Listen for the user executing commands that you have registered using the commands
manifest.json key.
Types
commands.Command
- Object representing a command. This contains the information specified for the command in the
commands
manifest.json key.
Functions
commands.getAll
-
Gets all registered commands for this extension.
Events
commands.onCommand
-
Fired when a command is executed using its associated keyboard shortcut.
Browser compatibility
Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox for Android | Opera | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Command | Yes | No | 48 | No | Yes |
getAll | Yes | No | 48 | No | Yes |
onCommand | Yes | No | 48 | No | Yes |
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Chrome incompatibilities
commands
Firefox does not support:
global
- any of the media keys: "MediaNextTrack", "MediaPlayPause", "MediaPrevTrack", "MediaStop"
Example extensions
Acknowledgements
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.commands
API.
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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