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pageAction.setTitle()

Sets the title of the page action. This is displayed in a tooltip over the page action.

Syntax

chrome.pageAction.setTitle(
  details // object
)

This API is also available as browser.pageAction.setTitle().

Parameters

details
object.
tabId
integer. The ID of the tab whose title you want to set.
title
string. The tooltip text.

Browser compatibility

Chrome Edge Firefox Firefox for Android Opera
Basic support Yes Yes 45.0 No 33

Examples

Whenever a tab is updated, show the page action for that tab, and set its title to show the tab's ID:

chrome.tabs.onUpdated.addListener((tabId, changeInfo, tabInfo) => {
  chrome.pageAction.show(tabId);
  chrome.pageAction.setTitle({
    tabId: tabId,
    title: "Tab ID: " + tabId
  });
});

Acknowledgements

This API is based on Chromium's chrome.pageAction API. This documentation is derived from page_action.json in the Chromium code.

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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