management.setEnabled()
Enables or disables the given add-on.
This function must usually be called in the context of a user action, such as the click handler for a button. The browser may also ask the user to confirm the change.
This API requires the "management" API permission.
It is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise
.
The function allows enabling/disabling of theme addons, but will return an error if used to enable or disable other types of web extension.
Syntax
let settingEnabled = browser.management.setEnabled(
id, // string
enabled // boolean
)
Parameters
id
-
string
. ID of the add-on to enable/disable. enabled
-
boolean
. Whether to enable or disable the add-on.
Return value
A Promise
that will be fulfilled with no arguments when the add-on has been disabled or enabled.
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
Examples
Toggle enable/disable for the add-on whose ID is "my-add-on":
let id = "my-add-on";
function toggleEnabled(id) {
let getting = browser.management.get(id);
getting.then((info) => {
browser.management.setEnabled(id, !info.enabled);
});
}
toggleEnabled(id);
Example extensions
Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.management
API. This documentation is derived from management.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.