Fired when a tab is closed.
Fired when a tab is closed.
browser.tabs.onRemoved.addListener(callback) browser.tabs.onRemoved.removeListener(listener) browser.tabs.onRemoved.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.
callbackFunction that will be called when this event occurs. The function will be passed the following arguments:
tabIdinteger. ID of the tab that closed.
removeInfoobject. The tab's window ID, and a boolean indicating whether the window is also being closed. See the removeInfo section for more details.
windowIdinteger. The window whose tab is closed.
isWindowClosingboolean. true if the tab is being closed because its window is being closed.
Listen for close events, and log the info:
function handleRemoved(tabId, removeInfo) { console.log(`Tab: ${tabId} is closing`); console.log(`Window ID: ${removeInfo.windowId}`); console.log(`Window is closing: ${removeInfo.isWindowClosing}`); } browser.tabs.onRemoved.addListener(handleRemoved);
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
onRemoved |
Yes | 14 | 45 | ? | Yes | 14 | ? | ? | 54 | ? | 15 | ? |
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/onRemoved