browserAction.openPopup()

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Open the browser action’s popup.

In stable versions of Firefox, you can only call this function from inside the handler for a user action. See Browser compatibility for details.

Syntax

browser.browserAction.openPopup(
  options // optional object
)

Parameters

• details {{optional_inline}} 

  • : An object with the following properties:

    • windowId {{optional_inline}} 
      • : integer. Window to open the popup for. Defaults to the current window.

Return value

A Promise that is resolved with no arguments.

Browser compatibility

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Examples

Open the popup when the user selects a context menu item:

browser.menus.create({
  id: "open-popup",
  title: "open popup",
  contexts: ["all"],
});

browser.menus.onClicked.addListener(() => {
  browser.browserAction.openPopup();
});

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