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sidebarAction.toggle()

Toggles the visibility of the sidebar in the active window, if the sidebar belongs to the extension.

You can only call this function from inside the handler for a user action.

This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.

Syntax

browser.sidebarAction.toggle()

Parameters

None.

Return value

A Promise that is resolved with no arguments.

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
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Examples

Toggles the sidebar when the user selects an item from the context menu:

browser.menus.create({
  id: "toggle-sidebar",
  title: "Toggle sidebar",
  contexts: ["all"]
});

browser.menus.onClicked.addListener(() => {
  browser.sidebarAction.toggle();
});

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