Open WhatsApp Web in a standalone popup window
Standalone WhatsApp Web Extension
Click the extension icon to open WhatsApp Web in a standalone popup window.
WhatsApp Web will open in a clean window (i.e. without forward/back buttons or bookmarks bar),
so you can read and write your messages distraction-free,
and always have them available in a separate window, away from your browsing tabs.
If you already have WhatsApp Web open, it will move that tab to the popup.
Right-click the extension icon and select \"Re-attach as tab...\" from the context menu to reattach WhatsApp Web as a tab in your currently open window.
• Single-instance, detached from other tabs
• Reports unread messages in the extension's icon
• Draw attention to popup window on new unread messages
• Re-attach as tab... (extension context menu)
• Close all WhatsApp Web Tabs... (extension context menu)
DISCLAIMER: I'm not in any way affiliated with WhatsApp, just a happy user of it.
WhatsApp is a registered trademark owned by Meta.
Code: https://github.com/azrafe7/standalone-whatsapp-web
Please file bugs/feature requests at https://github.com/azrafe7/standalone-whatsapp-web/issues
Changelog: https://github.com/azrafe7/standalone-whatsapp-web/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
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WhatsApp Web will open in a clean window (i.e. without forward/back buttons or bookmarks bar),
so you can read and write your messages distraction-free,
and always have them available in a separate window, away from your browsing tabs.
If you already have WhatsApp Web open, it will move that tab to the popup.
Right-click the extension icon and select \"Re-attach as tab...\" from the context menu to reattach WhatsApp Web as a tab in your currently open window.
• Single-instance, detached from other tabs
• Reports unread messages in the extension's icon
• Draw attention to popup window on new unread messages
• Re-attach as tab... (extension context menu)
• Close all WhatsApp Web Tabs... (extension context menu)
DISCLAIMER: I'm not in any way affiliated with WhatsApp, just a happy user of it.
WhatsApp is a registered trademark owned by Meta.
Code: https://github.com/azrafe7/standalone-whatsapp-web
Please file bugs/feature requests at https://github.com/azrafe7/standalone-whatsapp-web/issues
Changelog: https://github.com/azrafe7/standalone-whatsapp-web/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
Source Manifest.json
{"update_url": "https://clients2.google.com/service/update2/crx", "name": "Standalone WhatsApp Web", "version": "0.3.1", "description": "Open WhatsApp Web in a standalone popup window", "manifest_version": 3, "permissions": ["contextMenus", "tabs", "scripting"], "background": { "service_worker": "background.js" }, "content_scripts": [ { "matches": ["https://web.whatsapp.com/"], "js": ["contentScript.js"], "all_frames": false } ], "host_permissions": [ "https://web.whatsapp.com/" ], "icons": { "128": "assets/icon128.png" }, "action": { "default_icon": { "128": "assets/icon128.png" }, "default_title": "Standalone WhatsApp Web" }, "commands": { "_execute_action": { "suggested_key": { "default": "Alt+W" } } }}
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