[crx] Using getViews to get the popup window

[tazz_ben]

Ok, so I'm trying to update an already running pop-up (browser action)
from the background page. I have this code:

var views = chrome.extension.getViews();
for (var i = 0; i < views.length; i++) {
var view = views[i];
console.log(view);
if (view.location.href == 'popup.html'){
view.UpdateProjectList();
}
}

The problem is that it never gets into the if statement. I did the
console.log there to see what was going on and I got a bunch of empty
objects. A running popup is a "view" correct?

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[Mohamed Mansour]

Hi Ben, I believe you would need to do: chrome.extension.getURL('popup.html') instead since view.location.href gives you the full URL.

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[Vokuro]

uhm, i don't think my post showed up, so i'll type it again.
that code should work, but it really depends on WHEN you run it, to
actually get the popup view it has to be open at the moment, i use the
following function to do this

function getPopupPage(){
if(chrome.extension.getViews()[1]){
return chrome.extension.getViews()[1];
}else{
return false;
}
}

which is used, for example when new data arrives to the background
page ( it tries to get the view, if it doesn't exist, returns false,
else return the view)

if(getPopupPage()){
getPopupPage().dosomething()
}else{
//.... do something else, update icon badge perhaps?
}

if you only have a background and a popup , the popup view index on
the array should be 1.

On May 24, 1:08 pm, tazz_ben <b...@wbpsystems.com> wrote:
> Ok, so I'm trying to update an already running pop-up (browser action)
> from the background page.  I have this code:
>
> var views = chrome.extension.getViews();
>         for (var i = 0; i < views.length; i++) {
>                 var view = views[i];
>                 console.log(view);
>                 if (view.location.href == 'popup.html'){
>                         view.UpdateProjectList();
>                 }
>         }
>
> The problem is that it never gets into the if statement.  I did the
> console.log there to see what was going on and I got a bunch of empty
> objects.  A running popup is a "view" correct?
>
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[Pedro Junior]

By the way you can use:

chrome.experimental.extension.getPopupView() 

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[tazz_ben]

Mohamed -

Yeah, I found the note on the getURL after I posted, and that does
work. However, I'm still perplexed why posting the object to the
console results in an empty object. That can make debugging pretty
difficult.

Pedro -

Do you know where the documentation is for getPopupView? It isn't on
http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/extension.html , is it an
experimental method?

On May 24, 11:45 am, Pedro Junior <vj...@live.com> wrote:
> By the way you can use:
>
> > chrome.experimental.extension.getPopupView()
>

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[Pedro Junior]

Yes is experimental and isn't documented. but always worked for me.

2010/5/24 tazz_ben <b...@wbpsystems.com>

Pedro -

Do you know where the documentation is for getPopupView?  It isn't on
http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/extension.html , is it an
experimental method?

[Mohamed Mansour]

Well experimental only works if you enable a flag in the chrome, not ideal for production yet since it can change.

Ben, it works for me, I see the DOM object printed in the console. I am using Google Chrome 6.0.408.1 (Official Build 47574) dev (http://www.chromium.org/getting-involved/dev-channel)

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