add text in google chrome extension icon

Question

i want to add a text showing the minutes spent by the user in the running activity in my google chrome extenstion that called pharaohs Time tracker can see it here https://chrome.google.com/extensions/developer/edit/cegaadncabdacaplfeondbaodibgjfhi?hl=en

i can't find anything in there api although alot of people using it like ext called go to IMDB

so any help here :)

thanks in advanced

Answer 1

You can overlay a badge on your browser action by calling chrome.browserAction.setBadgeText (see also chrome.browserAction.setBadgeBackgroundColor to style the badge).