Chrome extension: disable browser action

Question

Can I disable the action of a browser button? or cancel the popup when the condition is true?

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Answer 1

You can disable it with the following code:

chrome.browserAction.enable (integer tabId);

For more information, see Chrome Apis:

http://developer.chrome.com/extensions/browserAction.html#method-disable

Answer 2

You can remove the popup using:

chrome.browserAction.setPopup({popup: ""}); 

and switch icon to disable:

 chrome.browserAction.setIcon({path: "icon-disabled.png"}); 

To enable, you will need to run these methods again with the appropriate parameters.