sidebarAction.close()
Closes the sidebar in the active window, if it is the extension's own sidebar.
You can only call this function from inside the handler for a user action.
This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise
.
Syntax
browser.sidebarAction.close()
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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close | ChromeNo supportNo | EdgeNo supportNo | FirefoxFull support57 | OperaNo supportNo | SafariNo supportNo | Firefox for AndroidNo supportNo |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
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Examples
Close the sidebar when the user selects a context menu item:
browser.menus.create({
id: "close-sidebar",
title: "close sidebar",
contexts: ["all"]
});
browser.menus.onClicked.addListener(() => {
browser.sidebarAction.close();
});