Fired when a new window, or a new tab in an existing window, is created to host a navigation.
Syntax
browser.webNavigation.onCreatedNavigationTarget.addListener(function(
details // object
) {...})
browser.webNavigation.onCreatedNavigationTarget.removeListener(listener)
browser.webNavigation.onCreatedNavigationTarget.hasListener(listener)
Events have three functions:
addListener(callback)- Adds a listener to this event.
removeListener(listener)- Stop listening to this event. The
listenerargument is the listener to remove. hasListener(listener)- Check whether
listeneris registered for this event. Returnstrueif it is listening,falseotherwise.
addListener syntax
Parameters
callback-
Function that will be called when this event occurs. The function will be passed the following arguments:
detailsobject.
Additional objects
details
sourceTabIdinteger. The ID of the tab in which the navigation is triggered.sourceProcessIdinteger. The ID of the process runs the renderer for the source tab.sourceFrameIdinteger. The ID of the frame with sourceTabId in which the navigation is triggered. 0 indicates the main frame.urlstring. The URL to be opened in the new window.tabIdinteger. The ID of the tab in which the url is openedtimeStampnumber. The time when the browser was about to create a new view, in milliseconds since the epoch.
Browser compatibility
Examples
Acknowledgements
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.webNavigation API. This documentation is derived from web_navigation.json in the Chromium code.
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