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  5. pageAction
  6. pageAction.openPopup()

pageAction.openPopup()

Open the page action's popup.

You can only call this function from inside the handler for a user action.

Syntax

js
browser.pageAction.openPopup()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A Promise that is resolved with no arguments.

Examples

Open the popup when the user selects a context menu item:

js
browser.menus.create({
  id: "open-popup",
  title: "open popup",
  contexts: ["all"],
});

browser.menus.onClicked.addListener(() => {
  browser.pageAction.openPopup();
});

Example extensions

Browser compatibility

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Firefox for Android
Safari on iOS
openPopup
Chrome – No support
Chrome
footnote No support
Edge – No support
Edge
footnote No support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 57 (Release date: 2017-11-14)
footnote Full support
Opera – No support
Opera
footnote No support
Safari – Full support
Safari 16 (Release date: 2022-09-12)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – Full support
Firefox for Android 79 (Release date: 2020-07-28)
footnote Full support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 16 (Release date: 2022-09-12)
footnote Full support

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