I'm working on an MV3 Chromium extension. Within the extension, I need to create a new tab (doing so with the use of chrome.tabs.create
) and navigate the user to a specific site. I want the new tab to open in the background so that the currently active tab doesn't change.
On the desktop Chrome browser, this functionality works fine. However, on mobile Chromium-based browsers that support extensions, such as the Kiwi browser, the tab that is supposed to open in the background steals focus and moves to the foreground.
How can I overcome this issue?
chrome.tabs.create({ url, active: false, pinned: false, selected: false });
You can switch back to the original tab using chrome.tabs.update
:
// Save the current tab ID for later use
const [currentTab] = await chrome.tabs.query({ active: true, lastFocusedWindow: true })
// Your actions to open a new tab
chrome.tabs.create({ url, active: false, pinned: false, selected: false })
...
// Switch back to the original tab
await chrome.tabs.update(currentTab.id, {active: true})