tabs.onUpdated

Fired when a tab is updated.

Syntax

browser.tabs.onUpdated.addListener(function(
  tabId,      // integer
  changeInfo, // object
  tab         // Tab
) {...})
browser.tabs.onUpdated.removeListener(listener)
browser.tabs.onUpdated.hasListener(listener)

Events have three functions:

addListener(callback)
Adds a listener to this event.
removeListener(listener)
Stop listening to this event. The listener argument is the listener to remove.
hasListener(listener)
Check whether listener is registered for this event. Returns true if it is listening, false otherwise.

addListener syntax

Parameters

callback

Function that will be called when this event occurs. The function will be passed the following arguments:

tabId
integer.
changeInfo
object. Lists the changes to the state of the tab that was updated.
tab
tabs.Tab. Gives the state of the tab that was updated.

Additional objects

changeInfo

Lists the changes to the state of the tab that was updated. To learn more about these properties, see the tabs.Tab documentation.

statusOptional
string. The status of the tab. Can be either loading or complete.
urlOptional
string. The tab's URL if it has changed.
pinnedOptional
boolean. The tab's new pinned state.
audibleOptional
boolean. The tab's new audible state.
mutedInfoOptional
tabs.MutedInfo. The tab's new muted state and the reason for the change.
favIconUrlOptional
string. The tab's new favicon URL.

Browser compatibility

EdgeFirefoxChromeOpera
Basic support?45.0Yes33
Firefox
Basic supportNo

Examples

Example add-ons

Acknowledgements

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

Document Tags and Contributors

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