browserAction.openPopup()
Open the browser action's popup.
You can only call this function from inside the handler for a user action.
Syntax
browser.browserAction.openPopup()
Parameters
None.
Return value
A Promise
that is resolved with no arguments.
Browser compatibility
Report problems with this compatibility data on GitHubwebextensions-desktop | webextensions-mobile | |||||
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openPopup | ChromeFull support67
| EdgeFull support79
| FirefoxFull support57 | OperaNo supportNo | SafariNo supportNo | Firefox for AndroidFull support79 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
- User must explicitly enable this feature.
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Examples
Open the popup when the user selects a context menu item:
browser.menus.create({
id: "open-popup",
title: "open popup",
contexts: ["all"]
});
browser.menus.onClicked.addListener(() => {
browser.browserAction.openPopup();
});