Closed Bug 1364506 Opened 7 years ago Closed 7 years ago

Show options of extensions under about:preferences

Categories

(WebExtensions :: General, enhancement)

Product:
WebExtensions
Component:
General
Version:
55 Branch
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: BesTo, Unassigned)

Details

(Whiteboard: [design-decision-denied] triaged) 

How it works ATM:
If a user want to configure an extension that have options (e.g. NoScript), the user needs to go to about:addons and click on "Options" at the extension he want to configure.

IMHO with webkit it would be nice, if the options of the extensions move to about:preferences where the user finds the options of FF, too.

IMHO a separator on the left side under "Updates" and then pages in alphabetical order with the extensions names that have options would look nice.
Component: General → WebExtensions: General
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
Whiteboard: [design-decision-needed] triaged
The extension can provide a link using the https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/runtime/openOptionsPage API if they want to make it easier. 

We want to encourage people to go to about:addons and this provides a nice seperation from about:preferences. Not sure what would be gained by this.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 7 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Whiteboard: [design-decision-needed] triaged → [design-decision-denied] triaged
Product: Toolkit → WebExtensions
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