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commands

Listen for the user executing commands that you have registered using the commands manifest.json key.

Types

commands.Command
Object representing a command. This contains the information specified for the command in the commands manifest.json key.

Functions

commands.getAll

Gets all registered commands for this extension.

commands.reset

Reset the given command's description and shortcut to the values given in the manifest key.

commands.update

Change the description or shortcut for the given command.

Events

commands.onCommand
Fired when a command is executed using its associated keyboard shortcut.

Browser compatibility

Desktop Mobile
Chrome Edge Firefox Internet Explorer Opera Safari WebView Android Chrome Android Firefox for Android Opera Android Safari on IOS Samsung Internet
Command
Yes
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Yes
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getAll
Yes
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Yes
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No
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onCommand
Yes
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Before version 63, the onCommand listener was not treated as a handler for a user action.
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Yes
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No
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reset
No
No
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No
No
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No
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update
No
No
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No
No
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No
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Example extensions

Note:

This API is based on Chromium's chrome.commands API.

Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/commands