I know there is the openPopup API to open a browserAction popup.
However, when it is open and a user e.g. selected something, can I somehow close it?
The same applies for a pageAction.
Cross-posted at Mozilla Discourse.
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Possible duplicate of [Closing popup window created by Google Chrome extension](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3950981/closing-popup-window-created-by-google-chrome-extension) – rugk Apr 25 '19 at 13:25
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Actually, as for any other website a simple window.close(); works totally fine!
This was too simple.
Only tested in Firefox though.
Edit: As @juraj.masiar made me aware this won't work for Firefox for Android though:
You will have to use
browser.tabs.getCurrent().then(tab => browser.tabs.remove(tab.id)). Plus you need to detect that you are running Android usingbrowser.runtime.getPlatformInfo()function.
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It does work just as well in Chrome. If you call it from a popup, it closes. – Xan Apr 25 '19 at 14:56