If it still uses the space, it's not ideal for me. But I am slowly going in a new direction by using the BrowserAction popup feature.
2009/11/25 Aaron Boodman <[email protected]> > Hm, that isn't true for me on the latest dev channel. If I load an > extension with a completely empty browser_action entry, it loads. > There is no icon of course, but the empty spot for the browser action > is there and it is otherwise functional. > > - a > > On Wed, Nov 25, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Chris Buchholz > <[email protected]> wrote: > > When I don't include a default_icon, it wont let me load the extension. > > Doesn't even give a error message, nothing happens. > > > > 2009/11/25 Nathan J. Brauer <[email protected]> > >> > >> I was pretty sure that it is possible... > >> Make sure you don't have a default icon set in your manifest. > >> > >> On Nov 25, 2:29 am, ChrisBuchholz <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > I'm fiddling a bit with a Google Reader alert extension, and as it is > >> > now, when there's no unread articles to notify about, it just shows a > >> > grey icon with no badge text. This was my solution for now, but what I > >> > really want, is for it to actually not show an icon at all, when > >> > there's no unread articles. > >> > > >> > I have tried just to unset the icon path and badge text by setting it > >> > to nothing, but then nothing happens. The icon just stays the same. > >> > Am I an a sqaure road? Is it even possible for a BrowserAction > >> > extension to not show a icon? > >> > >> -- > >> > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "Chromium-extensions" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]<chromium-extensions%[email protected]> > . > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en. > >> > >> > > > > -- > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Chromium-extensions" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<chromium-extensions%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Chromium-extensions" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<chromium-extensions%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-extensions" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-extensions?hl=en.
