Manifest

A manifest contains information about the extension and is necessary for loading an extension.

TYPE
object

Properties

NAME	TYPE	DESCRIPTION
name	string	The name of the extension
version	string	The version number of the extension
manifest_version	number	The targeted manifest version
icon	string	An optional path to the extensions icon
author	string	An optional author to display for the extension
homepage_url	string	An optional link to a home page for the extension
action	ManifestAction	An optional action for this extension
background_url	string	An optional url to load as a background script

Type Definitions

ManifestAction

The action definition for a manifest.

To control the action after an extension has been loaded see the Action API.

TYPE
object

Properties

NAME	TYPE	DESCRIPTION
title	string	The initial title of the action
icon	string	The initial icon of the action
popover	string	The url of the popover page to load
width	number	An optional max width for the popover
height	number	An optional max height for the popover