On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 2:27 PM, hexid <nick.curr...@gmail.com> wrote: > ok...i havent used any background pages...been searching for a way to > do this for days now...and google hasn't documented their API very > well yet...which isn't making this any easier... > > also...would i use the chrome.extension.connect() to transfer the data > to the background page?
You don't need to use a background page -- you can do this directly from the options page. Take a look at: http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/messaging.html If you know the ID of the tab you want to talk to, send a message from the extension using chrome.tabs.connect. You can also broadcast to all tabs, by getting all the tabs using chrome.tabs then iterating through them and sending them all the updated info. HTH, - a -- 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.
