Issue 4644 - Pass search messages to our devtools panel

chrome/devtools.js

Index: chrome/devtools.js
diff --git a/chrome/devtools.js b/chrome/devtools.js
index 255aeb387bfa8db9e15005390587874a782f4a1b..aed487c1fdef1c8ae00dd1cf9306e836fe5f50c4 100644
--- a/chrome/devtools.js
+++ b/chrome/devtools.js
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 "use strict";
 
+var panelWindow = null;
+
 chrome.runtime.sendMessage(
   {
     type: "prefs.get",
@@ -25,8 +27,35 @@ chrome.runtime.sendMessage(
   function(enabled)
   {
     if (enabled)
-      chrome.devtools.panels.create("Adblock Plus",
-                                    "icons/detailed/abp-48.png",
-                                    "devtools-panel.html");
+    {
+      chrome.devtools.panels.create(
+        "Adblock Plus",
+        "icons/detailed/abp-48.png",
+        "devtools-panel.html",
+        function (panel)
+        {
+          panel.onShown.addListener(function(window)
+          {
+            panelWindow = window;
+          });
+
+          panel.onHidden.addListener(function(window)
+          {
+            panelWindow = null;
+          });
+
+          panel.onSearch.addListener(function(eventName, queryString)
+          {
+            if (panelWindow)
+            {
+              panelWindow.postMessage({
+                type: eventName,
+                queryString: queryString
+              }, "*");
+            }
+          });
+        }
+      );
+    }
   }
 );