Gets the tab that this script call is being made from. May be undefined if called from a non-tab context (for example: a background page or popup view).
Syntax
browser.tabs.getCurrent(
function(tab) {...} // function
)Parameters
callbackfunction. The function is passed the following arguments:-
tabOptionaltabs.Tab.
Browser compatibility
Examples
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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