Get URL from addTab - XUL object

[bann...@gmail.com]

Hi,

I need to get the url from a tab I added through:

var url = "myurl.htm";
var myTab = getBrowser().addTab(url);

I've successfully used content.location on Chrome elements, but can't
find the resource that will point me towards the same from the XUL
object returned by addTab.

Thanks in advance!

[Eric H. Jung]

You should wait for the tab to load before getting its URL; otherwise, your code won't account for redirects.

Hi,

Thanks in advance!

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[Eric H. Jung]

Rob,

cc'ing the list...looks like you forgot. There's more than one way to do this. Assuming you know the index of the tab:

getBrowser().getBrowserAtIndex(0).currentURI.spec

see also: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Getting_Current_URL

-Eric

----- Original Message ----

From: rob rhyne <r...@biglike.com>

To: Eric H. Jung <eric...@yahoo.com>

Sent: Tuesday, November 7, 2006 6:41:25 PM

Subject: Re: Get URL from addTab - XUL object

Eric, thanks for the reply.

Good tip Eric. I am actually waiting for the tab to load. Getting the URL will be called from another function after the page has loaded.

Can anyone point me to how to access the url from the opened tab?

r.o.b.r.h.y.n.e.

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760-840-1775

r...@biglike.com

[Eric H. Jung]

[rob rhyne]

Eric,

That's just the push I needed.

I got the index of my added tab...

tabIndex = gBrowser.mTabContainer.selectedIndex;

Then retrieved my tab with:

var myTabUrl = getBrowser().getBrowserAtIndex
(tabIndex).currentURI.spec;

Thanks a ton!

[Neil]

bann...@gmail.com wrote:

>I need to get the url from a tab I added through:
>
>var url = "myurl.htm";
>var myTab = getBrowser().addTab(url);
>
>

var myBrowser = getBrowser().getBrowserForTab(myTab);
var myURL = myBrowser.currentURI.spec;

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[rob rhyne]

Thanks Neil, that's even cleaner.