1158480 - [e10s] Dictionary Switcher doesn't work with e10s

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: Extension Compatibility, defect)

Description

[Elbart]

AMO: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dictionary-switcher/

Dictionary Switcher 1.3.3

Page to test on: http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_textarea (maybe you'll have to install a second dictionary)


1.) Changing the language using the navbar-button (has to be added manually) causes:

safe CPOW usage RemoteAddonsParent.jsm:803:0
unsafe CPOW usage browser.js:257:0
unsafe CPOW usage browser.js:258:0
unsafe CPOW usage browser.js:259:0
unsafe CPOW usage browser.js:172:0
unsafe CPOW usage browser.js:174:0
unsafe CPOW usage browser.js:178:0
unsafe CPOW usage browser.js:179:0
unsafe CPOW usage browser.js:261:0
unsafe CPOW usage browser.js:262:0
unsafe CPOW usage browser.js:264:0
unsafe CPOW usage browser.js:258:0

The browser.js is in the addon's /content/folder.

2.) Auto-setting the language (the bold language in the navbar-button) doesn't work.
E.g. set the language to anything not English and refresh the text-area-site. The text will not be marked as wrong.

3.) Right-clicking in the text-area causes

>Sending message that cannot be cloned. Are you trying to send an XPCOM object? ContentPrefServiceParent.jsm:103:0

See bug 1139718

Comment 1

[Jerod Lycett]

I can replicate 1 easily. 2, you have to click or otherwise activate the textarea first. 3, that only happens if you have the language choose from the context menu different than the language in the menubar button.

Contacted dev via AMO.

Comment 4

[Firefox Bug Husbandry Bot]

With Firefox 57 only WebExtensions are permitted and are, by default, e10s compatible.