Sets the title of the page action. The title is displayed in a tooltip when the user hovers over the page action.
Syntax
browser.pageAction.setTitle( details // object )
Parameters
detailsobject.-
tabIdinteger. The ID of the tab whose title you want to set.titlestringornull. The tooltip text.- If
nullis passed here, the title is reset to the title that was specified in thepage_actionmanifest key.
Browser compatibility
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| Desktop | Mobile | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
setTitle | Chrome Full support Yes | Edge Full support 14 | Firefox Full support 45 | Opera Full support Yes | Firefox Android No support No |
The title property of the details parameter can be set to null. | Chrome No support No | Edge No support No | Firefox Full support 59 | Opera No support No | Firefox Android No support No |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
Examples
Whenever a tab is updated, show the page action for that tab, and set its title to show the tab's ID:
browser.tabs.onUpdated.addListener((tabId, changeInfo, tabInfo) => {
browser.pageAction.show(tabId);
browser.pageAction.setTitle({
tabId: tabId,
title: "Tab ID: " + tabId
});
});
Example extensions
Acknowledgements
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.pageAction API. This documentation is derived from page_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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