bookmarks.onRemoved

Fired when a bookmark or folder is removed. When a folder is removed recursively, a single notification is fired for the folder, and none for its contents.

Syntax

js

browser.bookmarks.onRemoved.addListener(listener)
browser.bookmarks.onRemoved.removeListener(listener)
browser.bookmarks.onRemoved.hasListener(listener)

Events have three functions:

addListener(listener)

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. Returns true if it is listening, false otherwise.

addListener syntax

Parameters

listener

The function called when this event occurs. The function is passed these arguments:

id

string. ID of the item that was removed.

removeInfo

object. More details about the removed item. See the removeInfo section for more details.

Additional objects

removeInfo

parentId

string. ID of the item's parent in the tree.

index

integer. Zero-based index position of this item in its parent.

node

bookmarks.BookmarkTreeNode. Detailed information about the item that was removed.

Examples

js

function handleRemoved(id, removeInfo) {
  console.log(`Item: ${id} removed`);
  console.log(`Title: ${removeInfo.node.title}`);
  console.log(`Url: ${removeInfo.node.url}`);
}

function handleClick() {
  browser.bookmarks.onRemoved.addListener(handleRemoved);
}

browser.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(handleClick);

Example extensions

Browser compatibility

BCD tables only load in the browser

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.bookmarks API. This documentation is derived from bookmarks.json in the Chromium code.