Information about a browser window.
Type
Values of this type are objects
. They contain the following properties:
id
Optionalinteger
. The ID of the window. Window IDs are unique within a browser session.focused
boolean
. Whether the window is currently the focused window.top
Optionalinteger
. The offset of the window from the top edge of the screen in pixels.left
Optionalinteger
. The offset of the window from the left edge of the screen in pixels.width
Optionalinteger
. The width of the window, including the frame, in pixels.height
Optionalinteger
. The height of the window, including the frame, in pixels.tabs
Optional- Array of
tabs.Tab
objects representing the current tabs in the window. incognito
boolean
. Whether the window is incognito.type
Optional- A
windows.WindowType
value representing the type of browser window this is — normal browser window, popup, etc. state
Optional- A
windows.WindowState
value representing the state of this browser window — maximized, minimized, etc. alwaysOnTop
boolean
. Whether the window is set to be always on top.sessionId
Optionalstring
. The session ID used to uniquely identify a Window obtained from thesessions
API.
Browser compatibility
The compatibility table in this page is generated from structured data. If you'd like to contribute to the data, please check out https://github.com/mdn/browser-compat-data and send us a pull request.
Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox for Android | Opera | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic Support | Yes | Yes | 45.0 | No | 33 |
Compatibility notes
Edge
- 'alwaysOnTop' is not supported
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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