webNavigation.onTabReplaced

Fired when the contents of the tab is replaced by a different (usually previously pre-rendered) tab.

Syntax

browser.webNavigation.onTabReplaced.addListener(
 listener, // function
 filter // optional object
);
browser.webNavigation.onTabReplaced.removeListener(listener)
browser.webNavigation.onTabReplaced.hasListener(listener)

Events have three functions:

addListener(listener)

Adds a listener to this event.

removeListener(listener)

Stop listening to this event. The listener argument is the listener to remove.

hasListener(listener)

Check whether listener is registered for this event. Returns true if it is listening, false otherwise.

addListener syntax

Parameters

listener

The function called when this event occurs. The function is passed this argument:

details

object. Details about the tab replacement.

replacedTabId

integer. The ID of the replaced tab.

tabId

integer. The ID of the replacement tab.

timeStamp

number. The time when the replacement happened, in milliseconds since the epoch.

Examples

function logOnTabReplaced(details) {
 console.log(`onTabReplaced ${details}`);
}
browser.webNavigation.onTabReplaced.addListener(logOnTabReplaced);

Browser compatibility