google chrome extension :: console.log() from background page?

Question

If I call console.log(\'something\'); from the popup page, or any script included off that it works fine.

However as the background page is not directly

Answer 1

You can open the background page's console if you click on the "background.html" link in the extensions list.

To access the background page that corresponds to your extensions open Settings / Extensions or open a new tab and enter chrome://extensions. You will see something like this screenshot.

Under your extension click on the link background page. This opens a new window. For the context menu sample the window has the title: _generated_background_page.html.