tabs.getCurrent()
Get a tabs.Tab
containing information about the tab that this script is running in.
Note: This function is only useful in contexts where there is a browser tab, such as an options page.
If you call it from a background script or a popup, it will return undefined
.
This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise
.
Syntax
const gettingCurrent = browser.tabs.getCurrent()
Parameters
None.
Return value
A Promise
that will be fulfilled with a tabs.Tab
object containing information about the current tab. If any error occurs the promise will be rejected with an error message.
Examples
Get information about the current tab:
function onGot(tabInfo) {
console.log(tabInfo);
}
function onError(error) {
console.log(`Error: ${error}`);
}
const gettingCurrent = browser.tabs.getCurrent();
gettingCurrent.then(onGot, onError);
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.tabs
API. This documentation is derived from tabs.json
in the Chromium code.
Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.