Hi,
I am working on a new WebExtension. Assuming the following code as onclick action for a browserAction:
browser.tabs.create({ url : browser.runtime.getURL(ADDON_PAGE) });
Everytime the user clicks the toolbar button a new tab will be opened with the page of the add-on. I want to check if the page is already opened and switch to the already opened tab, otherwise I open a new tab. The code could look like:
browser.tabs.query({ url : browser.runtime.getURL(ADDON_PAGE) }, function (tabs) {
if (tabs.length > 0) {
browser.tabs.update(tabs[0].id, { active : true });
}
else {
browser.tabs.create({ url : browser.runtime.getURL(bookmarkchecker.UI_PAGE) });
}
});
But it doesn’t work because of:
Invalid match pattern: 'moz-extension://7553818c-efb8-a544-b980-758bf58cb73b/html/ui.html'
There are Google Chrome extensions which do exactly this. So I wonder if this is a “bug or a feature”. Is there already a Bugzilla ticket or a public disscusion about this topic?