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| -rw-r--r-- | extension/background/timerThread.js | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/extension/background/timerThread.js b/extension/background/timerThread.js index a42b0edf6..7ac66a711 100644 --- a/extension/background/timerThread.js +++ b/extension/background/timerThread.js @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +/** + * This file should be used as a WebWorker. + * Background pages in the WebExtensions model do + * not allow to schedule callbacks that should be called + * after a timeout. We can emulate this with WebWorkers. + */ + onmessage = function(e) { self.setInterval(() => postMessage(true), e.data.interval); } |