Content scripts don't have access to the extension's localStorage, but you can communicate data between content scripts and background/popup/options pages using the messaging API.
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 7:06 PM, hexid <nick.curr...@gmail.com> wrote: > i do not know the tab id...the code gets injected into any tab that > has facebook open... > > my extension is hosted at > https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/oibchndgminbbeopaejobnnajfjgkcnk > > i'm not very good with javascript yet but i have been using css and > html for a while now... > > i dont want all the tabs to get the script because if any other sites > are using the same html ids then it would change the layout of those > pages... > > i have posted my latest code at http://hexid.uni.cc/facebook.zip > does anyone know how i can get the content script to read the > localstorage of the options page or if i could create a cookie and > have the content script read that... > > On Dec 11, 7:05 pm, Aaron Boodman <a...@google.com> wrote: > > 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<chromium-extensions%2bunsubscr...@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.
