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Chrome desktop notification click to focus on content

rated 0 times [ 172] [ 7] / answers: 1 / hits: 16048 / 12 Years ago, mon, april 30, 2012, 12:00:00

I am building desktop notification into my a chrome extension that I am working on. The functionality I need required that the user be taken to the tab that caused the notification when they click on the notification window. I can get that working using the chrome.tabs API, but what I can't manage to figure out is how to bring Chrome to the front when the notification is clicked.

I know window.focus() is disabled in chrome, but this is definitely possible to do since that's the behavior of the Gmail desktop notifications.

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answered 12 Years ago margaritakristinak · Accepted Answer

notification = webkitNotifications.createNotification(...)

notification.onclick = function(){

    window.focus();

    this.cancel();

};

notification.show()

...works as expected, without any additional permissions.