pageAction.setTitle()

Sets the title of the page action. The title is displayed in a tooltip when the user hovers over the page action.

Syntax

browser.pageAction.setTitle(
  details // object
)

Parameters

details
object.
tabId
integer. The ID of the tab whose title you want to set.
title
string or null. The tooltip text.
If null is passed here, the title is reset to the title that was specified in the page_action manifest key.

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
setTitle
Yes
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Yes
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No
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null
No
No
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No
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No
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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