Just to be clear, I can use localStorage as if it were an array without including an external reference? Also, localStorage is specific to my extension and is not session specific, so I shouldn't have to worry about shared storage space or losing data when the browser session ends, correct?
On Nov 24, 10:26 pm, Finnur Thorarinsson <fin...@chromium.org> wrote: > Well, you can always take your datastructure, convert it to string using > JSON.stringify(...) and store that in a single variable using localStorage. > Then, when you need the data, get the string from localStorage and convert > it back to your datastructure using JSON.parse(...). > > Search for JSON to see example usage from our RSS extension > sample:http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/test/data/exte... > There are also some reference pages on the internet on how to use the JSON > object if the sample doesn't make it clear. > > --Finnur > > > > On Tue, Nov 24, 2009 at 19:00, Rlcrock <rlcr...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I am new to developing extensions, and I am confused on how > > localStorage works, and if I even need to use it. I am trying to > > write an extension which can open a group of URLs the user has defined > > through my options page. I want to allow them to have multiple > > arbitrarily sized groups (e.g. one group with 4 urls, another with 16, > > another with 10) and have my extension open all the URLs in a group > > into the same window. My original thought was to store each group as > > a separate text file somewhere locally, but I have hit some walls as > > far as storing data via Javascript. Is there a better way to do this? > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Chromium-extensions" group. > > To post to this group, send email to chromium-extensi...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > chromium-extensions+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<chromium-extensions%2Bunsu > > bscr...@googlegroups.com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-extensions" group. To post to this group, send email to chromium-extensi...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to chromium-extensions+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en.
