1213674 - [tracking] Complete the implementation of chrome.bookmarks

Status: NEW

(WebExtensions :: General, defect, P3)

Comment 1

[Andy McKay]

As per: https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/bookmarks

Not implemented:


    getRecent()
    search()
    removeTree() (remove also removes non-empty folders)
    onCreated
    onRemoved
    onChanged
    onMoved
    onChildrenReordered
    onImportBegan
    onImportEnded
    BookmarkTreeNodeUnmodifiable

Comment 2

[Jerry Krinock]

That's wonderful that support for chrome.bookmarks is coming along.  However, Firefox bookmarks contain additional features which are not supported by chrome.bookmarks, for example Tags, so-called "annotations" Keyword and Description, and then there are Smart bookmarks and Live bookmarks (livemarks).

I think that, in order for me to someday write a WebExtension to replace my current Firefox extension, chrome.bookmarks will need additional functions to support these Firefox-only bookmarks features, because the old API which I and others use (nsINavBookmarksService, nsIAnnotationService, nsITaggingService, nsINavHistoryService, mozIAsyncLivemarks, etc.) are not going to be available in a WebExtension.

Is that correct, and if so should I file another bug or is this already a known issue?

Thanks!

Jerry

Comment 3

[Andy McKay]

Please see bug 1225916 for an example. If there's more you'd like to see implemented please file bugs (and or give us some patches).

Comment 4

[Jerry Krinock]

Thank you, Andy.

Because it is reasonable that Mozilla may prefer to obsolete the Firefox-only bookmarks features instead of supporting them, I'd like the need for the additional functions to be accepted before I work on a patch :)  Therefore, I have just now submitted Bug 1276731 and shall wait to see its discussion.

Comment 5

[Andy McKay]

Dropping priority down to match the dependents.

Comment 6

[Bob Silverberg [:bsilverberg]]

Unassigning myself as this is a tracking bug.

Comment 7

[Tomislav Jovanovic :zombie]

Docs looks fairly complete.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/bookmarks

Comment 8

[Lucas Everett]

Is it still planned to implement onImportBegan and onImportEnded? I have an extension that creates a grid of bookmarks and folders and keeps it up-to-date as changes are made to bookmarks. I'm currently using a debounce function to prevent Firefox from locking up during a Restore or Import. That works, but it would be nice to have feature parity with Chrome.