browserAction.enable()

Enables the browser action for a tab. By default, browser actions are enabled for all tabs.

Syntax

browser.browserAction.enable(
  tabId // optional integer
)

Parameters

tabIdOptional
integer. The id of the tab for which you want to enable the browser action.

Browser compatibility

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Legend

Full support
Full support

Examples

Disable the browser action when clicked, and re-enable it every time a new tab is opened:

browser.tabs.onCreated.addListener(() => {
  browser.browserAction.enable();
});

browser.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(() => {
  browser.browserAction.disable();
});

Acknowledgements

This API is based on Chromium's chrome.browserAction API. This documentation is derived from browser_action.json in the Chromium code.

Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.