Not sure if this is still active, but an update might help someone like me who is just now playing around with Chrome extensions. The new commands api allows you to receive the same functionality without using a content script. Use your manifest.json file to register the keyboard commands. For example: … “commands”: { “save” … Read more
Just add this on your background.js : chrome.tabs.onUpdated.addListener(function(tabId, changeInfo, tab) { insertDictionaryScript(); }); chrome.tabs.onCreated.addListener(function(tab) { insertDictionaryScript(); });
From the documentation: The only occasion to keep a background script persistently active is if the extension uses chrome.webRequest API to block or modify network requests. The webRequest API is incompatible with non-persistent background pages. https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/mv2/background_pages/
I guess you are looking for the internal ServiceWorker (backend page) of your extension and their connections. There are two URLs you should be aware of: chrome://inspect/#service-workers chrome://serviceworker-internals/?devtools You might also want to “debug the debugger” e.g. for breakpoints inside your extension page. 1. Registered ServiceWorker list (normal + internal) chrome://inspect/#service-workers 2. ServiceWorker activity (active … Read more
There are two ways to accomplish this. Click on the Dev Tools popup so the window is focused and then press F5. This will reload the popup and Dev Tools, and will not cause the Dev Tools window to close. If that doesn’t work for you, go to chrome-extension://extensionid/path/to/popup.html on a separate tab on Chrome. … Read more
You are injecting your script after the event you are listening for fires (in this case, DOMContentLoaded). Thus, any code that you have in the listener will not be executed, because the event never fires after you have added your listener. In Chrome extensions and Firefox WebExtensions, when specifying a time for a content script … Read more
They overhauled their dashboard and this was hella confusing for me. You need to click the header, and then account, and then you can find the email address here:
Quoting the official documentation: Content scripts are JavaScript files that run in the context of web pages. By using the standard Document Object Model (DOM), they can read details of the web pages the browser visits, or make changes to them. So, using your content_script.js in your popup.html doesn’t make much sense, and results in … Read more
You can inject trusted events using the debugger interface. chrome.debugger.attach(target, “1.2”, function() { chrome.debugger.sendCommand(target, “Input.dispatchMouseEvent”, arguments) }) https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/debugger https://chromedevtools.github.io/devtools-protocol/1-2/Input
You’re looking at the wrong place. These console messages do not appear in the web page, but in the invisible background page (ManifestV2) or service worker (ManifestV3). To view the correct console open devtools for the background script’s context: Visit chrome://extensions/ or right-click the extension icon and select “Manage extensions”. Enable developer mode Click on … Read more