Sample chrome.commands.extension

commands/README.md

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+# open-my-page
+
+This extension includes:
+
+* a background script, "background.js"
+
+All it does is: registers a shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+Y) to send an onCommand event (Command+Shift+Y on a Mac).",
+
+It shows:
+
+* how to use chrome.commands to register a keyboard shortcut for your extension.

commands/background.js

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+
+browser.commands.getAll(function(commands) {
+  commands.forEach(function(command) {
+    console.log(command);
+  });
+});
+
+browser.commands.onCommand.addListener(function(command) {
+  console.log("onCommand event received for message: ", command);
+});

commands/manifest.json

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+{
+  "name": "Sample Commands Extension",
+  "description": "Press Ctrl+Shift+Y to send an event (Command+Shift+Y on a Mac).",
+  "homepage_url": "https://github.com/mdn/webextensions-examples/tree/master/commands",
+  "manifest_version": 2,
+  "version": "1.0",
+  "background": {
+    "scripts": ["background.js"]
+  },
+  "applications": {
+    "gecko": {
+      "id": "commands@mozilla.org"
+    }
+  },
+  "commands": {
+    "toggle-feature": {
+      "suggested_key": { "default": "Ctrl+Shift+Y" },
+      "description": "Send a 'toggle-feature' event to the extension"
+    }
+  }
+}