1 <h2 id="manifest">Manifest</h2> 2 3 <p> 4 You can use most <code>chrome.tabs</code> methods and events without declaring 5 any permissions in the extension's <a href="manifest">manifest</a> file. 6 However, if you require access to the 7 <code>$(ref:tabs.Tab.url url)</code>, 8 <code>$(ref:tabs.Tab.title title)</code>, or 9 <code>$(ref:tabs.Tab.favIconUrl favIconUrl)</code> properties of 10 <code>$(ref:tabs.Tab)</code>, 11 you must declare the <code>"tabs"</code> permission in the manifest, 12 as shown below: 13 </p> 14 15 <pre data-filename="manifest.json"> 16 { 17 "name": "My extension", 18 ... 19 <b>"permissions": [ 20 "tabs" 21 ]</b>, 22 ... 23 } 24 </pre> 25 26 <h2 id="examples"> Examples </h2> 27 28 <p> 29 <img src="{{static}}/images/tabs.png" 30 width="561" height="130" alt="Two tabs in a window" /> 31 <br> 32 You can find simple examples of manipulating tabs with the 33 <code>chrome.tabs</code> API in the 34 <a href="http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/common/extensions/docs/examples/api/tabs/">examples/api/tabs</a> 35 directory. 36 For other examples and for help in viewing the source code, see 37 <a href="samples">Samples</a>. 38 </p> 39
