Chrome extension : context menu not working properly.

[dhi...@nadsoftdev.com]

HI ,

I am trying to add context menu in extension.
Sometimes it work , sometimes not can you tell me what is the issue & what will be the possible solution.
Context menu work properly when I inspect popup for the extension otherwise not.

here is the code :

chrome.contextMenus.removeAll();

var contexts=["selection"];

var context = contexts[0];

var title = "Phone Dial";

var id = chrome.contextMenus.create({"title": title, "contexts":[context]},function (){ 

var child1  = chrome.contextMenus.create({"title": "call", "contexts":[context], "parentId": id, "onclick": CallNumber});

});

[Adrian Aichner]

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From: Adrian Aichner <adrian....@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [crx] Chrome extension : context menu not working properly.
To: dhi...@nadsoftdev.com

Open the background page for your extension from chrome:extensions.

Switch to Console there and you will probably see errors like in following comment and workaround.

// TODO Please note this removeAll is necessary to avoid following warning when extension is reloaded:

// contextMenus.create: Cannot create item with duplicate id ID

chrome.contextMenus.removeAll(function() {

if (chrome.extension.lastError) {

console.log("lastError:" + chrome.extension.lastError.message);

}

});

One way to avoid the duplicate IDs is this:

        var removeAllAutsosavesId = chrome.contextMenus.create({

            id: "removeAllAutosaves" + Date.now(),

I have not found information about the best established practice yet.

Anyone?

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[dhi...@nadsoftdev.com]

it does not show any error on console. 

[Adrian Aichner]

Are you sure you look at the backgound page JS console?

What does

location.href

give you?

Should be something like

location.href

"chrome-extension://mcnlkmlmnmdlplelnemimcffcafcjpjf/_generated_background_page.html"

or your hand-crafted background.html, if you declared one.

On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 12:47 PM, <dhi...@nadsoftdev.com> wrote:

it does not show any error on console. 

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[Adrian Aichner]

Also, make sure all log sources are checked in the devtools filter icon Y and (All) in selected, as opposed to only (Error), (Warnigns), (Logs), or (Debug).

[Adrian Aichner]

What does the Permissions link for that extension in chrome://extensions/ have to say?

Does popup.html load the .js file which executes the create method?

Does the manifest.json have the "contextMenus" permission?

What do you have in "background": {

    "scripts": ["???.js"]
  }

That's where the menu should be created, AFAIK.

On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Dhiraj Rode <dhi...@nadsoftdev.com> wrote:

yes,

i am sure , its giving url as : 

location -> chrome-extension://onpcobifgmiammnghkcebnabklebagnb/popup.html

and (all) option is selected for the errors also all the options are checked under Y option.

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Thank you,

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[Adrian Aichner]

Please don't drop the google group in your replies (use Reply to All)

You should only see the context menu when you have made a text selection in a webpage which loaded your extension succesfully.

Were you selecting some text first in your experiments?

On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 3:04 PM, Dhiraj Rode <dhi...@nadsoftdev.com> wrote:

Yes ,

manifest.json have permission have "contextMenus".

I have added the contextmenu.js file which i used to add context menu functionality in bg-page.html page & added bg-page.html page as :

"background"      : {

     "page": "bg-page.html"

 } 

also contextMenu.js is loaded successfully .

[Dhiraj Rode]

Yes, 

Firstly I need to select text then only the extension context menu will appear.

Right now, my extension works properly instead of the context menu functionality.

If I inspect the popup.html page then the context Menu functionality also work properly otherwise didn't work   

[Adrian Aichner]

Load contextMenu.js into bg-page.html instead. That will make it work, since the background page always gets loaded.

[Dhiraj Nadsoft]

It's already in bg-page.html