Fired when the sidebar pane becomes hidden as a result of the user switching away from it.
Syntax
browser.devtools.panels.onHidden.addListener(listener) browser.devtools.panels.onHidden.removeListener(listener) browser.devtools.panels.onHidden.hasListener(listener)
Events have three functions:
addListener(callback)
- 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
callback
-
Function that will be called when this event occurs. The function will be passed no arguments.
Browser compatibility
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox for Android | Opera | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | Yes | No | 571 | No | Yes |
1. This event is only fired when the user switches between sidebar panes, not when the user switches between devtools panels. See bug 1412317.
Examples
Create a sidebar pane, and log show and hide events.
function onCreated(sidebarPane) { sidebarPane.onShown.addListener(() => { console.log("Shown"); }); sidebarPane.onHidden.addListener(() => { console.log("Hidden"); }); } browser.devtools.panels.elements.createSidebarPane("My pane").then(onCreated);
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.devtools.panels
API.