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tabs.MutedInfoReason

Specifies the reason a tab was muted or unmuted.

Type

Values of this type are strings. Possible values are:

"capture"

Tab capture started, forcing a muted state change.

"extension"

An extension set the muted state. If this is the reason, extensionId in tabs.mutedInfo will contain the ID of the extension responsible.

"user"

The user set the muted state.

Browser compatibility

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Firefox for Android
Safari on iOS
MutedInfoReason
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 46 (Release date: 2015-10-13)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 47 (Release date: 2016-06-07)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 33 (Release date: 2015-10-27)
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

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Full support
No support

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

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