Gets the HTML document set as the popup for this browser action.
This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.
Syntax
var gettingPopup = browser.browserAction.getPopup( details // object )
Parameters
detailsobject.-
tabIdOptionalinteger. The tab whose popup to get.windowIdOptionalinteger. The windows whose popup to get.
- If
windowIdandtabIdare both supplied, the function fails. - If
windowIdandtabIdare both omitted, the global popup is returned.
Return value
A Promise that will be fulfilled with a string containing the URL for the popup's document. This will be a fully qualifed URL, such as moz-extension://d1d8a2eb-fe60-f646-af30-a866c5b39942/popups/popup2.html.
Browser compatibility
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| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox for Android | Opera | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basic support | Yes | No | 45 | 57 | Yes |
Examples
Get the popup's URL:
function gotPopup(popupURL) {
console.log(popupURL)
}
var gettingPopup = browser.browserAction.getPopup({});
gettingPopup.then(gotPopup);
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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