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pageAction.getTitle()

Gets the title of the page action.

This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.

Syntax

var gettingTitle = browser.pageAction.getTitle(
  details // object
)

Parameters

details
object.
tabId
integer. The ID of the tab containing the page action whose title you want to get.

Return value

A Promise that will be fulfilled with a string containing the page action's title.

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
getTitle
Yes
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Yes
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Examples

This example logs the page action's title when the user clicks its icon:

function gotTitle(title) {
  console.log(`Title ${title}`);
}

browser.pageAction.onClicked.addListener((tab) => {
  var gettingTitle = browser.pageAction.getTitle({
    tabId: tab.id
  });
  gettingTitle.then(gotTitle);
});

Example extensions

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

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