Opening a Chrome extension as a pop-up using a link

Question

I have a chrome extension installed in my browser. When I click the extension\'s icon in the menu bar the extension opens as a floating pop-up, as expected.

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Answer 1

you cant make the native extension popup to show programatically but you could use a content script that displays the popup (using the new for example) on the tab that you want.

Answer 2

Sadly, it's completely impossible.

There is an API in the works, but it would require at a minimum a user gesture, at a maximum explicit invocation of the extension.

So opening a link would not be enough, nor would a Native Message be.