A browser connects or disconnects

Runs the macro when a browser extension connects to or disconnects from Switchboard.

A browser event

Details #

Fires from Switchboard itself, with no page involved: the extension connected (the default) or disconnected. browser limits it to one browser. The run starts with event, browser and version.

Parameters #

Parameter	Type	Required	Values	What it does
`browser`	one of		`safari` `chrome` `any`	`safari`, `chrome` or `any`.
`event`	one of		`connected` `disconnected`	`connected` or `disconnected`.

Every trigger also takes Limits: a cooldown, the first time each day, every nth time, twice within seconds, a chance, only while you are at the Mac, on one Mac, or in a State. See Limits on any trigger.

Examples #

Say when Chrome connects

When

Chrome connects to Switchboard

Show “Chrome is connected” for 2 s

Open in Switchboard to try it

Gotchas #

A browser that is quit disconnects after a moment.