How to launch a new window in Google Chrome Extension

Question

I\'m trying to develop a Extension for Google Chrome, but I have some problems, I want to launch or create a new window when user click on it in the icon.

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Answer 1

background.js

chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function(activeTab)
{
    chrome.windows.create({ url: chrome.runtime.getURL("popup.html"), type: 
    "popup" });
});

manifest.json

{  
    "manifest_version": 2,  
    "name": "",  
    "description": "",  
    "version": "1.0", 

    "chrome_url_overrides": {
        "newtab": "popup.html" //the html to show in popup
    },

    "browser_action": {
        "default_icon": "img/zi.png" //some icon
    },

    "permissions": [
        "tabs"
    ],

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