diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'chrome/common/extensions/docs/background_pages.html')
| -rwxr-xr-x | chrome/common/extensions/docs/background_pages.html | 14 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/chrome/common/extensions/docs/background_pages.html b/chrome/common/extensions/docs/background_pages.html index 84101a3..e47f59c 100755 --- a/chrome/common/extensions/docs/background_pages.html +++ b/chrome/common/extensions/docs/background_pages.html @@ -224,7 +224,19 @@ The background page is similar to a toolstrip, in that it is an HTML page that runs in the extension process. The difference is that the background page exists for the lifetime of your extension, -and only one instance of it at a time is active.</p> +and only one instance of it at a time is active. +</p> + +<p> +In a typical extension with a background page, +the UI — +toolstrips, page actions, and so on — +is implemented with dumb views. +When the view needs some state, +it requests the state from the background page. +When the background page notices a state change, +the background page tells the views to update. +</p> <h2 id="manifest">Manifest</h2> |