onCommand

Fired when a command is executed using its associated keyboard shortcut.

The listener is passed the command's name. This matches the name given to the command in its manifest.json entry.

Syntax

js

browser.commands.onCommand.addListener(listener)
browser.commands.onCommand.removeListener(listener)
browser.commands.onCommand.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 a user enters the command's shortcut. The function is passed this argument:

name

string. Name of the command. This matches the name given to the command in its manifest.json entry.

Browser compatibility

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Examples

Given a manifest.json entry like this:

json

"commands": {
  "toggle-feature": {
    "suggested_key": {
      "default": "Ctrl+Shift+Y"
    },
    "description": "Send a 'toggle-feature' event"
  }
}

You could listen for this particular command like this:

js

browser.commands.onCommand.addListener((command) => {
  if (command === "toggle-feature") {
    console.log("toggling the feature!");
  }
});

Example extensions

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.commands API.