Rip Out the Sidebar API

chrome/common/extensions/api/devtools_api.json

 [
   {
     "namespace": "experimental.devtools.inspectedWindow",
     "types": [
       {
         "id": "Resource",
         "type": "object",
         "description": "A resource within the inspected page, such as a document, a script, or an image.",
         "properties": {
           "url": {
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             ]
           },
           {
             "name": "onHidden",
             "type": "function",
             "description": "Fired when the user switches away from the panel."
           }
         ]
       },
       {
-        "id": "ExtensionSidebarPane",

[Aaron Boodman, 2011/12/21 08:38:20]

Wrong 'sidebar'. This should stay.

-        "type": "object",
-        "description": "A sidebar created by the extension.",
-        "functions": [
-          {
-            "name": "setHeight",
-            "type": "function",
-            "description": "Sets the height of the sidebar.",
-            "parameters": [
-              {
-                "name": "height",
-                "type": "string",
-                "description": "A CSS-like size specification, such as <code>'100px'</code> or <code>'12ex'</code>."
-              }
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "setExpression",
-            "type": "function",
-            "description": "Sets an expression that is evaluated within the inspected page. The result is displayed in the sidebar pane.",
-            "parameters": [
-              {
-                "name": "expression",
-                "type": "string",
-                "description": "An expression to be evaluated in context of the inspected page. JavaScript objects and DOM nodes are displayed in an expandable tree similar to the console/watch."
-              },
-              {
-                "name": "rootTitle",
-                "type": "string",
-                "optional": true,
-                "description": "An optional title for the root of the expression tree."
-              },
-              {
-                "name": "callback",
-                "type": "function",
-                "optional": true,
-                "description": "A callback invoked after the sidebar pane is updated with the expression evaluation results."
-              }
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "setObject",
-            "type": "function",
-            "description": "Sets a JSON-compliant object to be displayed in the sidebar pane.",
-            "parameters": [
-              {
-                "name": "jsonObject",
-                "type": "string",
-                "description": "An object to be displayed in context of the inspected page. Evaluated in the context of the caller (API client)."
-              },
-              {
-                "name": "rootTitle",
-                "type": "string",
-                "optional": true,
-                "description": "An optional title for the root of the expression tree."
-              },
-              {
-                "name": "callback",
-                "type": "function",
-                "optional": true,
-                "description": "A callback invoked after the sidebar is updated with the object."
-              }
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "setPage",
-            "type": "function",
-            "description": "Sets an HTML page to be displayed in the sidebar pane.",
-            "parameters": [
-              {
-                "name": "path",
-                "type": "string",
-                "description": "Relative path of an extension page to display within the sidebar."
-              }
-            ]
-          }
-        ],
-        "events": [
-          {
-            "name": "onShown",
-            "type": "function",
-            "description": "Fired when the sidebar pane becomes visible as a result of user switching to the panel that hosts it.",
-            "parameters": [
-              { 
-                "name": "window",
-                "type": "DOMWindow",
-                "optional": true,
-                "description": "The <code>window</code> object of the sidebar page, if one was set with the <code>setPage()</code> method."
-              }
-            ]
-          },
-          {
-            "name": "onHidden",
-            "type": "function",
-            "description": "Fired when the sidebar pane becomes hidden as a result of the user switching away from the panel that hosts the sidebar pane."
-          }
-        ]
-      },
-      {
         "id": "Button",
         "type": "object",
         "description": "A button created by the extension.",
         "functions": [
           {
             "name": "update",
             "description": "Updates the attributes of the button. If some of the arguments are omitted or <code>null</code>, the corresponding attributes are not updated.",
             "parameters": [
               {
                 "name": "iconPath",
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             "type": "string"
           },
           "Severe": {
             "type": "string"
           }
         }
       }
     ]
   }
 ]