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pageAction.setPopup()

Sets the HTML document to be opened as a popup when the user clicks on the page action's icon.

Syntax

browser.pageAction.setPopup(
  details // object
)

Parameters

details
object.
tabId
integer. The ID of the tab for which you want to set the popup.
popup
string or null. URL to the HTML file to show in a popup.
If an empty string ("") is passed here, the popup is disabled, and the extension will receive pageAction.onClicked events.
If null is passed here, the popup is reset to the popup that was specified in the page_action manifest key.

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
setPopup
Yes
14
45
?
Yes
14
?
?
50
The 'tabId' parameter is ignored, and the popup is set for all tabs.
?
?
?
null
No
No
59
?
No
14
?
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No
?
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?

Examples

Listen for tabs.onUpdated events, and switch the popup if the loading status changes:

browser.tabs.onUpdated.addListener((tabId, changeInfo, tabInfo) => {
  if (changeInfo.status) {
    browser.pageAction.show(tabId);
    if (changeInfo.status == "loading") {
      browser.pageAction.setPopup({
        tabId,
        popup: "/popup/loading.html"
      });
    } else {
      browser.pageAction.setPopup({
        tabId,
        popup: "/popup/complete.html"
      });
    }
  }
});

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/setPopup