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    tabs.Tab

    In This Article
    1. Type
    2. Browser compatibility

    This type contains information about a tab.

    Type

    Values of this type are objects. They contain the following properties:

    idOptional
    integer. The ID of the tab. Tab IDs are unique within a browser session. Under some circumstances a Tab may not be assigned an ID, for example when querying foreign tabs using the sessions API, in which case a session ID may be present. Tab ID can also be set to tabs.TAB_ID_NONE for apps and devtools windows.
    index
    integer. The zero-based index of the tab within its window.
    windowId
    integer. The ID of the window the tab is contained within.
    openerTabIdOptional
    integer. The ID of the tab that opened this tab, if any. This property is only present if the opener tab still exists.
    selected
    boolean. Whether the tab is selected.
    highlighted
    boolean. Whether the tab is highlighted.
    active
    boolean. Whether the tab is active in its window. (Does not necessarily mean the window is focused.)
    pinned
    boolean. Whether the tab is pinned.
    audibleOptional
    boolean. If the tab is not muted: whether the tab is producing sound. If the tab is muted: whether the tab would be producing sound, if it were not muted.
    mutedInfoOptional
    tabs.MutedInfo. Current tab muted state and the reason for the last state change.
    urlOptional
    string. The URL the tab is displaying. This property is only present if the extension's manifest includes the "tabs" permission.
    titleOptional
    string. The title of the tab. This property is only present if the extension's manifest includes the "tabs" permission.
    favIconUrlOptional
    string. The URL of the tab's favicon. This property is only present if the extension's manifest includes the "tabs" permission. It may also be an empty string if the tab is loading.
    statusOptional
    string. Either loading or complete.
    incognito
    boolean. Whether the tab is in an incognito window.
    widthOptional
    integer. The width of the tab in pixels.
    heightOptional
    integer. The height of the tab in pixels.
    sessionIdOptional
    string. The session ID used to uniquely identify a Tab obtained from the sessions API.

    Browser compatibility

    • Desktop
    • Mobile
    EdgeFirefoxChromeOpera
    Basic support?45.0Yes33
    Firefox
    Basic supportNo

    Acknowledgements

    This API is based on Chromium's chrome.tabs API. This documentation is derived from tabs.json in the Chromium code.

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    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. downloads
      7. events
      8. extension
      9. extensionTypes
      10. i18n
      11. idle
      12. notifications
      13. pageAction
      14. runtime
      15. storage
      16. tabs
        1. Methods
          1. captureVisibleTab()
          2. connect()
          3. create()
          4. detectLanguage()
          5. duplicate()
          6. executeScript()
          7. get()
          8. getAllInWindow()
          9. getCurrent()
          10. getSelected()
          11. getZoom()
          12. getZoomSettings()
          13. highlight()
          14. insertCSS()
          15. move()
          16. query()
          17. reload()
          18. remove()
          19. sendMessage()
          20. sendRequest()
          21. setZoom()
          22. setZoomSettings()
          23. update()
        2. Properties
          1. TAB_ID_NONE
        3. Types
          1. MutedInfo
          2. MutedInfoReason
          3. Tab
          4. TabStatus
          5. WindowType
          6. ZoomSettings
          7. ZoomSettingsMode
          8. ZoomSettingsScope
        4. Events
          1. onActivated
          2. onActiveChanged
          3. onAttached
          4. onCreated
          5. onDetached
          6. onHighlightChanged
          7. onHighlighted
          8. onMoved
          9. onRemoved
          10. onReplaced
          11. onSelectionChanged
          12. onUpdated
          13. onZoomChange
      17. webNavigation
      18. webRequest
      19. 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. options_ui
      11. page action
      12. permissions
      13. version
      14. 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
      15. event/target
      16. frame/hidden-frame
      17. frame/utils
      18. fs/path
      19. io/byte-streams
      20. io/file
      21. io/text-streams
      22. lang/functional
      23. lang/type
      24. loader/cuddlefish
      25. loader/sandbox
      26. net/url
      27. net/xhr
      28. places/bookmarks
      29. places/favicon
      30. places/history
      31. platform/xpcom
      32. preferences/event-target
      33. preferences/service
      34. remote/child
      35. remote/parent
      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. RuntimePermissions.jsm
      12. Snackbars.jsm
      13. Sound.jsm
      14. Tab
    13. Legacy
    14. Restartless extensions
      1. Overview
    15. Overlay extensions
      1. Overview
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    17. Lightweight themes
      1. Overview
    18. Complete themes
      1. Overview
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