Chrome Extension: onclick extension icon, open popup.html in new tab

Question

I have created a chrome extension and managed to open the popup.html file using window.open. however I want to open it in a new tab, I\'ve tried lo

Answer 1

Now you can use Event Pages to open popup.html in new tab when extension icon is clicked without creating a default_popup page.

manifest:

"background": {
    "scripts": ["background.js"],
    "persistent": false
}

js:

chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function(tab) {
    chrome.tabs.create({'url': chrome.extension.getURL('popup.html'), 'selected': true});
});