Gets the background color of the browser action's badge.
This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.
Syntax
browser.browserAction.getBadgeBackgroundColor( details // object )
Parameters
detailsobject.tabIdOptionalinteger. Specifies the tab to get the badge background color from.windowIdOptionalinteger. Specifies the window from which to get the badge background color.
- If
windowIdandtabIdare both supplied, the function fails. - If
windowIdandtabIdare both omitted, the global badge background color is returned.
Return value
A Promise that will be fulfilled with the retrieved color as a browserAction.ColorArray.
Browser compatibility
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| Desktop | Mobile | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
getBadgeBackgroundColor | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 14 | Firefox Full support 45 | Opera Full support Yes | Firefox Android No support No |
details.windowId | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox Full support 62 | Opera No support No | Firefox Android No support No |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
Examples
Log the badge's background color:
function onGot(color) {
console.log(color);
}
function onFailure(error) {
console.log(error);
}
browser.browserAction.getBadgeBackgroundColor({}).then(onGot, onFailure);
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.
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