windows.getAll()

Gets information about all open windows, passing them into a callback.

This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.

Syntax

var gettingAll = browser.windows.getAll(
  getInfo                // optional object
)

Parameters

getInfoOptional

object. This controls what windows.Window objects are retrieved.

populateOptional: boolean. Defaults to false. If set to true, each windows.Window object will have a tabs property that contains a list of tabs.Tab objects representing the tabs in that window. The Tab objects only contain the url, title and favIconUrl properties if the extension's manifest file includes the "tabs" permission.
windowTypesOptional: An array of windows.WindowType objects. If set, the windows.Window objects returned will be filtered based on their type. If unset the default filter is set to ['normal', 'panel', 'popup'], with 'panel' window types limited to the extension's own windows.

Return value

A Promise that will be fulfilled with an array of windows.Window objects, representing all windows that match the given criteria. If any error occurs, the promise will be rejected with an error message.

Browser compatibility

	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Firefox for Android	Opera
Basic support	Yes	Yes	45	No	Yes
`populate`	Yes	No	45	No	Yes
`windowTypes`	46	Yes	45	No	33

Examples

Log the URLs for the tabs across all "normal" browser windows. Note that you'll need the "tabs" permission to access tab URLs.

function logTabsForWindows(windowInfoArray) {
  for (windowInfo of windowInfoArray) {
    console.log(`Window: ${windowInfo.id}`);
    console.log(windowInfo.tabs.map((tab) => {return tab.url}));
  }
}
function onError(error) {
  console.log(`Error: ${error}`);
}
browser.browserAction.onClicked.addListener((tab) => {
  var getting = browser.windows.getAll({
    populate: true,
    windowTypes: ["normal"]
  });
  getting.then(logTabsForWindows, onError);
});

Example extensions

window-manipulator

Acknowledgements

This API is based on Chromium's chrome.windows API. This documentation is derived from windows.json in the Chromium code.

Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

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