1 <h1>Developer's Guide</h1>
4 These pages assume you've completed
5 the <a href="getstarted.html">Getting Started</a> tutorial
6 and <a href="overview.html">Overview</a>.
11 <td colspan="2"><h4>Changing the Google Chrome chrome</h4></td>
14 <td colspan="2"> </td>
17 <td> <a href="browserAction.html">Browser Actions</a> </td>
18 <td> Add icons to the toolbar <em>(extensions only)</em> </td>
21 <td> <a href="desktop_notifications.html">Desktop Notifications</a> </td>
22 <td> Notify users of important events </td>
25 <td> <a href="omnibox.html">Omnibox</a> </td>
26 <td> Add a keyword to the address bar </td>
29 <td> <a href="options.html">Options Pages</a> </td>
30 <td> Let users customize your extension </td>
33 <td> <a href="override.html">Override Pages</a> </td>
34 <td> Implement your own version of standard browser pages
35 such as the New Tab page</td>
38 <td> <a href="pageAction.html">Page Actions</a> </td>
39 <td> Add temporary icons inside the address bar <em>(extensions only)</em> </td>
42 <td> <a href="themes.html">Themes</a> </td>
43 <td> Change the overall appearance of the browser </td>
47 <td colspan="2"><h4>Interacting with Google Chrome in other ways</h4></td>
50 <td colspan="2"> </td>
53 <td> <a href="bookmarks.html">Bookmarks</a> </td>
54 <td> Create, organize, and otherwise manipulate the user's bookmarks </td>
57 <td> <a href="cookies.html">Cookies</a> </td>
58 <td> Explore and modify the browser's cookie system </td>
61 <td> <a href="devtools.html">Developer Tools</a> </td>
62 <td> Add features to Chrome Developer Tools </td>
65 <td> <a href="events.html">Events</a> </td>
66 <td> Detect when something interesting happens </td>
69 <td> <a href="history.html">History</a> </td>
70 <td> Interact with the browser's record of visited pages </td>
73 <td> <a href="tabs.html">Tabs</a> </td>
74 <td> Create, modify, and rearrange tabs in the browser </td>
77 <td> <a href="windows.html">Windows</a> </td>
78 <td> Create, modify, and rearrange windows in the browser </td>
82 <td colspan="2"><h4>Implementing the innards of your extension</h4></td>
85 <td colspan="2"> </td>
88 <td> <a href="a11y.html">Accessibility (a11y)</a> </td>
89 <td> Make your extension accessible to people with disabilities </td>
92 <td> <a href="event_pages.html">Event Pages</a> </td>
93 <td> Put all the common code for your extension in a single place </td>
96 <td> <a href="content_scripts.html">Content Scripts</a> </td>
97 <td> Run JavaScript code in the context of web pages </td>
100 <td> <a href="xhr.html">Cross-Origin XHR</a> </td>
101 <td> Use XMLHttpRequest to send and receive data from remote servers </td>
104 <td> <a href="i18n.html">Internationalization</a> </td>
105 <td> Deal with language and locale </td>
108 <td> <a href="messaging.html">Message Passing</a> </td>
109 <td> Communicate from a content script to its parent extension,
113 <td> <a href="permissions.html">Optional Permissions</a> </td>
114 <td> Modify your extension's permissions </td>
117 <td> <a href="npapi.html">NPAPI Plugins</a> </td>
118 <td> Load native binary code </td>
122 <td colspan="2"><h4>Finishing and distributing your extension</h4></td>
125 <td colspan="2"> </td>
128 <td> <a href="autoupdate.html">Autoupdating</a> </td>
129 <td> Update extensions automatically </td>
132 <td> <a href="hosting.html">Hosting</a> </td>
133 <td> Host extensions on Google servers or your own </td>
136 <td> <a href="external_extensions.html">Other Deployment Options</a> </td>
137 <td> Distribute extensions on your network or with other software </td>
140 <td> <a href="packaging.html">Packaging</a> </td>
141 <td> Create a <code>.crx</code> file so you can distribute your extension </td>