sidebarAction.getPanel()
Gets a URL to the HTML document that defines the sidebar's contents.
This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise
.
Syntax
var gettingPanel = browser.sidebarAction.getPanel(
details // object
)
Parameters
details
object
. An object with the following properties:-
tabId
Optionalinteger
. Get the panel for the sidebar specific to the given tab.windowId
Optionalinteger
. Get the panel for the sidebar specific to the given window.
- If
windowId
andtabId
are both supplied, the function fails and the promise it returns is rejected. - If
windowId
andtabId
are both omitted, the global panel is returned.
Return value
A Promise
that will be fulfilled with a string containing the URL for the panel's document. This will be a fully qualifed URL, such as:
moz-extension://d1d8a2eb-fe60-f646-af30-a866c5b39942/sidebar.html
Browser compatibility
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Examples
Get the panel's URL:
function onGot(sidebarUrl) {
console.log(sidebarUrl);
}
var gettingPanel = browser.sidebarAction.getPanel({});
gettingPanel.then(onGot);
Acknowledgements
This API is based on Opera's chrome.sidebarAction
API.
Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.