Automatically add content scripts to existing tabs when your extension is installed.
Firefox actually already does this natively, so this module is automatically disabled there.
- Browsers: Chrome, Firefox, and Safari
- Manifest: v2 and v3
- Permissions:
tabs+ explicit host permissions inpermissions; in Manifest v3 you'll also needscripting - Context:
background
Sponsored by PixieBrix š
npm install webext-inject-on-installOr download the standalone bundle to include in your manifest.json.
It registers automatically:
import "webext-inject-on-install";- It gets the list of content scripts from the manifest
- For each content script group, it looks for open tabs that are not discarded (discarded tabs are already handled by the browser)
- It injects the script into the tabs matching the
matchespatterns (exclude_matchesis not supported fregante/webext-dynamic-content-scripts#5) - If the tab count exceeds 10 (each), it injects into the tabs only when they become active. (persistent background pages only fregante/webext-dynamic-content-scripts#4)
- webext-dynamic-content-scripts - Automatically registers your
content_scriptson domains added viapermission.request - webext-content-scripts - Utility functions to inject content scripts in WebExtensions.
- webext-options-sync - Helps you manage and autosave your extension's options.
- Moreā¦
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