omnibox.onInputStarted

Fired when the user starts interacting with your extension by entering its keyword in the address bar and then pressing the space key.

This will be sent before any omnibox.onInputChanged events.

Syntax

js
browser.omnibox.onInputStarted.addListener(listener)
browser.omnibox.onInputStarted.removeListener(listener)
browser.omnibox.onInputStarted.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 no arguments.

Examples

js
browser.omnibox.onInputStarted.addListener(() => {
  console.log("User has started interacting with me.");
});

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Firefox for Android
Safari on iOS
onInputStarted
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 9 (Release date: 2011-02-03)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 52 (Release date: 2017-03-07)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support

Legend

Tip: you can click/tap on a cell for more information.

Full support
Full support
No support
No support

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.omnibox API.