Gets the localized string for the specified message.
Syntax
browser.i18n.getMessage( messageName, // string substitutions // optional any )
Parameters
messageNamestring. The name of the message, as specified in the messages.json file. If the message can't be found in messages.json:-
- Firefox returns ""??" and logs an error
- Chrome returns "" and does not log an error.
substitutionsOptionalstringorarrayofstring. A single substitution string, or an array of substitution strings.- In Chrome, if you supply more than 9 substitution strings,
getMessage()will returnundefined.
Return value
string. Message localized for current locale.
Browser compatibility
Examples
Example add-ons
Acknowledgements
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.i18n API. This documentation is derived from i18n.json in the Chromium code.
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