The BrowserSetting.onChange
event is fired when the setting is changed.
On Firefox, it doesn't fire if the change has been made through about:config
.
The BrowserSetting.onChange
event is fired when the setting is changed.
On Firefox, it doesn't fire if the change has been made through about:config
.
BrowserSetting.onChange.addListener(listener)
BrowserSetting.onChange.removeListener(listener)
BrowserSetting.onChange.hasListener(listener)
Events have three functions:
addListener(listener)
Adds a listener to this event.
removeListener(listener)
Stop listening to this event. The listener
argument is the listener to remove.
hasListener(listener)
Check whether listener
is registered for this event. Returns true
if it is listening, false
otherwise.
callback
A callback function that will be called when this event occurs. The function will be passed the following arguments:
details
An object
containing details of the change that occurred. Its properties are as follows:
value
The new value of the setting. The type of this property is determined by the particular setting.
levelOfControl
string
. This represents the way the setting is currently controlled. You can use it to check whether you can modify the setting. See BrowserSetting.set()
for details. Its value may be any of the following:
"not_controllable" |
Extensions are not allowed to modify this setting. |
"controlled_by_other_extensions" |
Another extension that was installed after this one has modified this setting. |
"controllable_by_this_extension" |
This extension is allowed to modify the setting. |
controlled_by_this_extension" |
This extension has already modified the setting. |
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 | |
onChange |
Yes | 79 | 72 | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No | ? |
Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.types
API.
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/types/BrowserSetting/onChange