1 <h1>chrome.devtools.* APIs</h1> 2 3 <p> 4 The following API modules provide support for extending 5 Chrome Developer Tools: 6 </p> 7 8 <a name="api-list"></a> 9 <ul> 10 <li> 11 <a href="devtools.inspectedWindow.html">devtools.inspectedWindow</a></li><li> 12 <a href="devtools.network.html">devtools.network</a></li><li> 13 <a href="devtools.panels.html">devtools.panels</a></li> 14 </ul> 15 16 <h2 id="using">How to use DevTools APIs</h2> 17 18 <ol> 19 <li> 20 Specify the "devtools_page" field in your extension's manifest: 21 <pre>{ 22 "name": ... 23 "version": "1.0", 24 "minimum_chrome_version": "10.0", 25 <b>"devtools_page": "devtools.html"</b>, 26 ... 27 } 28 </pre> 29 </li> 30 <li> 31 An instance of the devtools_page specified in your extension's manifest 32 will be created for every Developer Tools window opened. The page may add 33 other extension pages as panels and sidebars to the Developer Tools window 34 using <a href="devtools.panels.html">devtools.panels</a> 35 API. 36 </li> 37 <li> 38 The chrome.devtools.* API modules are available only to the 39 pages loaded within the Developer Tools window. Content scripts and other 40 extension pages do not have these APIs. Thus, the APIs are available only 41 through the lifetime of the Developer Tools window. 42 </li> 43 <li>The APIs available to extension pages within the Developer Tools 44 window include all <a href="#api-list">devtools modules 45 listed above</a> and <a href="extension.html">chrome.extension</a> API. 46 Other extension APIs are not available to the Developer Tools pages, but 47 you may invoke them by sending a request to the background page of your 48 extension, similarly to how it's done in the 49 <a href="overview.html#contentScripts">content scripts</a>. 50 </li><li> 51 There are also some Developer Tools APIs that are still experimental. 52 Please refer to <a href="experimental.html">chrome.experimental.* APIs</a> 53 for the list of experimental APIs and guidelines on how to use them. 54 </li> 55 <li> 56 <a href="http://groups.google.com/group/google-chrome-developer-tools/topics">Give us feedback!</a> 57 Your comments and suggestions help us improve the APIs. 58 </li> 59 </ol> 60 61 <h2 id="other">More information</h2> 62 63 <p> 64 For information on the standard APIs that extensions can use, see 65 <a href="api_index.html">chrome.* APIs</a> and 66 <a href="api_other.html">Other APIs</a>. 67 </p> 68 69 <h2 id="examples">Examples</h2> 70 71 <p> 72 You can find examples that use Developer Tools APIs in 73 <a href="samples.html#devtools">Samples</a>. 74 </p> 75
