| Name |
Description |
JavaScript APIs |
| annotate-page | Displays a sidebar that lets you take notes on web pages. | storage.local
tabs.onActivated
tabs.onUpdated
tabs.query
windows.getCurrent
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| apply-css | Adds a page action to the toolbar. Click the button to apply a red border using injected CSS. Click the button again to remove the CSS. | pageAction.getTitle
pageAction.onClicked
pageAction.setIcon
pageAction.setTitle
pageAction.show
tabs.insertCSS
tabs.onUpdated
tabs.query
tabs.removeCSS
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| beastify | Adds a browser action icon to the toolbar. Click the button to choose a beast. The active tab's body content is then replaced with a picture of the chosen beast. | extension.getURL
runtime.onMessage
tabs.executeScript
tabs.insertCSS
tabs.query
tabs.removeCSS
tabs.sendMessage
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| bookmark-it | Adds a bookmark button to the toolbar. Click the button to toggle a bookmark for the current page. | bookmarks.create
bookmarks.onCreated
bookmarks.onRemoved
bookmarks.remove
bookmarks.search
browserAction.onClicked
browserAction.setIcon
browserAction.setTitle
tabs.onActivated
tabs.onUpdated
tabs.query
windows.onFocusChanged
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| borderify | Adds a solid red border to all webpages matching mozilla.org. | |
| chill-out | Show a page action after a period of inactivity. Show cat gifs when the page action is clicked. | alarms.clearAll
alarms.create
alarms.onAlarm
pageAction.hide
pageAction.onClicked
pageAction.show
tabs.get
tabs.onActivated
tabs.onUpdated
tabs.query
tabs.update
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| commands | Demonstrates using the commands API to set up a keyboard shortcut. The shortcut created is accessed using Ctrl+Shift+U (Command+Shift+U on a Mac). | commands.getAll
commands.onCommand
commands.reset
commands.update
tabs.create
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| context-menu-copy-link-with-types | Add a context menu option to links to copy the link to the clipboard, as plain text and as a link in rich HTML. | contextMenus.create
contextMenus.onClicked
tabs.executeScript
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| contextual-identities | List, create, and remove contextual identities. | contextualIdentities.query
tabs.create
tabs.query
tabs.remove
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| cookie-bg-picker | Allows the user to customize the background color and tiled pattern on sites the visit, and also saves their preferences via a cookie, reapplying them whenever they revisit a site they previously customized. | cookies.get
cookies.onChanged
cookies.remove
cookies.set
extension.getURL
runtime.onMessage
tabs.onActivated
tabs.onUpdated
tabs.query
tabs.sendMessage
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| devtools-panels | Demonstrates some of the devtools APIs. | devtools.inspectedWindow
devtools.panels
runtime.getURL
runtime.onMessage
runtime.sendMessage
tabs.executeScript
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| discogs-search | Demonstrates adding a custom search engine with the chrome_settings_overrides key. | |
| dynamic-theme | Dynamic theme example | alarms.create
alarms.onAlarm
theme.update
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| emoji-substitution | Replaces words with emojis. | |
| eslint-example | Demonstrates how to configure an extension with eslint. | |
| export-helpers | Demonstrates how to use export helpers like cloneInto to share objects with page scripts. | notifications.create
runtime.onMessage
runtime.sendMessage
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| favourite-colour | An example options page, letting you store your favourite colour. | browserAction.onClicked
runtime.openOptionsPage
storage.managed
storage.sync
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| find-across-tabs | Demonstration of the find API. | browserAction.onClicked
extension.getBackgroundPage
find.find
find.highlightResults
runtime.getURL
runtime.onMessage
runtime.sendMessage
tabs.create
tabs.query
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| firefox-code-search | Demonstrates how to use the omnibox API. | omnibox.onInputChanged
omnibox.onInputEntered
omnibox.setDefaultSuggestion
tabs.create
tabs.update
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| forget-it | Demonstrates how to use the browsingData API. | browserAction.onClicked
browsingData.remove
notifications.create
storage.local
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| google-userinfo | Demonstrates how to use the identity API. | browserAction.onClicked
identity.getRedirectURL
identity.launchWebAuthFlow
notifications.create
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| history-deleter | History API demo: deletes history items for a given domain | history.deleteUrl
history.search
pageAction.show
tabs.onUpdated
tabs.query
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| http-response | Demonstrates how to rewrite HTTP responses using the webRequest.filterResponseData() API. | webRequest.filterResponseData
webRequest.onBeforeRequest
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| imagify | Using a sidebar, illustrates the use of file picker and drag and drop. A content script replaces the current page content with the chosen image. | extension.getURL
runtime.onMessage
tabs.executeScript
tabs.query
tabs.sendMessage
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| latest-download | Shows the last downloaded item, and lets you open or delete it. | downloads.erase
downloads.getFileIcon
downloads.open
downloads.removeFile
downloads.search
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| list-cookies | This extensions list the cookies in the active tab. | cookies.getAll
