Closes the sidebar in the active window, if it is the extension's own sidebar.
You can only call this function from inside the handler for a user action, such as:
- Clicking the extension's browser action or page action.
- Selecting a context menu item defined by the extension.
- Activating a keyboard shortcut defined by the extension (note: this is not currently supported in Firefox).
- Clicking a button in a page bundled with the extension.
Syntax
browser.sidebarAction.close()
Parameters
None.
Return value
A Promise
that is resolved with no arguments.
Browser compatibility
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Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Firefox for Android | Opera | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Basic support | No | No | 57 | No | No |
Examples
Close the sidebar when the user selects a context menu item:
browser.menus.create({ id: "close-sidebar", title: "close sidebar", contexts: ["all"] }); browser.menus.onClicked.addListener(() => { browser.sidebarAction.close(); });