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    addTab

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    1. Summary
    2. Syntax
      1. Returns
    3. Example
    4. See Also
    The BrowserApp object is only available to privileged code running on Firefox for Android, and is intended for use by Firefox for Android add-ons.

    SummaryEdit

    BrowserApp.addTab() opens a new tab. By default, the new tab is made the selected tab.

    SyntaxEdit

    var tab = window.BrowserApp.addTab(uri);

    var tab = window.BrowserApp.addTab(uri, params);

    uri
    The URI to load into the tab, represented as a string.
    params
    An optional parameter which contains any of these properties:
    • pinned: boolean property, true if you want the new tab to be pinned as an app tab. Defaults to false.
    • selected: boolean property, true if you want the new tab to be made the selected tab. Defaults to true.
    • isPrivate New in Mobile 20: boolean property, true if you want the new tab to be opened in private browsing mode. [This editor's note: in my tests, defaulted to false]

    Returns

    tab: the new tab, represented as a Tab object.

    ExampleEdit

    This code implements a simple "View Source" add-on, using BrowserApp.addTab() to open a new tab displaying the current tab's source:

    function viewSource(window) {
      window.BrowserApp.addTab("view-source:" + window.content.location.href);
    }
    
    var menuId;
    
    function loadIntoWindow(window) {
      if (!window)
        return;
      menuId = window.NativeWindow.menu.add("View Source", null, function() {
        viewSource(window);
     });
    }
    
    function unloadFromWindow(window) {
      if (!window)
        return;
      window.NativeWindow.menu.remove(menuId);
    }

    This function opens the specified uri in a new tab, without selecting the tab:

    function openUnselected(window, uri) {
      let params = {
        selected: false
      };
      window.BrowserApp.addTab(uri, params);
    }

    See AlsoEdit

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     Contributors to this page: wbamberg, Tobias Schmidbauer
     Last updated by: wbamberg, Jan 15, 2016, 10:48:50 AM
    See also
    1. WebExtensions
    2. Getting started
      1. Prerequisites
      2. Anatomy of a WebExtension
      3. Packaging and Installation
      4. Walkthrough
      5. Examples
    3. Guides
      1. Content scripts
      2. Porting from Google Chrome
      3. Match patterns
      4. Debugging
      5. Chrome incompatibilities
    4. JavaScript APIs
      1. alarms
      2. bookmarks
      3. browserAction
      4. contextMenus
      5. cookies
      6. events
      7. extension
      8. extensionTypes
      9. i18n
      10. idle
      11. notifications
      12. pageAction
      13. runtime
      14. storage
      15. tabs
      16. webNavigation
      17. webRequest
      18. windows
    5. Manifest keys
      1. applications
      2. background
      3. browser_action
      4. content_scripts
      5. default_locale
      6. description
      7. icons
      8. manifest_version
      9. name
      10. page action
      11. permissions
      12. version
      13. web_accessible_resources
    6. Add-on SDK
    7. Getting started
      1. Installation
      2. Getting started
      3. Troubleshooting
    8. High-Level APIs
      1. addon-page
      2. base64
      3. clipboard
      4. context-menu
      5. hotkeys
      6. indexed-db
      7. l10n
      8. notifications
      9. page-mod
      10. page-worker
      11. panel
      12. passwords
      13. private-browsing
      14. querystring
      15. request
      16. selection
      17. self
      18. simple-prefs
      19. simple-storage
      20. system
      21. tabs
      22. timers
      23. ui
      24. url
      25. widget
      26. windows
    9. Low-Level APIs
      1. /loader
      2. chrome
      3. console/plain-text
      4. console/traceback
      5. content/content
      6. content/loader
      7. content/mod
      8. content/symbiont
      9. content/worker
      10. core/heritage
      11. core/namespace
      12. core/promise
      13. dev/panel
      14. event/core
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      16. frame/hidden-frame
      17. frame/utils
      18. fs/path
      19. io/byte-streams
      20. io/file
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      31. platform/xpcom
      32. preferences/event-target
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      34. remote/child
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      36. stylesheet/style
      37. stylesheet/utils
      38. system/child_process
      39. system/environment
      40. system/events
      41. system/runtime
      42. system/unload
      43. system/xul-app
      44. tabs/utils
      45. test/assert
      46. test/harness
      47. test/httpd
      48. test/runner
      49. test/utils
      50. ui/button/action
      51. ui/button/toggle
      52. ui/frame
      53. ui/id
      54. ui/sidebar
      55. ui/toolbar
      56. util/array
      57. util/collection
      58. util/deprecate
      59. util/list
      60. util/match-pattern
      61. util/object
      62. util/uuid
      63. window/utils
    10. Firefox for Android
    11. Getting started
      1. Walkthrough
      2. Debugging
      3. Code snippets
    12. APIs
      1. Accounts.jsm
      2. BrowserApp
      3. HelperApps.jsm
      4. Home.jsm
      5. HomeProvider.jsm
      6. JavaAddonManager.jsm
      7. NativeWindow
      8. Notifications.jsm
      9. PageActions.jsm
      10. Prompt.jsm
      11. Snackbars.jsm
      12. Sound.jsm
      13. Tab
    13. Legacy
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