browserAction.getBadgeText()

Gets the browser action's badge text.

This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.

Syntax

var gettingText = browser.browserAction.getBadgeText(
  details               // object
)

Parameters

details
object.
tabIdOptional
integer. Specifies the tab to get the badge text from. If no tab is specified, the non-tab-specific badge text is returned.

Return value

A Promise that will be fulfilled with a string containing the badge text.

Browser compatibility

ChromeEdgeFirefoxFirefox for AndroidOpera
Basic supportYesYes45NoYes

Examples

Log the badge text:

function gotBadgeText(text) {
  console.log(text);
}
var gettingBadgeText = browser.browserAction.getBadgeText({});
gettingBadgeText.then(gotBadgeText);

Acknowledgements

This API is based on Chromium's chrome.browserAction API. This documentation is derived from browser_action.json in the Chromium code.

Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.

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