index.md

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title: extension.getExtensionTabs()
slug: Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/extension/getExtensionTabs
page-type: webextension-api-function
tags:
  - API
  - Add-ons
  - Extension
  - Extensions
  - Method
  - Non-standard
  - Reference
  - WebExtensions
  - getExtensionTabs
browser-compat: webextensions.api.extension.getExtensionTabs

---

{{AddonSidebar()}}

Warning: This method has been deprecated. Use {{WebExtAPIRef("extension.getViews()")}} instead.

Returns an array of the JavaScript Window objects for each of the tabs running inside the current extension. If windowId is specified, returns only the Window objects of tabs attached to the specified window.

Syntax

chrome.extension.getExtensionTabs(
  windowId // optional integer
)

This API is also available as browser.extension.getExtensionTabs().

Parameters

• windowId {{optional_inline}}

  • : integer.

Return value

array of object. Array of global window objects

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

{{WebExtExamples}}

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.extension API. This documentation is derived from extension.json in the Chromium code.