1289274 - chrome.windows.create doesn't accept both "url" and "tabId" options

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(WebExtensions :: General, defect)

Description

[Will Bamberg [:wbamberg]]

Attachment: window-create.zip

I've attached a WebExtension that does this:

chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener((tab) => {
  chrome.windows.create({
    url: "https://example.com",
    tabId: tab.id
  });
});

In Firefox this fails with:

"Unchecked lastError value: Error: `tabId` may not be used in conjunction with `url`"

In Chrome it works as expected.

Comment 1

[Kris Maglione [:kmag]]

This is intentional.

I do wonder what you mean by "as expected", though.

Comment 2

[Will Bamberg [:wbamberg]]

> I do wonder what you mean by "as expected", though.

In Chrome, if I call this, it opens a new window containing 2 tabs:

* https://example.com
* the tab identified by tab.id, moved from its old window

I didn't see any indication in the Chrome docs that these options are supposed to be mutually exclusive.