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tabs.onReplaced

Fired when a tab is replaced with another tab due to prerendering or instant.

This event may not be relevant for or supported by browsers other than Chrome.

Syntax

browser.tabs.onReplaced.addListener(listener)
browser.tabs.onReplaced.removeListener(listener)
browser.tabs.onReplaced.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:

addedTabId
integer. ID of the replacement tab.
removedTabId
integer. ID of the tab that was replaced.

Examples

Listen for replacement events, and log the associated info:

function handleReplaced(addedTabId, removedTabId) {
  console.log("New tab: " + addedTabId);
  console.log("Old tab: " + removedTabId);
}

browser.tabs.onReplaced.addListener(handleReplaced);

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
onReplaced
Yes
79
No
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Yes
14
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No
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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/onReplaced