index.md

---

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

---

{{AddonSidebar()}}

Gets the title of the page action.

This is an asynchronous function that returns a Promise.

Syntax

let gettingTitle = browser.pageAction.getTitle(
  details // object
)

Parameters

• details

  • : object.

    • tabId

      • : integer. The ID of the tab containing the page action whose title you want to get.

Return value

A Promise that will be fulfilled with a string containing the page action's title.

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

Examples

This example logs the page action's title when the user clicks its icon:

function gotTitle(title) {
  console.log(`Title ${title}`);
}

browser.pageAction.onClicked.addListener((tab) => {
  let gettingTitle = browser.pageAction.getTitle({
    tabId: tab.id
  });
  gettingTitle.then(gotTitle);
});

{{WebExtExamples}}

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