1<div id="pageData-name" class="pageData">Tabs</div> 2 3<!-- BEGIN AUTHORED CONTENT --> 4<p id="classSummary"> 5Use the <code>chrome.tabs</code> module 6to interact with the browser's tab system. 7You can use this module to 8create, modify, and rearrange tabs in the browser. 9</p> 10 11<img src="images/tabs.png" 12 width="323" height="50" alt="Two tabs in a window" /> 13 14<h2 id="manifest">Manifest</h2> 15<p> 16Almost all <code>chrome.tabs</code> methods require you to 17declare the "tabs" permission 18in the <a href="manifest.html">extension manifest</a>. 19For example: 20</p> 21 22<pre>{ 23 "name": "My extension", 24 ... 25 <b>"permissions": [ 26 "tabs" 27 ]</b>, 28 ... 29}</pre> 30 31<p> 32The two methods that don't require the "tabs" permission are 33<a href="#method-create"><code>create</code></a> and 34<a href="#method-update"><code>update</code></a>. 35</p> 36 37 38<h2 id="examples"> Examples </h2> 39 40<p> 41You can find simple examples of using the tabs module in the 42<a href="http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/common/extensions/docs/examples/api/tabs/">examples/api/tabs</a> 43directory. 44For other examples and for help in viewing the source code, see 45<a href="samples.html">Samples</a>. 46</p> 47 48<!-- END AUTHORED CONTENT --> 49
