pageAction.show()

Shows the pageAction for a given tab. The page action is shown whenever the given tab is the active tab.

show() overrides pattern matching, so the page action will be shown in the specified tab even if show_matches does not match the URL or hide_matches does.

Note that calling show() has no effect on a tab with no content loaded.

Syntax

browser.pageAction.show(
  tabId // integer
)

Parameters

tabId: integer. The ID of the tab for which you want to show the page action.
Return value A Promise that will be fulfilled with undefined.

Browser compatibility

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	Desktop				Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Firefox for Android
`show`	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 14	Firefox Full support 45	Opera Full support Yes	Firefox Android Full support 50 Notes Full support 50 Notes Notes Before version 56, the 'tabId' parameter was ignored, and the page action was shown for all tabs.

Legend

Full support: Full support
See implementation notes.: See implementation notes.

Examples

This example shows the pageAction for the active tab when the user selects a context menu item.

Note: You'll need the contextMenus permission in your manifest to create context menu items.

browser.contextMenus.create({
  id: "show",
  title: "Show page action"
})

browser.contextMenus.onClicked.addListener(function(info, tab) {
  if (info.menuItemId == "show") {
    browser.pageAction.show(tab.id)
  }
})

Example extensions

Acknowledgements

This API is based on Chromium's chrome.pageAction API. This documentation is derived from page_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.

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