browserAction.getBadgeBackgroundColor()

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

details

object.

tabIdOptional: integer. Specifies the tab to get the badge background color from.
windowIdOptional: integer. Specifies the window from which to get the badge background color.

If windowId and tabId are both supplied, the function fails.
If windowId and tabId are 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
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Opera	Safari	Firefox for Android
`getBadgeBackgroundColor`	Chrome Full support Yes	Edge Full support 14	Firefox Full support 45	Opera Full support Yes	Safari Partial support 14 Notes Partial support 14 Notes Notes Always returns a red `ColorArray`.	Firefox Android Full support 79
`details.windowId`	Chrome No support No	Edge No support No	Firefox Full support 62	Opera No support No	Safari No support No	Firefox Android No support No

Legend

Full support: Full support
Partial support: Partial support
No support: No support
See implementation notes.: See implementation notes.

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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