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extension.ViewType

The type of extension view.

Type

Values of this type are strings. Possible values are: "tab", "popup", "sidebar".

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
ViewType
Yes
79
45
?
Yes
14
?
?
48
?
?
?
sidebar
No
No
54
?
No
No
?
?
No
?
?
?

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

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