You probably want to call this function to get information about the current tab:
http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/tabs.html#method-getSelected Then you want to read the url property of the Tab object, and prepend your string. Finally, you want to call update: http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/tabs.html#method-update to change the location of the tab. Should be a fun, simple extension! Good luck! Adam On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 2:24 PM, Godfrey Harrylal <godfreyharry...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ok, I've gotten so frustrated with having to open another browser or > manually loading up the StumbleUpon web toolbar lately that this > afternoon, I decided to try my hand at writing an extension. The idea > was simple, and just a quick fix until a real toolbar for Chrome is > created. I just wanted a button (browser_action from what I > understand) to re-load the current page in the same tab prefixed with > "http://www.stumbleupon.com/toolbar/#url="; so that the StumbleUpon Web- > Toolbar shows. I got as far as a full manifest: > > { > "name": "Stumbleupon Web-Toolbar Extension", > > "version": "1.0", > > "description": "Prefixes current URL with <http:// > www.stumbleupon.com/toolbar/#url=> to enable SU web toolbar", > > "browser_action": { > "default_icon": "stumbleupon.png", > "default_title": "Reload the current page with the StumbleUpon Web- > Toolbar enabled" > }, > "permissions": [ > "tabs" > ]} > > (http://www.doitmyselfblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/ > stumbleupon.png) <- image taken from here. > > And now, I have no idea what to do. I've never done any Javascript or > real coding before, so help would be appreciated, although I'm not > going to turn it down if someone just does it and uploads the ".crx". > > What am I supposed to do with "chrome.tabs.create(object > createProperties, function callback)"? > From what I've seen so far, this doesn't go in the manifest... or does > it? I think it's supposed to be in a ".js" file... but how do I link > that to be manifest? Basically, how do I get my nice button to refresh > the current tab when clicked, with "http://www.stumbleupon.com/toolbar/ > #url=(url before click here)". > > Example: > > 1) I'm have a tab open with the url "http://www.google.com"; > 2) I click the button > 3) The current tab refreshes with a new url: "http:// > www.stumbleupon.com/toolbar/#url=http://www.google.com"; > > If opening in a new tab is easier to explain or implement, that'd work > too. > > Thanks to whoever responds! > > -- > > 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. > > > -- 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.
