sidebarAction.getPanel()

Gets a URL to the HTML document that defines the sidebar's contents.

This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.

Syntax

js
let gettingPanel = browser.sidebarAction.getPanel(
  details               // object
)

Parameters

details

object. An object with the following properties:

tabId Optional

integer. Get the panel for the sidebar specific to the given tab.

windowId Optional

integer. Get the panel for the sidebar specific to the given window.

  • If windowId and tabId are both supplied, the function fails and the promise it returns is rejected.
  • If windowId and tabId are both omitted, the global panel is returned.

Return value

A Promise that will be fulfilled with a string containing the URL for the panel's document. This will be a fully qualified URL, such as:

url
moz-extension://d1d8a2eb-fe60-f646-af30-a866c5b39942/sidebar.html

Examples

Get the panel's URL:

js
function onGot(sidebarUrl) {
  console.log(sidebarUrl);
}

let gettingPanel = browser.sidebarAction.getPanel({});
gettingPanel.then(onGot);

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Firefox for Android
Safari on iOS
getPanel
Chrome – No support
Chrome
footnote No support
Edge – No support
Edge
footnote No support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 54 (Release date: 2017-06-13)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 30 (Release date: 2015-06-09)
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
details
Chrome – No support
Chrome
footnote No support
Edge – No support
Edge
footnote No support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 61 (Release date: 2018-06-26)
footnote Full support
Opera – No support
Opera
footnote No 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
details.windowId
Chrome – No support
Chrome
footnote No support
Edge – No support
Edge
footnote No support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 61 (Release date: 2018-06-26)
footnote Full support
Opera – No support
Opera
footnote No 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

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Full support
Full support
No support
No support

Note: This API is based on Opera's chrome.sidebarAction API.