You can set the icon in two ways: using a static image or using the HTML5 canvas element. Larger icons are resized to fit, but for best results, use a 16-dip square icon.
The browser action icons in Chrome are 16 dips (device-independent pixels) wide and high. Register your browser action in the extension manifest like this: Ī browser action can have an icon, a tooltip, a badge, and a popup. If you want to create an icon that isn't always active, use a page action instead of a browser action. In the following figure, the multicolored square to the right of the address bar is the icon for a browser action.
