contextualIdentities.onCreated
Fired when a new contextual identity is created. Contextual identities may be created by extensions using the contextualIdentities
API, or directly by the user, using the browser's user interface.
Syntax
js
browser.contextualIdentities.onCreated.addListener(listener)
browser.contextualIdentities.onCreated.removeListener(listener)
browser.contextualIdentities.onCreated.hasListener(listener)
Events have three functions:
addListener(listener)
-
Adds a listener to this event.
removeListener(listener)
-
Stop listening to this event. The
listener
argument is the listener to remove. hasListener(listener)
-
Check whether
listener
is registered for this event. Returnstrue
if it is listening,false
otherwise.
addListener syntax
Parameters
listener
-
The function called when this event occurs. The function is passed this argument:
changeInfo
-
object
. An object that contains a single property,contextualIdentity
, which is acontextualIdentities.ContextualIdentity
object, representing the identity that was created.
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
Examples
js
function handleCreated(changeInfo) {
console.log(`Created: ${changeInfo.contextualIdentity.name}`);
}
browser.contextualIdentities.onCreated.addListener(handleCreated);