getTabForWindow

Summary

BrowserApp.getTabForWindow() retrieves a browser tab, given the DOM window hosted by that tab.

Syntax

var tab = window.getTabForWindow(window);

window

The content window object hosted by this tab, which can be found as the window property of the Tab object.

Returns

tab: the Tab corresponding to this content window.

Example

This function returns the ID of a tab, given the tab's window:

function tabID(window) {
  let tab = window.BrowserApp.getTabForWindow(window);
  return tab.id;
}

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