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Simeon Vincent edited this page May 22, 2026 · 5 revisions

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The activeTab permission allows an extension to receive temporary host permission in response to a user invocation (action click, keyboard shortcut, etc.). This is concept is related to but distinct from host permissions.

See also: topic: run-on-click

"Run on click" refers to the way that browsers handle injecting an extension's content scripts in response to user invocation (action click, keyboard shortcut, etc.) when the user has not granted the extension permission to run on those sites. This is related to the ability for users to managed what sites an extension is allowed to run on (e.g. host permission restrictions).

See also: topic: activeTab

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