omnibox.onInputStarted
Fired when the user starts interacting with your extension by entering its keyword in the address bar and then pressing the space key.
This will be sent before any omnibox.onInputChanged
events.
Syntax
browser.omnibox.onInputStarted.addListener(listener)
browser.omnibox.onInputStarted.removeListener(listener)
browser.omnibox.onInputStarted.hasListener(listener)
Events have three functions:
addListener(callback)
-
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. Returnstrue
if it is listening,false
otherwise.
addListener syntax
Parameters
callback
-
Function that will be called when this event occurs. The function will be passed no arguments.
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
Examples
browser.omnibox.onInputStarted.addListener(() => {
console.log("User has started interacting with me.")
});
Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.omnibox
API.
Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.