management.onInstalled()
Fired when an add-on is installed.
This API requires the "management" API permission.
Syntax
js
browser.management.onInstalled.addListener(listener)
browser.management.onInstalled.removeListener(listener)
browser.management.onInstalled.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)
-
Checks whether a
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:
info
-
ExtensionInfo
: info about the add-on that was installed.
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
Examples
Log the names of add-ons when they are installed:
js
browser.management.onInstalled.addListener((info) => {
console.log(`${info.name} was installed`);
});
Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.management
API. This documentation is derived from management.json
in the Chromium code.