastError</h4> 341 <div class="summary"> 342 <!-- Note: intentionally longer 80 columns --> 343 <span>chrome.extension</span><span>lastError</span> 344 </div> 345 <div> 346 </div> 347 </div> 348 349 </div> <!-- /apiGroup --> 350 351 <!-- METHODS --> 352 <div id="methodsTemplate" class="apiGroup"> 353 <a></a> 354 <h3>Methods</h3> 355 356 <!-- iterates over all functions --> 357 <div class="apiItem"> 358 <a></a> <!-- method-anchor --> 359 <h4>method name</h4> 360 361 <div class="summary"><span>void</span> 362 <!-- Note: intentionally longer 80 columns --> 363 <span>chrome.module.methodName</span>(<span><span>, </span><span></span> 364 <var><span></span></var></span>)</div> 365 366 <div class="description"> 367 <p class="todo">Undocumented.</p> 368 <p> 369 A description from the json schema def of the function goes here. 370 </p> 371 372 <!-- PARAMETERS --> 373 <h4>Parameters</h4> 374 <dl> 375 <div> 376 <div> 377 </div> 378 </div> 379 </dl> 380 381 <!-- RETURNS --> 382 <h4>Returns</h4> 383 <dl> 384 <div> 385 <div> 386 </div> 387 </div> 388 </dl> 389 390 <!-- CALLBACK --> 391 <div> 392 <div> 393 <h4>Callback function</h4> 394 <p> 395 The callback <em>parameter</em> should specify a function 396 that looks like this: 397 </p> 398 <p> 399 If you specify the <em>callback</em> parameter, it should 400 specify a function that looks like this: 401 </p> 402 403 <!-- Note: intentionally longer 80 columns --> 404 <pre>function(<span>Type param1, Type param2</span>) <span class="subdued">{...}</span>;</pre> 405 <dl> 406 <div> 407 <div> 408 </div> 409 </div> 410 </dl> 411 </div> 412 </div> 413 414 <!-- MIN_VERSION --> 415 <p> 416 This function was added in version <b><span></span></b>. 417 If you require this function, the manifest key 418 <a href="manifest.html#minimum_chrome_version">minimum_chrome_version</a> 419 can ensure that your extension won't be run in an earlier browser version. 420 </p> 421 </div> <!-- /description --> 422 423 </div> <!-- /apiItem --> 424 425 </div> <!-- /apiGroup --> 426 427 <!-- EVENTS --> 428 <div id="eventsTemplate" class="apiGroup"> 429 <a></a> 430 <h3>Events</h3> 431 <!-- iterates over all events --> 432 <div class="apiItem"> 433 <a></a> 434 <h4>event name</h4> 435 436 <div class="summary"> 437 <!-- Note: intentionally longer 80 columns --> 438 <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>); 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