tabs.query
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| menu-demo | Demonstrates adding and manipulating menu items using the menus API. | i18n.getMessage
menus.create
menus.onClicked
menus.remove
menus.update
runtime.lastError
tabs.executeScript
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| menu-labelled-open | | menus.create
menus.onClicked
menus.onShown
menus.refresh
menus.update
tabs.update
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| mocha-client-tests | This example shows two methods of testing an extension: running tests from within the extension, and running tests from the command line using Karma | runtime.onMessage
runtime.sendMessage
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| native-messaging | Example of native messaging, including a Python application and an extension which exchanges messages with it. | browserAction.onClicked
runtime.connectNative
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| navigation-stats | Demonstration of the webNavigation API, showing basic stats about which pages you've visited. | storage.local
webNavigation.onCommitted
webNavigation.onCompleted
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| notify-link-clicks-i18n | Shows a localized notification when the user clicks on links. | extension.getURL
i18n.getMessage
notifications.create
runtime.onMessage
runtime.sendMessage
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| open-my-page-button | Adds a browser action icon to the toolbar. When the browser action is clicked, the add-on opens a page that was packaged with it. | browserAction.onClicked
tabs.create
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| page-to-extension-messaging | Demonstrates how a web page and a content script can exchange messages. Visit https://mdn.github.io/webextensions-examples/content-script-page-script-messaging.html for the demo. | |
| permissions | Demonstrates optional permissions using the permissions API. | browserAction.onClicked
permissions.getAll
permissions.remove
permissions.request
runtime.getURL
tabs.create
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| private-browsing-theme | Example dynamic theme: sets a dark theme for private windows. | theme.reset
theme.update
windows.getAll
windows.onCreated
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| proxy-blocker | Uses the proxy API to block requests to specific hosts. | extension.getURL
proxy.onProxyError
proxy.register
runtime.onMessage
runtime.sendMessage
storage.local
storage.onChanged
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| quicknote | Allows the user to make quick notes by clicking a button and entering text into the resulting popup. The notes are saved in storage. | storage.local
|
| runtime-examples | Demo of various runtime APIs. | browserAction.onClicked
notifications.create
runtime.getManifest
runtime.onInstalled
runtime.reload
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| selection-to-clipboard | Demonstrates how to write to the clipboard from a content script | |
| session-state | Demonstrates how to retrieve extension-defined state state from restored tabs. | menus.create
menus.onClicked
sessions.getTabValue
sessions.setTabValue
tabs.insertCSS
tabs.onCreated
tabs.onUpdated
tabs.query
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| store-collected-images | Demonstrates how to use the idb-file-storage library to store and manipulate files in an extension. | browserAction.onClicked
contextMenus.create
contextMenus.onClicked
runtime.onMessage
runtime.sendMessage
tabs.create
windows.create
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| stored-credentials | Performs basic authentication by supplying stored credentials. | storage.local
webRequest.onAuthRequired
webRequest.onCompleted
webRequest.onErrorOccurred
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| tabs-tabs-tabs | Demonstrates tab manipulation: opening, closing, moving, zooming tabs. | browserAction.setBadgeBackgroundColor
browserAction.setBadgeText
tabs.create
tabs.duplicate
tabs.getZoom
tabs.move
tabs.onCreated
tabs.onMoved
tabs.onRemoved
tabs.query
tabs.reload
tabs.remove
tabs.setZoom
tabs.update
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| theme-integrated-sidebar | A sidebar that integrates with the current theme. | theme.getCurrent
theme.onUpdated
windows.getCurrent
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| theme-switcher | An example of how to use the management API for themes. | management.getAll
management.setEnabled
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| themes | A collection of themes illustrating:- weta_fade: a basic theme employing a single image specified in
headerURL:. - weta_fade_chrome: the weta_fade theme implemented with Chrome compatible manifest keys.
- weta_tiled: a theme using a tiled image.
- weta_mirror: a theme using multiple images and aligning those images in the header.
- animated: use of an animated PNG.
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| top-sites | Demonstration of the topSites API. | topSites.get
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| user-agent-rewriter | Demonstrates using the webRequest API to rewrite the User-Agent HTTP header. | extension.getBackgroundPage
webRequest.onBeforeSendHeaders
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| user-script | | contentScripts.register
runtime.onMessage
runtime.sendMessage
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| webpack-modules | Demonstrates how to use webpack to package npm modules in an extension. | runtime.onMessage
runtime.sendMessage
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| window-manipulator | Demonstrates how to manipulate windows: opening, closing, resizing windows. | windows.create
windows.getAll
windows.getCurrent
windows.remove
windows.update
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