Shows one or more tabs that were previously hidden by a call to tabs.hide.
This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.
tabs.show()
Syntax
let showing = browser.tabs.show(
tabIds // integer or integer array
)
Parameters
-
tabIds -
integerorarrayofinteger. The IDs of the tab or tabs to show.
Return value
A Promise that will be fulfilled with no arguments. If any error occurs, the promise will be rejected with an error message.
Examples
Show a single tab:
function onShown() {
console.log(`Shown`);
}
function onError(error) {
console.log(`Error: ${error}`);
}
browser.tabs.show(2).then(onShown, onError);
Show multiple tabs:
function onShown() {
console.log(`Shown`);
}
function onError(error) {
console.log(`Error: ${error}`);
}
browser.tabs.show([15, 14, 1]).then(onShown, onError);
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 | |
show |
No | No | 61 | ? | No | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No | ? |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/tabs/show