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tabs.onHighlighted

Fired when the set of highlighted tabs in a window changes.

Note that before version 63, Firefox didn't have the concept of highlighting multiple tabs, so this event was just an alias for tabs.onActivated.

Syntax

browser.tabs.onHighlighted.addListener(listener)
browser.tabs.onHighlighted.removeListener(listener)
browser.tabs.onHighlighted.hasListener(listener)

Events have three functions:

addListener(callback)
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

callback

Function that will be called when this event occurs. The function will be passed the following arguments:

highlightInfo
object. ID(s) of the highlighted tabs, and ID of their window.

Additional objects

highlightInfo

windowId
integer. ID of the window whose tabs changed.
tabIds
array of integer. IDs of the highlighted tabs in the window.

Examples

Listen for highlighting events, and log the IDs of highlighted tabs:

function handleHighlighted(highlightInfo) {
  console.log("Highlighted tabs: " + highlightInfo.tabIds);
}

browser.tabs.onHighlighted.addListener(handleHighlighted);

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
onHighlighted
Yes
79
63
45-62
Implemented as an alias for onActivated.
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No
14
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54
Implemented as an alias for onActivated.
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Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.tabs API. This documentation is derived from tabs.json in the Chromium code.

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/tabs/onHighlighted