windows.onCreated
Fired when a window is created.
Syntax
js
browser.windows.onCreated.addListener(listener)
browser.windows.onCreated.removeListener(listener)
browser.windows.onCreated.hasListener(listener)
Events have three functions:
addListener(listener)
-
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 a
listener
is registered for this event. Returnstrue
if it is listening,false
otherwise.
addListener syntax
Parameters
listener
-
The function called when this event occurs. The function is passed this argument:
window
-
A
windows.Window
object containing details of the window that was created.
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
Examples
Log the IDs of new windows as they are created:
js
browser.windows.onCreated.addListener((window) => {
console.log(`New window: ${window.id}`);
});
Example extensions
Note:
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.windows
API. This documentation is derived from windows.json
in the Chromium code.