sidebarAction.open()

Open the sidebar in the active window.

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

This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.

Syntax

js
browser.sidebarAction.open()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A Promise that is resolved with no arguments.

Examples

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

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

browser.menus.onClicked.addListener(() => {
  browser.sidebarAction.open();
});

Browser compatibility

desktop mobile
Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Firefox for Android
Safari on iOS
open
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 – 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

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Full support
Full support
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