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Issue 225023: Another draft of the overview. Made related changes to the content scripts (Closed) Base URL: svn://chrome-svn/chrome/trunk/src/
Patch Set: '' Created 11 years, 3 months ago
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1 <div id="pageData-title" class="pageData">Background Pages</div> 1 <div id="pageData-title" class="pageData">Background Pages</div>
2 <div id="pageData-showTOC" class="pageData">true</div> 2 <div id="pageData-showTOC" class="pageData">true</div>
3 3
4 <p> 4 <p>
5 A common need for extensions is to have 5 A common need for extensions is to have
6 a single long-running script to manage some task or state. 6 a single long-running script to manage some task or state.
7 Toolstrips don't quite fit this need, 7 Toolstrips don't quite fit this need,
8 because multiple toolstrips can be active at any one time 8 because multiple toolstrips can be active at any one time
9 (one per browser window). 9 (one per browser window).
10 Background pages to the rescue. 10 Background pages to the rescue.
11 </p> 11 </p>
12 12
13 <p> 13 <p>
14 The background page is similar to a toolstrip, 14 The background page is similar to a toolstrip,
15 in that it is an HTML page that runs in the extension process. 15 in that it is an HTML page that runs in the extension process.
16 The difference is that the background page exists 16 The difference is that the background page exists
17 for the lifetime of your extension, 17 for the lifetime of your extension,
18 and only one instance of it at a time is active.</p> 18 and only one instance of it at a time is active.
19 </p>
20
21 <p>
22 In a typical extension with a background page,
23 the UI &mdash;
24 toolstrips, page actions, and so on &mdash;
25 is implemented with dumb views.
26 When the view needs some state,
27 it requests the state from the background page.
28 When the background page notices a state change,
29 the background page tells the views to update.
30 </p>
19 31
20 <h2 id="manifest">Manifest</h2> 32 <h2 id="manifest">Manifest</h2>
21 33
22 <p> 34 <p>
23 Register your background page in the extension manifest, like this: 35 Register your background page in the extension manifest, like this:
24 </p> 36 </p>
25 37
26 <pre>{ 38 <pre>{
27 "name": "My First Extension", 39 "name": "My First Extension",
28 "version": "1.0", 40 "version": "1.0",
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53 if (views[i].enableCheckbox) 65 if (views[i].enableCheckbox)
54 views[i].enableCheckbox(checked); 66 views[i].enableCheckbox(checked);
55 } 67 }
56 } 68 }
57 69
58 toolstrip.html (snippet): 70 toolstrip.html (snippet):
59 function enableCheckbox(checked) { 71 function enableCheckbox(checked) {
60 var elm = document.getElementById('checkbox'); 72 var elm = document.getElementById('checkbox');
61 elm.checked = checked; 73 elm.checked = checked;
62 }</pre> 74 }</pre>
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