I'm new in Chrome extensions development and I'm curious how to make extension to run even if dialog window is not "clicked". Right now my extension run only if I click icon and leave dialog displayed. As soon as I click to something else on page extension window hide and script stop executing. This is my code.
popup.html
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head><title>activity</title></head>
<body style="width:300px;">
<script src="popup.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
popup.js
function injectTheScript() {
chrome.tabs.query({active: true, currentWindow: true}, function(tabs) {
chrome.tabs.executeScript(tabs[0].id, {file: "content_script.js"});
})
}
setInterval(function(){ injectTheScript(); },2000);
content_script.js
function clickPlanet() {
var planets = document.getElementsByClassName("collectbtn"),
randomplanet = Math.floor(Math.random() * planets.length),
clickplanet = planets[randomplanet];
clickplanet.click();
}
clickPlanet();
manifest.json
{
"manifest_version": 2,
"name": "Such Activity",
"description": "Wow",
"version": "1.0",
"permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>", "background"],
"browser_action": {
"default_icon": {
"19": "images/icons/19.png",
"38": "images/icons/38.png"
},
"default_popup": "popup.html"
},
"background": {
"scripts": ["background.js"],
"persistent": false
},
"icons": {
"16": "images/icons/16.png",
"19": "images/icons/19.png",
"38": "images/icons/38.png",
"64": "images/icons/64.png",
"128": "images/icons/128.png"
}
}
It is not possible to display the popup without user interraction.
It was implemented this way to pevent extensions by themselves to display the popup, to avoid abusing with popups.
An alternative, if you really need to display something programatically, is to use the browser icon to display an iframe in the web page, with the same html and scripts as the popup.
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I am able to open new tab using the extension but the content script is not executing on new tab.
Manifest File
{
"manifest_version": 2,
"name": " New Tab Launcher",
"description": "Create the tab and button click ",
"version": "1.0",
"icons": {
"16": "icon.png",
"48": "icon.png",
"128": "icon.png"
},
"browser_action": {
"default_popup": "popup.html"
},
"permissions": [
"activeTab",
"tabs"
],
"content_scripts": [
{
"matches": [
"http://*/*", "https://*/*"
],
"js": [
"jquery-3.6.0.slim.min.js","contentScript.js"
],
"run_at": "document_end"
}
]
}
popup.js
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
var checkPageButton = document.getElementById('addMeetingUrl');
checkPageButton.addEventListener('click', function() {
chrome.tabs.create({'url': "youtube.com"});
}, false);
}, false);
contentScript.js
alert("This is test");
$(document).load(function (e) {
alert("Testing content script" +$('#logo').text());
});
In above the first alert come successfully by next script does not launch.
I have tried Removing the $(document).load and adding $(document).ready both are not working for me.
#logo could be added to the DOM after the load and ready events are fired.
Check with the debugger if I've stated is true.
If so you will need to use MutationObserver.
Try removing "run at" as it will default to "document_idle" which is usually safer option
My extension checks for broken images on a website. Everything works fine if I open an URL at a time but if I open several URLs from one site, the summary in popup.html is always the same as the active tab (it's not updated for each site).
I don't know how to refer to the actual URL of the analysis and avoid the "active tab". Any ideas?
Manifest.json
{
"name": "Test",
"permissions": ["activeTab", "declarativeContent", "storage","tabs"],
"version": "1.0.0",
"description": "Test",
"background": {
"scripts": ["background.js"],
"persistent": false
},
"content_scripts": [
{
"matches": ["http://*/*", "https://*/*", "https://www.google.com/_/chrome/newtab*"],
"exclude_globs": ["*#*"],
"js": ["jquery-3.4.1.min.js", "content.js"]
}
],
"web_accessible_resources": ["popup.html"],
"browser_action": {
"default_icon": {
"16": "images/ico.png",
"32": "images/ico.png",
"48": "images/ico.png",
"128": "images/ico.png"
}
},
"manifest_version": 2
}
Content.js
chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener((msg, sender, response) => {
if (msg.subject === 'DOMInfo') {
var domInfo = {
images: number_images
};
response(domInfo);
}
});
Popup.js
window.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
chrome.tabs.query({
active: true,
currentWindow: true
}, tabs => {
chrome.tabs.sendMessage(
tabs[0].id,
{subject: 'DOMInfo'},
setDOMInfo);
});
});
I'm pretty sure is the tabs[0].id that causes the problem but I'm not sure how I can refer to the current URL that run the content.js script and make sure the popup.html gets the analysis from this URL. Any ideas?
In the background.js I had no problem referring the sender tab:
chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener(function(msg, sender, sendResponse)
{
chrome.tabs.query({active:true, windowType:"normal", currentWindow: true},function(d){
var tabId = sender.tab.id;
....
Assuming popup.html is loaded into an iframe inside the web pages by your content script, you need chrome.tabs.getCurrent that returns the tab where this code is running so each iframe will find its own tab:
chrome.tabs.getCurrent(tab => {
chrome.tabs.sendMessage(tab.id, {subject: 'DOMInfo'}, callback);
});
P.S. When using sender.tab.id you don't need chrome.tabs.query - you already have the id.
I am a programming beginner. I would like to develop a simple Chrome extension that allows to bold for dragged content, when I click a button in popup.html. I succeeded to make bold for dragged content, when I click a default icon, but making a button in popup.html with the function required more complex way.
