Is it possible to determine a tab's opener within a Google Chrome extension?

Question

I am looking for a way to determine a given tab\'s opener (parent tab) within a Google Chrome extension.

I\'ve looked at the documention for Tab but there doesn\'t r

Answer 1

Further investigation has revealed that onCreatedNavigationTarget() does not always fire when you think it would to indicate an opener-opened relationship.

An additional hint can sometimes be found in the Tab object returned by chrome.tabs.onCreated/onUpdated in the .openerTabId parameter.

A comprehensive solution will probably have to rely on multiple of the methods described in these answers.