Firefox WebExtention API:TypeError:browser.browserAction未定义

时间:2017-09-06 17:37:49

标签: javascript firefox firefox-addon firefox-webextensions

将我的旧Firefox附加组件迁移到WebExtension API时,在收到此错误时无法理解:

TypeError: browser.browserAction is undefined

这是manifest.json:

{

  "manifest_version": 2,
  "name": "My Login",
  "version": "3.0",

  "description": "Login to my page",
  "homepage_url": "https://localhost",
  "icons": {
    "48": "icons/button-1.png"
  },

  "permissions": [
    "activeTab", "storage"
  ],

  "browser_action": {
    "default_icon": "icons/button-1.png",
    "default_title": "Login"
  },


  "content_scripts": [
    {
      "matches": ["<all_urls>"],
      "js": ["index.js"]
    }
  ],

  "options_ui": {
    "page": "options.html"
  }
    }

这是index.js:

function handleClick() {


    var loginUserName, loginPassword;

    var URL = window.content.location.href;

    var doc = window.content.document;


}

browser.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(handleClick);

所以当我转到 about:debugging 并加载我的附加组件作为临时插件时,我在浏览器控制台中得到 TypeError:browser.browserAction未定义

Options.html,options.js和button-1.png确实存在 - 我只是不把它们放在这里。

在Firefox 55.0.3(32位)中观察。知道为什么会发生这种错误吗?

谢谢, 浣熊

1 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:6)

browser.browserAction应该在后台脚本中调用,而不是像你一样在内容脚本中调用。所以假设这段代码在background.js中:

function handleClick() {
    console.log("do something.");
    // If you want to something with the content, you will need a content script and messaging
}

browser.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(handleClick);

您可以在manifest.json中添加background_scripts键:

{

  "manifest_version": 2,
  "name": "My Login",
  "version": "3.0",

  "description": "Login to my page",
  "homepage_url": "https://localhost",
  "icons": {
    "48": "icons/button-1.png"
  },
  "background": {
    "scripts": ["background.js"]
  }
}