I think that popup.js is necessary to send a message to content.js to trigger the function boldText(). I struggled to use chrome.tabs.sendMessgge or other things to trigger the function, but I failed.
Please give me some advice.
Here is my code:
1. manifest.json
{
"manifest_version": 2,
"name": "test",
"version" : "1.0",
"description": "test",
"content_scripts": [{
"matches": ["<all_urls>"],
"js": ["content.js"]
}],
"background": {
"scripts": ["jquery-3.3.1.slim.js", "background.js"]
},
"browser_action": {
"default_icon": "icon.png",
"default_popup": "popup.html"
},
"permissions": [
"activeTab",
"tabs",
"storage",
"http://*/*",
"https://*/*"
]
}
2. background.js
chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(buttonClicked);
function buttonClicked(tab) {
let msg = {
txt: "hello"
}
chrome.tabs.sendMessage(tab.id, msg);
}
3. content.js
chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener(gotMessage);
function gotMessage(message, sender, sendResponse) {
if (message.txt === "hello") {
var selection = window.getSelection();
alert(selection);
boldText();
}
}
function boldText() {
document.designMode = "on"; // designMode on for execCommand
document.execCommand('Bold', false);
document.designMode = "off"; // designMode off for execCommand
return false;
}
4. popup.html
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<script src="jquery-3.3.1.slim.js"></script>
<script src="popup.js"></script>
</head>
<body>
<button id="boldButton" value="bold">bold</button>
</body>
</html>
I'm working on migrating my Chrome extension into a Firefox addon. Honestly didn't think it would be that hard, but I've been trying to fix an issue of the background not wanting to send a message to the content script. (And yes, I've read everything online, but it just won't send the message inside an onUpdated listener)
EDIT
When I tried to put following line into the browserAction.onClicked listener it works, but it does not work in onUpdated?
browser.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function(tab) {
browser.tabs.sendMessage(tab.id, {action: "isInstalled"});
});
END EDIT
And yes, the content script IS loaded, checked with an alert for the hostname.
Here's the code I used in the Chrome extension (background):
chrome.tabs.query({active: true, currentWindow: true}, ([tab]) => {
chrome.tabs.sendMessage(tab.id, {
action: 'isInstalled'
});
});
Now here's what I have tried in Firefox addon (background):
var gettingActiveTab = browser.tabs.query({active: true, currentWindow: true});
gettingActiveTab.then((tabs) => {
browser.tabs.sendMessage(tabs[0].id, {greeting: "hello"});
});
Which is inside the browser.tabs.onUpdated listener as follows:
browser.tabs.onUpdated.addListener(function(tabId, changeInfo, tabInfo){
if(changeInfo.status === "complete"){
...
}
});
I also tried this, as I thought it would work: (yes tabId is correct).
browser.tabs.sendMessage(tabId, {action: "isInstalled"});
Now here's the onMessage listener on content script
browser.runtime.onMessage.addListener(function(request, sender) {
if(request.action == "isInstalled"){
alert("received");
var isInstalledNode = document.createElement('div');
isInstalledNode.id = 'extension-is-installed';
document.body.appendChild(isInstalledNode);
}
});
I keep getting the following error: "Error: Could not establish connection. Receiving end does not exist." which makes absolutely no sense for me.. Can anyone see the problem?
By the way, here's the manifest file:
{
"name": "Addon name",
"version": "1.3.0",
"manifest_version": 2,
"description": "...",
"icons": {
"48": "assets/images/icon_48_active.png",
"96": "assets/images/icon_96_active.png"
},
"browser_action": {
"default_title": "Name"
},
"background": {
"scripts":["background.js"]
},
"content_scripts": [
{
"matches": ["http://*/*", "https://*/*"],
"js": ["contentscript.js"]
}
],
"permissions": [
"cookies", "tabs", "http://*/*", "https://*/*"
],
"web_accessible_resources": [
"modal.html", "assets/images/*"
]
}
i can't figure out how to make it work. My script works by itself. but doesn't work with background.js. I want my google extension to work only if the user clicks on it's icon, so I have created the file background.js and putted the code:
chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function(tab) {
chrome.tabs.executeScript(null, {file: "change_content.js"});
});
my manifest.json here:
{
"manifest_version": 2,
"name": "Name",
"description": "change content.",
"version": "3.0",
"browser_action": {
"default_icon": "icon.png"
},
"content_scripts": [
{
"matches": ["http://*/*"],
"js": ["change_content.js"]
}
],
"background": {
"scripts": ["background.js"],
"persistent": false
},
"permissions": [
"tabs", "http://*/*"
]
}
and here is the change_content.js:
var oldSource = document.documentElement.innerHTML;
document.body.innerHTML = changeContent(oldSource);
function changeContent(source){
.....
}
The reason you are having the issue where change_content.js is executing before you press the button is because thats how content scripts work. If you include a content script in your manifest.json it will load and execute that script. Try removing the "content_scripts" section from the manifest and you should see it work as it should.
chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function(tab) {
chrome.tabs.executeScript(null, {file: "change_content.js"});
});
I've got a feeling the error lies in you using "null" as it might be searching for a tab with the tabId - null, you should try doing this instead?
chrome.tabs.executeScript({file: "change_content.js"});