windows.onFocusChanged

Fired when the currently focused window changes. Will be windows.WINDOW_ID_NONE if all browser windows have lost focus.

Note: In Windows and some Linux window managers, WINDOW_ID_NONE will always be sent immediately preceding a switch from one browser window to another.

Syntax

js
browser.windows.onFocusChanged.addListener(listener)
browser.windows.onFocusChanged.removeListener(listener)
browser.windows.onFocusChanged.hasListener(listener)

Events have three functions:

addListener(listener)

Adds a listener to this event.

removeListener(listener)

Stop listening to this event. The listener argument is the listener to remove.

hasListener(listener)

Check whether a listener is registered for this event. Returns true if it is listening, false otherwise.

addListener syntax

Parameters

listener

The function called when this event occurs. The function is passed this argument:

windowId

integer. ID of the newly focused window.

Browser compatibility

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onFocusChanged

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Examples

Log focus changes:

js
browser.windows.onFocusChanged.addListener((windowId) => {
  console.log(`Newly focused window: ${windowId}`);
});

Example extensions

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