Add text to google chrome extension icon

Question

I want to add text showing the minutes spent by the user in the current action in my Google Chrome extension called pharaohs Time tracker can be seen here https://chrome.google.com/extensions/developer/edit/cegaadncabdacaplfeondbaodibgjfhi?hl=en

I can not find anything in this API, although many people using it as ext have switched to IMDB

Answer 1

You can overlay the icon on your browser action by calling chrome.browserAction.setBadgeText (see also chrome.browserAction.setBadgeBackgroundColor to create an icon.)