1<!-- BEGIN AUTHORED CONTENT --> 2<p> 3The infobars API allows you to add a 4horizontal panel just above a tab's contents, 5as the following screenshot shows. 6</p> 7 8<p> 9<img src="images/infobar.png" 10 width="566" height="150" 11 alt="An infobar asking whether the user wants to translate the current page" /> 12</p> 13 14<p> 15Use an infobar to tell the reader 16something about a particular page. 17When the user leaves the page for which the infobar is displayed, 18Google Chrome automatically closes the infobar. 19</p> 20 21<p> 22You implement the content of your 23infobar using HTML. Because infobars are ordinary pages inside an extension, 24they can 25<a href="overview.html#pageComm">communicate with other extension pages</a>. 26</p> 27 28 29<h2 id="manifest">Manifest</h2> 30 31<p> 32The infobars API is currently 33experimental, so you must declare the "experimental" 34permission to use it. Also, you should specify 35a 16x16-pixel icon for display next to your infobar. 36For example: 37</p> 38 39<pre>{ 40 "name": "Andy's infobar extension", 41 "version": "1.0", 42 <b>"permissions": ["experimental"],</b> 43 <b>"icons": {</b> 44 <b>"16": "16.png"</b> 45 <b>},</b> 46 "background_page": "background.html" 47}</pre> 48 49<!-- END AUTHORED CONTENT --> 50
