pageAction.hide()

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Hides the page action for a given tab.

hide() overrides pattern matching, so the page action will not be shown in the specified tab even if its URL is matched by show_matches.

Syntax

browser.pageAction.hide(
  tabId // integer
)

Parameters

• tabId
  • : integer. The ID of the tab for which you want to hide the page action.

Browser compatibility

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Examples

Hide the page action for the current tab when the user clicks it:

browser.pageAction.onClicked.addListener((tab) => {
  browser.pageAction.hide(tab.id);
});

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[!NOTE] This API is based on Chromium’s chrome.pageAction API. This documentation is derived from page_action.json in the Chromium code.