chrome extension background page error: "Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token

Question

Why is my background.html page throwing this:

Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token < in line 1

Here is the actual html:

<html>
<head>
<script type="text/javascript" src="fancy-settings/source/lib/store.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript" src="background.js"></script>
</head>
<body></body>
</html>

So chrome complains about the first opening "<" and I have no idea why.

Alexandro Sánchez · Accepted Answer

I had the same issue. Just replace in your manifest.json file

"background": {
    "scripts": ["background.js"]
  },

with:

"background": {
    "page": "background.html"
  },

chrome extension background page error: "Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token <"

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javascript

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