Is there an alternative to Google Chrome Extension's floating window panel? - google-chrome-extension

I know that panels are being taken out of the chrome extensions, and that it is no longer possible to use them as floating "always on top" windows. I want to achieve something similar to Evernote's Web Clipper chrome extension. I think they are using panels right now. Could someone please suggest an alternative that I can use to achieve something similar?

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Floating icon on other applications

I am curious to know how emojidom is able to show this icon on top of other applications. What it actually is? Because this icon pops up on whatsapp, hangouts, facebook messenger and other chatting applications. And also I can move this icon all around the screen. How is it doing so?
They may be using
android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
refer this
You should take a look at source of HALO implemented by ParanoidAndroid
https://github.com/ParanoidAndroid/HALO

How is the panel displayed when launching Chrome Hangout extension made to be always on top and pinned?

When launching the Chrome Extension Google-Hangouts, a panel initially appears that lists members and a link/button to create a new Hangout.
This panel is initially pinned to the bottom right of the browser window. When pinned like this, it remains always on top as a browser navigation session continues: users can go to different URLs, change tabs, etc. and that panel stays at the bottom right and stays on top of all other windows (or at least on top of the main browser window).
Once it's unpinned, you can drag it around the window, but it no longer stays always on top.
My question is, how was that achieved - what code, or what functions, do i need to call to create that window/panel so that it stays initially pinned and always on top? Is there some binding to some native code that's involved? Some other approach?
If anyone know and can show or explain, i would be hugely grateful as this feature is key to an extension i'm trying to build.
Thanks a lot!
This may not be an answer but to get a clue of what is happening I extracted the crx file to view its content there are a few OS specific files : ace.dll , libace.so and ace. After researching a bit i found this. This is a plugin. Hangouts extension is using ace plugin which is actually running on your desktop(i'm not sure about this). You can check this article
I found this related post: How to build an chrome extension like Google Hangouts
ACE is actually not what makes the window, Chrome has that capability built in, apparently. Even if you don't enable panels, extensions from Google can still make them, provided your OS is capable.

Chrome extension: Multiple tabs in popup window

I was wondering if there is a way to divide the popup window into more than one tab, when each tab functions as a different web page, using chrome extension APIs. Does somebody know if that's possible?
If I can't do that, I thought I will give up the division into separate web pages and just use tabs on the same web page, like UI tabs for example.
Can you suggest a third way?
Browser\Page Action Windows are Windows of type Popup, you cannot add further tabs to the popup window.
As pointed out using some sort of UI Tabs will solve your problem. Let me know if you need more information.

Chrome extension to focus on omnibox?

Is there a way to focus on the omnibox, either using the ExecuteScript or the Omnibox API? I don't think its possible but can anyone think of a work around?
Sorry, currently not possible.

is there a firefox addon that provides jsFiddle like features

I just saw jsFiddle today and am wondering that is there a FireFox addon that provides jsFiddle like features. Especially when you enter the html and css, jsFiddle shows you a layout of the page. Is there any addon that shows such layout for "offline viewing"? I use Firebug but there isn't such layout. Does somebody know about it?
Not a firefox add-on, only in the interest of self-promotion:
I have created a Vim script with similar (but at the moment very limited) functionality: vimfiddler. Vim integrates with selenium to drive a browser. Provides a jsfiddlerish experience running locally on your own computer.
In Google Chrome you can edit every element of the page. Just open a new tab, hit F-12 and edit to your heart's desire. Add some css or javascript to the head tags, put whatever HTML you want in the body, and you're good to go.
This add-on sounds like what you need : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/devtools-prototyper/?src=ss
Just install it, open the devtools, then switch to the "Prototyper" tab.

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