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BrowserTabGroup.focus()

April 26, 2012 · by Opera Software

Description:

The focus() method provides a way to focus a browser tab group.

Parameters:

None

Syntax:

void focus ()

Example:

The following example creates a button on the browser toolbar. When the button is clicked, a tab group is created containing two tabs and the tab group is given focus.

//
// The background process (e.g. index.html) 
//

// Specify the properties of the button before creating it.
var UIItemProperties = {
  disabled: false,
  title: "Example extension",
  icon: "images/icon_18.png",
  onclick: function() {
    // Create two tabs with specified URLs
    var tab1 = opera.extension.tabs.create({url: 'http://www.reddit.com/'});
    var tab2 = opera.extension.tabs.create({url: 'http://www.digg.com/'});
    
    // Create a tab group containing the above two tabs
    var tabGroup = opera.extension.tabGroups.create([tab1, tab2]);
    
    // Give the tab group focus
    tabGroup.focus();
  }
};

// Create the button and add it to the toolbar.
var button = opera.contexts.toolbar.createItem( UIItemProperties );  
opera.contexts.toolbar.addItem(button);

About this article

Published inDev.Opera
DateApril 26, 2012
AuthorOpera Software
Tagsextensions API, Windows and Tabs
OriginalInternet Archive