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   1 <h1>Developer's Guide</h1>
   2
   3 <p>
   4 These pages assume you've completed
   5 the <a href="getstarted">Getting Started</a> tutorial
   6 and <a href="overview">Overview</a>.
   7 </p>
   8
   9 <table class="simple">
  10   <tr>
  11     <td colspan="2"><h4>Changing the Google Chrome chrome</h4></td>
  12   </tr>
  13   <tr>
  14     <td colspan="2"> &nbsp;</td>
  15   </tr>
  16   <tr>
  17     <td> <a href="browserAction">Browser&nbsp;Actions</a> </td>
  18     <td> Add icons to the toolbar <em>(extensions only)</em> </td>
  19   </tr>
  20   <tr>
  21     <td> <a href="desktop_notifications">Desktop&nbsp;Notifications</a> </td>
  22     <td> Notify users of important events </td>
  23   </tr>
  24   <tr>
  25     <td> <a href="omnibox">Omnibox</a> </td>
  26     <td> Add a keyword to the address bar </td>
  27   </tr>
  28   <tr>
  29     <td> <a href="options">Options&nbsp;Pages</a> </td>
  30     <td> Let users customize your extension </td>
  31   </tr>
  32   <tr>
  33     <td> <a href="override">Override&nbsp;Pages</a> </td>
  34     <td> Implement your own version of standard browser pages
  35          such as the New Tab page</td>
  36   </tr>
  37   <tr>
  38     <td> <a href="pageAction">Page&nbsp;Actions</a> </td>
  39     <td> Add temporary icons inside the address bar <em>(extensions only)</em> </td>
  40   </tr>
  41   <tr>
  42     <td> <a href="themes">Themes</a> </td>
  43     <td> Change the overall appearance of the browser </td>
  44   </tr>
  45
  46   <tr>
  47     <td colspan="2"><h4>Interacting with Google Chrome in other ways</h4></td>
  48   </tr>
  49   <tr>
  50     <td colspan="2"> &nbsp;</td>
  51   </tr>
  52   <tr>
  53     <td> <a href="bookmarks">Bookmarks</a> </td>
  54     <td> Create, organize, and otherwise manipulate the user's bookmarks </td>
  55   </tr>
  56   <tr>
  57     <td> <a href="cookies">Cookies</a> </td>
  58     <td> Explore and modify the browser's cookie system </td>
  59   </tr>
  60   <tr>
  61     <td> <a href="devtools">Developer&nbsp;Tools</a> </td>
  62     <td> Add features to Chrome Developer Tools </td>
  63   </tr>
  64   <tr>
  65     <td> <a href="events">Events</a> </td>
  66     <td> Detect when something interesting happens </td>
  67   </tr>
  68   <tr>
  69     <td> <a href="history">History</a> </td>
  70     <td> Interact with the browser's record of visited pages </td>
  71   </tr>
  72   <tr>
  73     <td> <a href="tabs">Tabs</a> </td>
  74     <td> Create, modify, and rearrange tabs in the browser </td>
  75   </tr>
  76   <tr>
  77     <td> <a href="windows">Windows</a> </td>
  78     <td> Create, modify, and rearrange windows in the browser </td>
  79   </tr>
  80
  81   <tr>
  82     <td colspan="2"><h4>Implementing the innards of your extension</h4></td>
  83   </tr>
  84   <tr>
  85     <td colspan="2"> &nbsp;</td>
  86   </tr>
  87   <tr>
  88     <td> <a href="a11y">Accessibility (a11y)</a> </td>
  89     <td> Make your extension accessible to people with disabilities </td>
  90   </tr>
  91   <tr>
  92     <td> <a href="event_pages">Event Pages</a> </td>
  93     <td> Put all the common code for your extension in a single place </td>
  94   </tr>
  95   <tr>
  96     <td> <a href="content_scripts">Content&nbsp;Scripts</a> </td>
  97     <td> Run JavaScript code in the context of web pages </td>
  98   </tr>
  99   <tr>
 100     <td> <a href="xhr">Cross-Origin&nbsp;XHR</a> </td>
 101     <td> Use XMLHttpRequest to send and receive data from remote servers </td>
 102   </tr>
 103   <tr>
 104     <td> <a href="i18n">Internationalization</a> </td>
 105     <td> Deal with language and locale </td>
 106   </tr>
 107   <tr>
 108     <td> <a href="messaging">Message&nbsp;Passing</a> </td>
 109     <td> Communicate from a content script to its parent extension,
 110          or vice versa</td>
 111   </tr>
 112   <tr>
 113     <td> <a href="permissions">Optional Permissions</a> </td>
 114     <td> Modify your extension's permissions </td>
 115   </tr>
 116   <tr>
 117     <td> <a href="npapi">NPAPI&nbsp;Plugins</a> </td>
 118     <td> Load native binary code </td>
 119   </tr>
 120
 121   <tr>
 122     <td colspan="2"><h4>Finishing and distributing your extension</h4></td>
 123   </tr>
 124   <tr>
 125     <td colspan="2"> &nbsp;</td>
 126   </tr>
 127   <tr>
 128     <td> <a href="autoupdate">Autoupdating</a> </td>
 129     <td> Update extensions automatically </td>
 130   </tr>
 131   <tr>
 132     <td> <a href="hosting">Hosting</a> </td>
 133     <td> Host extensions on Google servers or your own </td>
 134   </tr>
 135   <tr>
 136     <td> <a href="external_extensions">Other Deployment Options</a> </td>
 137     <td> Distribute extensions on your network or with other software </td>
 138   </tr>
 139   <tr>
 140     <td> <a href="packaging">Packaging</a> </td>
 141     <td> Create a <code>.crx</code> file so you can distribute your extension </td>
 142   </tr>
 143 </table>