I am making a Google Chrome extension and I would like to have my background page to cause the browser action's popup page to show after an event. Can this be done?
Thanks
A:
I've looked through the API again, and I can't find any function to trigger a browser action remotely. I think the only way is to have it clicked by the user. In what situation would this be desirable though?
Arda Xi
2010-04-11 15:46:30
This is the correct answer. However, if you would like it as a feature I would file a bug on http://www.crbug.com - there have been a couple of requests of a similar nature but I couldn't find this exact feature.
Kinlan
2010-04-11 18:00:09
A:
Hi,
You cannot show/hide a browser action nor you can trigger a popup to open. If you need something to show, did you consider using HTML5 notifications?
Mohamed Mansour
2010-04-11 20:42:37