onclick or inline script isn't working in extension

Question

This seems to be the easiest thing to do, but it\'s just not working. In a normal browser the .html and .js files works perfectly, but in the Chrome/Firefox extension the

Answer 1

As already mentioned, Chrome Extensions don't allow to have inline JavaScript due to security reasons so you can try this workaround as well.

HTML file

    
        
            
            
        
        
            
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popup.js

window.onclick = function(event) {
    var target = event.target ;
    if(target.matches('.clickableBtn')) {
        var clickedEle = document.activeElement.id ;
        var ele = document.getElementById(clickedEle);
        alert(ele.text);
    }
}

Or if you are having a Jquery file included then

window.onclick = function(event) {
    var target = event.target ;
    if(target.matches('.clickableBtn')) {
        alert($(target).text());
    }
}