The Doc says if you want to create a panel window ,you should use
chrome.windows.create({...,type:"panel"}, function callback)
At the same time, it says "Specifies what type of browser window to create. The 'panel' type creates a popup unless the '--enable-panels' flag is set."
So you should go to "chrome://flags" to change it manually. But Google Hangouts can create the panel without doing that. How does it do that?
The Doc says if you want to create a panel window ,you should use
chrome.windows.create({...,type:"panel"}, function callback)
At the same time, it says "Specifies what type of browser window to create. The 'panel' type creates a popup unless the '--enable-panels' flag is set."
So you should go to "chrome://flags" to change it manually. But Google Hangouts can create the panel without doing that. How does it do that?
Share Improve this question edited Aug 4, 2016 at 2:13 Dan Dascalescu 152k64 gold badges332 silver badges419 bronze badges asked Jul 23, 2012 at 14:25 TomTom 7949 silver badges19 bronze badges 01 Answer
Reset to default 19The Google Hangouts extension (formerly called "Chat for Google") is explicitly whitelisted in the source code, which allows it to use the panel feature even when --enable-panels flag is unset:
bool PanelManager::ShouldUsePanels(const std::string& extension_id) {
...
return CommandLine::ForCurrentProcess()->HasSwitch(
switches::kEnablePanels) ||
extension_id == std::string("nckgahadagoaajjgafhacjanaoiihapd") ||
...