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
js
browser.omnibox.onInputStarted.addListener(listener)
browser.omnibox.onInputStarted.removeListener(listener)
browser.omnibox.onInputStarted.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. Returnstrue
if it is listening,false
otherwise.
addListener syntax
Parameters
listener
-
The function called when this event occurs. The function is passed no arguments.
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
Examples
js
browser.omnibox.onInputStarted.addListener(() => {
console.log("User has started interacting with me.")
});
Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.omnibox
API.