omnibox.onInputStarted

Fired when the user starts interacting with your extension by entering its keyword in the address bar and then pressing the space key.

This will be sent before any {{WebExtAPIRef("omnibox.onInputChanged")}} events.

Syntax

browser.omnibox.onInputStarted.addListener(listener)
browser.omnibox.onInputStarted.removeListener(listener)
browser.omnibox.onInputStarted.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. Returns true if it is listening, false otherwise.

addListener syntax

Parameters

• listener
  • : The function called when this event occurs. The function is passed no arguments.

Examples

browser.omnibox.onInputStarted.addListener(() => {
  console.log("User has started interacting with me.");
});

{{WebExtExamples}}

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

[!NOTE] This API is based on Chromium's chrome.omnibox API.