Toggles the visibility of the sidebar in the active window, if the sidebar belongs to the extension.
You can only call this function from inside the handler for a user action.
This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.
sidebarAction.toggle()
Syntax
browser.sidebarAction.toggle()
Parameters
None.
Return value
A Promise that is resolved with no arguments.
Browser compatibility
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Internet Explorer | Opera | Safari | WebView Android | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | |
toggle |
No | No | 73 | ? | No | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No | ? |
Examples
Toggles the sidebar when the user selects an item from the context menu:
browser.menus.create({
id: "toggle-sidebar",
title: "Toggle sidebar",
contexts: ["all"]
});
browser.menus.onClicked.addListener(() => {
browser.sidebarAction.toggle();
});
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/sidebarAction/toggle