Chrome Extension - Modify Right-Click Browser Action Menu

Question

I am wondering if I am able to modify the right-click menu of the browser action menu? I want to add an option titled 'Logout'.

score 14 · Answer 1 · edited Nov 11 '15 at 16:50

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For the context Chrome says:

Value must be one of: [all, page, frame, selection, link, editable, image, video, audio, launcher, browser_action, page_action]

So use

chrome.contextMenus.create({
  "title": "Logout",
  "contexts": ["browser_action"],
  "onclick": logout
});

Where logout() is the function that will be called when you click on it. (And enable "contextMenus" permission in the manifest.)

Edit: A bit of warning, if you have an Event page, using onclick attribute is not supported and you should add a chrome.contextMenus.onClicked handler instead.

edited Nov 11 '15 at 16:50

Xan

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answered Oct 13 '14 at 22:23

user4139284

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To be fair: this answer is new, as this only hit Stable in Chrome 38. But that' is the **new correct answer**. – Xan Oct 14 '14 at 11:39

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 26 '12 at 06:11

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No you cant do that, youll need to stick it in the browser actions popup.

answered Mar 26 '12 at 06:11

PAEz

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Darn it. Thanks for letting me know though :) – Jon Mar 26 '12 at 18:50
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Now possible; updated information in [this answer](http://stackoverflow.com/a/26349835/934239). – Xan Oct 14 '14 at 14:30

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 31 '23 at 10:30

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It's now action context, not browser_action. Although I don't understand the difference and got no errors or warnings. Documentations says nothing. Thanks to https://stackoverflow.com/a/70209019/2630849

answered Aug 31 '23 at 10:30

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score -3 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 26 '12 at 20:17

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hum, if i understand ... you want add item on menu after right click?

You can do this :

chrome.contextMenus.create({
  "title" : "You menu Name",
  "type" : "normal",
  "contexts" : ["link","video","audio"], //the context which item appear
  "onclick" : shorten() // The function call on click
});

And your manifest :

Add "contextMenus" on "permissions" array.

More information : here

answered Mar 26 '12 at 20:17

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No, you don't understand. Jon asked about the browser action menu, not the page context menu. – Protector one Nov 17 '12 at 22:36

Chrome Extension - Modify Right-Click Browser Action Menu

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