Developer's Guide

These pages assume you've completed the Getting Started tutorial and Overview.

Changing the Google Chrome chrome
Browser Actions	Add icons to the toolbar (extensions only)
Desktop Notifications	Notify users of important events
Omnibox	Add a keyword to the address bar
Options Pages	Let users customize your extension
Override Pages	Implement your own version of standard browser pages such as the New Tab page
Page Actions	Add temporary icons inside the address bar (extensions only)
Themes	Change the overall appearance of the browser
Interacting with Google Chrome in other ways
Bookmarks	Create, organize, and otherwise manipulate the user's bookmarks
Cookies	Explore and modify the browser's cookie system
Developer Tools	Add features to Chrome Developer Tools
Events	Detect when something interesting happens
History	Interact with the browser's record of visited pages
Tabs	Create, modify, and rearrange tabs in the browser
Windows	Create, modify, and rearrange windows in the browser
Implementing the innards of your extension
Accessibility (a11y)	Make your extension accessible to people with disabilities
Event Pages	Put all the common code for your extension in a single place
Content Scripts	Run JavaScript code in the context of web pages
Cross-Origin XHR	Use XMLHttpRequest to send and receive data from remote servers
Internationalization	Deal with language and locale
Message Passing	Communicate from a content script to its parent extension, or vice versa
Optional Permissions	Modify your extension's permissions
NPAPI Plugins	Load native binary code
Finishing and distributing your extension
Autoupdating	Update extensions automatically
Hosting	Host extensions on Google servers or your own
Other Deployment Options	Distribute extensions on your network or with other software
Packaging	Create a .crx file so you can distribute your extension