Sets the title of the page action. The title is displayed in a tooltip when the user hovers over the page action.
pageAction.setTitle()
Syntax
browser.pageAction.setTitle( details // object )
Parameters
-
details
-
object
.-
tabId
-
integer
. The ID of the tab whose title you want to set. -
title
-
string
ornull
. The tooltip text.If
null
is passed here, the title is reset to the title that was specified in thepage_action
manifest key.
-
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
setTitle |
Yes
|
14
|
45
|
?
|
Yes
|
14
|
?
|
?
|
No
|
?
|
15
The title is not displayed on iOS.
|
?
|
null |
No
|
No
|
59
|
?
|
No
|
14
|
?
|
?
|
No
|
?
|
15
The title is not displayed on iOS.
|
?
|
Examples
Whenever a tab is updated, show the page action for that tab, and set its title to show the tab's ID:
browser.tabs.onUpdated.addListener((tabId, changeInfo, tabInfo) => { browser.pageAction.show(tabId); browser.pageAction.setTitle({ tabId: tabId, title: "Tab ID: " + tabId }); });
Example extensions
Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.pageAction
API. This documentation is derived from page_action.json
in the Chromium code.
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/pageAction/setTitle