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windows.WindowType

The type of browser window this is.

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Type

Values of this type are strings. Possible values are:

  • "normal"
  • "popup"
  • "panel"
  • "devtools"

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Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.windows API. This documentation is derived from windows.json in the Chromium code.

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