devtools.panels.ExtensionSidebarPane.onHidden

Called when the sidebar pane becomes hidden, as a result of the user switching away from it.

Syntax

browser.devtools.panels.onHidden.addListener(listener)
browser.devtools.panels.onHidden.removeListener(listener)
browser.devtools.panels.onHidden.hasListener(listener)

Events have three functions:

• addListener(listener)
  • : Adds a listener to this event.
• removeListener(listener)
  • : Stops listening to this event. The listener argument is the listener to remove.
• hasListener(listener)
  • : Checks whether listener is registered for this event. Returns true if it is listening, and false otherwise.

addListener syntax

Parameters

• listener
  • : Function called when this event occurs. This function will be passed no arguments.

Examples

Create a sidebar pane, and log show and hide events.

function onCreated(sidebarPane) {
  sidebarPane.onShown.addListener(() => {
    console.log("Shown");
  });

  sidebarPane.onHidden.addListener(() => {
    console.log("Hidden");
  });
}

browser.devtools.panels.elements.createSidebarPane("My pane").then(onCreated);

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Browser compatibility

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[!NOTE] This API is based on Chromium’s chrome.devtools.panels API.