Chrome extension to load the script without clicking on icon

Question

Hello all i want to load the script whether or not user clicks on my extension icon This is my extension it works great but i want it to work without making the user click o

Answer 1

if (typeof jQuery === 'undefined') {}

Answer 2

What executeScript does is basically creating a Content Script dynamically. This is called Programmatic Injection.

An alternative method of working with content scripts is specifying them in the manifest. This achieves exactly what you're asking: content scripts are executed automatically when the page is loaded.

"content_scripts" : [
   {
     "js": ["jquery.js", "inject.js"],
     "matches": ["*://*/*"]
   }
],

Adjust the matches parameter to only include match patterns for pages you want it to run on.

Make sure to check out the documentation of run_at parameter if you need to fine-tune when injection happens.