My background listener is
chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener(function (request, sender, sendResponse)
In chrome.contextMenus.onClicked
listener, I want to use the message system,I call
chrome.runtime.sendMessage
in the listener, but it's not works.
So, how can I sendMessage from background to background ?
Messages dispatched by a page are not received by the same page.
If you want to be able to re-use the onMessage
listener, put it in a separate function. For example:
function alwaysDoSomething() { console.log('Done something!'); } chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener(function(message, sender, sendResponse) { alwaysDoSomething(); }); chrome.contextMenus.onClicked.addListener(function(info, tab) { alwaysDoSomething(); });
There is an undocumented method that can be used to manually trigger the events. It is undocumented, so use it at your own risk!
chrome.contextMenus.onClicked.addListener(function(info, tab) { var message = 'whatever'; var sender = {tab: null, id: chrome.runtime.id}; var sendResponse = function() {}; chrome.runtime.onMessage.dispatch(message, sender, sendResponse); });
I think you should use chrome.extension.onRequestExternal
or chrome.extension.onConnectExternal