chrome.commands keyboard shortcuts not working

Question

I am trying to add some keyboard shortcuts to my Chrome extension, specifically to allow the user to use hotkeys to open up a browser action/popup. I\'ve read the d

Answer 1

I was struggling with the same issue of the "_execute_browser_action" keyboard shortcut not being set automatically despite not conflicting with any existing shortcuts.

It turns out my problem was caused by the following:

...
"commands" : {
"_execute_browser_action": {
        "suggested_key": {
          "mac": "Alt+J",
          "linux": "Ctrl+Shift+J"
        },
      "global": true <-- this shouldn't be here
      }
...

Removing the "global": true resolved my issue. Hope this helps.