Fired when the sidebar pane becomes visible as a result of the user switching to it.

Syntax

browser.devtools.panels.onShown.addListener(listener)
browser.devtools.panels.onShown.removeListener(listener)
browser.devtools.panels.onShown.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 this argument:

    • window

      • : object. The [` Fired when the sidebar pane becomes visible as a result of the user switching to it/

Syntax

browser/devtools/panels/onShown/addListener(listener)
browser/devtools/panels/onShown/removeListener(listener)
browser/devtools/panels/onShown/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 this argument:

    • window

      • : object/ The {{DOMxRef(“window”)}} object of the sidebar page, if a page was set with {{WebExtAPIRef(“devtools/panels/ExtensionSidebarPane/setPage()”,“setPage()”)}}/

Examples

Create a sidebar pane, and log show and hide events/

function onCreated(sidebarPane) {
  sidebarPane/onShown/addListener(() => {
    console/log("Shown");
  });

  sidebarPane/onHidden/addListener(() => {
    console/log("Hidden");
  });
}

browser/devtools/panels/elements/createSidebarPane("My pane")/then(onCreated);

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Browser compatibility

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Syntax

browser/devtools/panels/onShown/addListener(listener)
browser/devtools/panels/onShown/removeListener(listener)
browser/devtools/panels/onShown/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 this argument:

    • window

      • : object/ The {{DOMxRef(“window”)}} object of the sidebar page, if a page was set with {{WebExtAPIRef(“devtools/panels/ExtensionSidebarPane/setPage()”,“setPage()”)}}/

Examples

Create a sidebar pane, and log show and hide events/

function onCreated(sidebarPane) {
  sidebarPane/onShown/addListener(() => {
    console/log("Shown");
  });

  sidebarPane/onHidden/addListener(() => {
    console/log("Hidden");
  });
}

browser/devtools/panels/elements/createSidebarPane("My pane")/then(onCreated);

{{WebExtExamples}}

Browser compatibility

{{Compat}}

This API is based on Chromium’s chrome/devtools/panels API/ ) object of the sidebar page, if a page was set with .

Examples

Create a sidebar pane, and log show and hide events.

function onCreated(sidebarPane) {
  sidebarPane.onShown.addListener(() => {
    console.log("Shown");
  });

  sidebarPane.onHidden.addListener(() => {
    console.log("Hidden");
  });
}

browser.devtools.panels.elements.createSidebarPane("My pane").then(onCreated);

Browser compatibility

This API is based on Chromium’s chrome.devtools.panels API.