Developer's Guide
We're still building this guide, but here's what we have, so far. The following pages assume you've completed the Getting Started tutorial and Overview.
Changing the Google Chrome chrome |
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| Browser Actions | Add icons to the toolbar |
| New Tab Pages | Change what users see when creating new tabs or windows |
| Options Pages | Let users customize your extension |
| Page Actions | Add temporary icons inside the address bar |
| Themes | Change the overall appearance of the browser |
Interacting with Google Chrome in other ways |
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| Bookmarks | Create, organize, and otherwise manipulate the user's bookmarks |
| Events | Detect when something interesting happens |
| I18n | Deal with language and locale |
| Tabs | Create, modify, and rearrange tabs in the browser |
| Windows | Create, modify, and rearrange windows in the browser |
Implementing the innards of your extension |
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| Background Pages | Put all the common code for your extension in a single place |
| Content Scripts | Run JavaScript code in the context of web pages |
| Cross-Origin XHR | Use XMLHttpRequest to send and receive data from remote servers |
| NPAPI Plugins | Load native binary code |
Finishing and distributing your extension |
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| Autoupdating | Update extensions automatically |
| Hosting | Host extensions on your own servers |
| Packaging | Create a .crx file so you can distribute your extension |