pageAction.setIcon()

Sets the icon for the page action.

You can specify a single icon as either the path to an image file or a pageAction.ImageDataType object.

You can specify multiple icons in different sizes by supplying a dictionary containing multiple paths or ImageData objects. This means the icon doesn't have to be scaled for a device with a different pixel density.

This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.

Syntax

js
let settingIcon = browser.pageAction.setIcon(
  details         // object
)

Parameters

details

object. An object containing either imageData or path properties, and a tabId property.

imageData Optional

pageAction.ImageDataType or object. This is either a single ImageData object or a dictionary object.

Use a dictionary object to specify multiple ImageData objects in different sizes, so the icon does not have to be scaled for a device with a different pixel density. If imageData is a dictionary, the value of each property is an ImageData object, and its name is its size, like this:

js
let settingIcon = browser.pageAction.setIcon({
  imageData: {
    16: image16,
    32: image32,
  },
});

The browser will choose the image to use depending on the screen's pixel density. See Choosing icon sizes for more information on this.

path Optional

string or object. This is either a relative path to an icon file or a dictionary object.

Use a dictionary object to specify multiple icon files in different sizes, so the icon does not have to be scaled for a device with a different pixel density. If path is a dictionary, the value of each property is a relative path, and its name is its size, like this:

js
let settingIcon = browser.pageAction.setIcon({
  path: {
    16: "path/to/image16.jpg",
    32: "path/to/image32.jpg",
  },
});

The browser will choose the image to use depending on the screen's pixel density. See Choosing icon sizes for more information on this.

If path is null, this will reset the page action's icon to the icon that was given in the page_action manifest key.

If path is "", this will reset the icon to the browser's global default icon (that is, the icon used if no icon is given in the page_action manifest key).

If path does not point to a valid icon, then no icon will be displayed.

tabId

integer. The ID of the tab whose icon you want to set.

Return value

A Promise that will be fulfilled with no arguments once the icon has been set.

Examples

Set the icon for the page action when the user clicks it:

js
browser.pageAction.onClicked.addListener((tab) => {
  browser.pageAction.setIcon({
    tabId: tab.id,
    path: "icons/icon-48.png",
  });
});

Example extensions

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Firefox for Android
Safari on iOS
setIcon
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 23 (Release date: 2012-11-06)
footnote
footnote Before Chrome 23, path couldn't specify multiple icon files, but had to be a string specifying a single icon path.
Edge – Full support
Edge 14 (Release date: 2016-08-02)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 45 (Release date: 2016-03-08)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 14 (Release date: 2020-09-16)
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 15 (Release date: 2021-09-20)
footnote Full support
imageData
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 23 (Release date: 2012-11-06)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 45 (Release date: 2016-03-08)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – Full support
Safari 14 (Release date: 2020-09-16)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 15 (Release date: 2021-09-20)
footnote Full support
The path and imageData properties of the details parameter can be set to null.
Chrome – No support
Chrome
footnote No support
Edge – No support
Edge
footnote No support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 59 (Release date: 2018-03-13)
footnote Full support
Opera – No support
Opera
footnote No support
Safari – Full support
Safari 18 (Release date: 2024-09-16)
footnote Full support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – Full support
Safari on iOS 18 (Release date: 2024-09-16)
footnote Full support

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Full support
No support
No support
See implementation notes.

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