pageAction.getPopup()

Gets the URL for the HTML document set as the popup for this page action.

This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.

Syntax

js

let gettingPopup = browser.pageAction.getPopup(
  details               // object
)

Parameters

details

object.

tabId

integer. ID of the tab whose popup you want to get.

Return value

A Promise that will be fulfilled with a string containing the popup's URL.

Browser compatibility

BCD tables only load in the browser

Examples

Add a context menu item that logs the popup URL for the current tab. Note that you'll need the contextMenus permission in your manifest to create context menu items.

js

function gotPopup(popupURL) {
  console.log(popupURL);
}

browser.contextMenus.create({
  id: "get-popup",
  title: "Get popup URL",
});

browser.contextMenus.onClicked.addListener((info, tab) => {
  if (info.menuItemId === "get-popup") {
    let gettingPopup = browser.pageAction.getPopup({ tabId: tab.id });
    gettingPopup.then(gotPopup);
  }
});

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.pageAction API. This documentation is derived from page_action.json in the Chromium code.