How to open email by x-gm-msgid in Gmail with Javascript

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Published on 2012-04-12T17:24:53Z Indexed on 2012/04/12 17:29 UTC
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I'm writing an extension which surfaces links to gmail messages. As the UI loads right in Gmail, I should be able to click on one of these links and have Gmail load it (without refreshing). I have "x-gm-msgid" available and theoretically, I should just be able to navigate to "https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/[x-gm-msgid]".

I've tried using

location.hash = "#inbox/[x-gm-msgid]"

I've tried using

history.pushState(null, null, "/mail/u/0/#inbox/[x-gm-msgid]")

Neither of which works. Gmail just thwarts any attempt to change the URL (unless it is done via user interaction)

Any thoughts on how to get around this restriction?

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