Redirect to another tab, without opening new tab

[Sam Paul]

I'm creating an extension that performs an action when a certain URL is clicked, redirected, or entered via Address Bar, but I want the extension to appear smooth by not having the tab appear at all. 

I am using:

chrome.webRequest.onBeforeRequest.addListener(functionToCall,

{urls: ['*://*.targetHost.com/*'], types: ["main_frame"]});

// Within functionToCall, I call removeTab, and focus on the tab I want to bring up.

but these methods briefly open a new tab before closing it and redirecting to an existing tab.

Is there any way to redirect/bypass the brief tab opening?  It causes the browser to jump around tabs and does not look smooth.

Thanks in advance!

[PhistucK]

Perhaps you need the webNavigation API, perhaps in conjunction with the tabs API (onCreated).
Regarding the redirection and the address bar cases, you cannot avoid a new tab for a brief moment, since the tab is opened before the redirection happens.

☆PhistucK

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