How can I specify a hotkey for my browser action?

Question

Can I specify a hotkey that activates the action of the Google Chrome browser ?

Answer 1

No, you can manipulate almost all other aspects of browserAction and the popup (including closing it), but it cannot be run programmatically.

@hamczu is right that the only way to bind global keyboard shortcuts is to add a Content Script that listens for keystrokes on every page.

However, you cannot force these keystrokes (or anything else) to invoke browserAction.

Answer 2

I think you should look for Vimium . Global hot keys are performed by binding keyboard events in the script content and exchange information on the background screen. As the authors of the Wiki note, it’s not possible to add global keyboard shortcuts (without using the contents of the script). "

Unfortunately, I found a related problem in bugtracker, and there seems to be no way to do this.

Answer 3

The chrome.commands api allows the user to associate hotkeys (with your suggestion for a hotkey) that will run commands such as opening a browser action.

Duplicate answer .