function getCurrentTabUrl(callback) { // Query filter to be passed to chrome.tabs.query - see // https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/tabs#method-query var queryInfo = { active: true, currentWindow: true }; chrome.tabs.query(queryInfo, function(tabs) { // chrome.tabs.query invokes the callback with a list of tabs that match the // query. When the popup is opened, there is certainly a window and at least // one tab, so we can safely assume that |tabs| is a non-empty array. // A window can only have one active tab at a time, so the array consists of // exactly one tab. var tab = tabs[0]; // A tab is a plain object that provides information about the tab. // See https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/tabs#type-Tab var url = tab.url; // tab.url is only available if the "activeTab" permission is declared. // If you want to see the URL of other tabs (e.g. after removing active:true // from |queryInfo|), then the "tabs" permission is required to see their // "url" properties. console.assert(typeof url == 'string', 'tab.url should be a string'); callback(url); }); // Most methods of the Chrome extension APIs are asynchronous. This means that // you CANNOT do something like this: // // var url; // chrome.tabs.query(queryInfo, function(tabs) { // url = tabs[0].url; // }); // alert(url); // Shows "undefined", because chrome.tabs.query is async. } function updateTab() { getCurrentTabUrl(function(url) { if(url.match(/:\/\/(.+)\//)[1] == "www.ijavn.org") { chrome.browserAction.setIcon({path: 'icon-red.png'}) } else { chrome.browserAction.setIcon({path: 'icon.png'}) } }) } chrome.tabs.onActivated.addListener(updateTab) chrome.tabs.onUpdated.addListener(updateTab)