Run script each time Chrome extension icon clicked

Question

How do I write a chrome extension such that every time a user clicks the icon, my script is run but no popup is opened? (I would look this up in the docs myself but for wha

Answer 1

Remove popup from your browser_action section of the manifest and use background pages along with browser Action in the background script.

chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function(tab) { alert('icon clicked')});