Chrome Extension Onclick() with Popup

Question

I want to clean my notification (badge). When click onto the icon a popup should be opened at the same time, but it doesn't work.

It works with tab but I don't want to show on tab it should be on popup.

Here is the code;

var i = 1;

function updateIcon() {
    i=1;
    chrome.browserAction.setBadgeText({text: ''});  
    chrome.browserAction.setPopup({popup:"popup.html"});
}

chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(updateIcon);
chrome.browserAction.setBadgeBackgroundColor({color:[200, 0, 0, 100]});

window.setInterval(function() {
  chrome.browserAction.setBadgeText({text:String(i)});
  i++;
}, 4000);

Answer 1

Your Badge Text is growing because Background Page lives until extension is uninstalled or disabled.

So your code

window.setInterval(function() {
  chrome.browserAction.setBadgeText({text:String(i)});
  i++;
}, 4000);

keeps badge to continue growing.

Moreover, chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(updateIcon); will not work second time!

What is you want to stop?

PS: You are using two conflicting functionalities ( browserAction.onClicked and browserAction.setPopup together.

EDIT 1

Working Version

manifest.json

Registered Background Page and Browser Action

{
    "name": "Bagde",
    "description": "http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14436053/chrome-extension-onclick-with-popup",
    "version": "1",
    "manifest_version": 2,
    "background": {
        "scripts": [
            "background.js"
        ]
    },
    "browser_action": {
        "default_title": "Hi",
        "default_popup": "popup.html"
    }
}

background.js

Used your code and eliminated conflicting browserAction.onClicked Event

var i = 1;

function updateIcon() {
    i = 1;
    chrome.browserAction.setBadgeText({
        text: ''
    });
    chrome.browserAction.setPopup({
        popup: "popup.html"
    });
}


chrome.browserAction.setBadgeBackgroundColor({
    color: [200, 0, 0, 100]
});

window.setInterval(function () {
    chrome.browserAction.setBadgeText({
        text: String(i)
    });
    i++;
}, 4000);

popup.html

Some trivial Page, used popup.js to comply with CSP.

<html>

    <head>
        <script src="popup.js"></script>
    </head>

    <body>
        <p>Some Content ..</p>
    </body>

</html>

popup.js

Invoked Background Page function, so counter starts when ever icon is clicked

document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", function () {
    //Get Reference to Functions
    backGround = chrome.extension.getBackgroundPage();
    //Call Function
    backGround.updateIcon();
});

Chrome Extension Onclick() with Popup

Question

1 answers

solution1
1 ACCPTED 2013-01-21 10:41:26

EDIT 1

Working Version

manifest.json

background.js

popup.html

popup.js

Chrome Extension Onclick() with Popup

Question

1 answers

solution1 1 ACCPTED 2013-01-21 10:41:26

EDIT 1

Working Version

manifest.json

background.js

popup.html

popup.js

solution1
1 ACCPTED 2013-01-21 10:41:26