I need this shortcut feature too. The popup icon is on the up right corner. Users have to move a far distance to click it.
On Nov 13 2009, 9:57 pm, "Jachym Kouba" <[email protected]> wrote: > I like the manifest-specified shortcut idea. Same thing should be available > for page actions, too. > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Yuichi Tateno" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, November 13, 2009 7:34 AM > To: "Chromium-extensions" <[email protected]> > Subject: [chromium-extensions] Re: About controlling "popupview" > > > > > hi > > >> It is actually possible to close a browser actionpopupalready by > >> calling window.close() inside thepopup. > > > great! > > >> It isn't possible to *open* apopupon purpose. We were afraid that > >> this would get annoying for users and wouldn't be done in a consistent > >> way. What is your use case for wanting toopenthepopup > >> programmatically? > > > Specifically, I would like to have apopupbe displayed when the user > > enters a keyboard shortcut. > > > I am thinking to use the following: > > content_script -> catch custom event -> postMessage > > to notify Chrome, and have thepopupwindow be displayed. > > > Alternatively, if the manifest.json file was able to be specified as > > below: > > "browser_action": { > > "popup": "background/popup.html", > > "keyboard": "Shift + Ctrl + :" > > }, > > > I believe that popups could de displayed more safely. > > There are probably many users who would like to use the keyboard to > > perform a browser action. > > > ----- > > Yuichi Tateno > > > On 11月13日, 午前3:55, Aaron Boodman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 6:35 PM, Yuichi Tateno <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > Hi all, > > >> > I have a question in regards to "popupview" that can be used from the > >> > BrowserAction API. > > >> > Is the "getPopupView()" API that is currently part of the experimental > >> > API scheduled to be included in the standard API release? > > >> > Also as included in: > > >> > chrome.experimental.extention.getPopupView().close(); > > >> That method actually relates to a different feature than the browser > >> actions. There is an experimental "popup" feature that is different > >> than the popups that go with browser actions. The experimentalpopup > >> is more like an overlay. It allows a small rectangular window with no > >> chrome to be placed anywhere over the browser. This close() method > >> goes with that. > > >> It is actually possible to close a browser actionpopupalready by > >> calling window.close() inside thepopup. > > >> It isn't possible to *open* apopupon purpose. We were afraid that > >> this would get annoying for users and wouldn't be done in a consistent > >> way. What is your use case for wanting toopenthepopup > >> programmatically? > > >> - a > > > -- > > > 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=.
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