Listen for the user executing commands that you have registered using the commands manifest.json key.
Types
commands.Command- Object representing a command. This contains the information specified for the command in the
commandsmanifest.json key.
Functions
commands.getAll-
Gets all registered commands for this extension.
commands.reset-
Reset the given command's description and shortcut to the values given in the manifest key.
commands.update-
Change the description or shortcut for the given command.
Events
commands.onCommand-
Fired when a command is executed using its associated keyboard shortcut.
Browser compatibility
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox for Android | Opera | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Command | Yes | No | 48 | No | Yes |
getAll | Yes | No | 48 | No | Yes |
onCommand | Yes | No | 48 * | No | Yes |
reset | No | No | 60 | No | No |
update | No | No | 60 | No | No |
Example extensions
Acknowledgements
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.commands API.
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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