index.md

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title: browserAction.enable()
slug: Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/browserAction/enable
page-type: webextension-api-function
tags:
  - API
  - Add-ons
  - Enable
  - Extensions
  - Method
  - Non-standard
  - Reference
  - WebExtensions
  - browserAction
browser-compat: webextensions.api.browserAction.enable

---

{{AddonSidebar()}}

Enables the browser action for a tab. By default, browser actions are enabled for all tabs.

Syntax

browser.browserAction.enable(
  tabId // optional integer
)

Parameters

• tabId {{optional_inline}}

  • : integer. The id of the tab for which you want to enable the browser action.

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

Examples

Disable the browser action when clicked, and re-enable it every time a new tab is opened:

browser.tabs.onCreated.addListener(() => {
  browser.browserAction.enable();
});

browser.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(() => {
  browser.browserAction.disable();
});

{{WebExtExamples}}

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.browserAction API. This documentation is derived from browser_action.json in the Chromium code.