Add an example of opening a popup from a web page

[alexbakers]

Hello,

Add an example of opening a popup from a web page.

How do I open a popup from a web page?

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Thank you for your reply.

[ColdSauce]

Hi, it's not possible to open a popup programmatically. You can simulate it by putting your CSUI on the top right of the web page, and re-use your component that you use in a popup.

[alexbakers]

Thanks for the quick response.
Can I send a message from a web page chrome.runtime.sendMessage to a background page chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener and open a popup chrome.browserAction.getPopup from there?

[louisgv]

Yup, you can use the even more powerful Plasmo messaging API: https://docs.plasmo.com/framework/messaging

[louisgv]

(in particular, the message flow: https://docs.plasmo.com/framework/messaging#message-flow)

[louisgv]

You can also call the BGSW and create a new window instead of using the existing popup: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/extensions/reference/windows/

[alexbakers]

Thanks for your reply. This seems to be exactly what I need. It would be great if this implementation were in the list of examples.