menus.onClicked

Syntax

browser.menus.onClicked.addListener(listener)
browser.menus.onClicked.removeListener(listener)
browser.menus.onClicked.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 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 these arguments:

info

menus.OnClickData. Information about the item clicked and the context where the click happened.

tab

tabs.Tab. The details of the tab where the click took place. If the click did not take place in or on a tab, this parameter will be missing.

Examples

This example listens for clicks on a menu item, then log the item's ID and the tab ID:

browser.menus.create({
  id: "click-me",
  title: "Click me!",
  contexts: ["all"],
});

browser.menus.onClicked.addListener((info, tab) => {
  console.log(`Item ${info.menuItemId} clicked in tab ${tab.id}`);
});

Example extensions

• menu-accesskey-visible
• menu-demo
• menu-labelled-open
• menu-remove-element
• menu-search
• session-state

Browser compatibility