1362741 - Allow setting a browseraction label different from its title

Status: UNCONFIRMED

(WebExtensions :: Frontend, enhancement, P5)

Description

[Nicolas Turcot (:nico@nc)]

Webextension browseraction buttons should have a label in addition to the existing title, to be displayed when the button is moved from the toolbar to the "hamburger" menu.

Currently, if a browseraction button is placed in the menu, both its label and title are populated from the "default_title" manifest entry. However the title can be too long to be displayed as a label.

As a comparison, Firefox UI buttons get a different title and label, eg. the downloads button has:
 - "Display the progress of ongoing downloads (%S)" as tooltip (displayed when the button is in the toolbar or menu)
 - "Downloads" as label (displayed when the button is in the menu).

Comment 1

[Caitlin Neiman [:caitmuenster]]

Hi Nicolas, this has been added to the agenda for June 20 WebExtension APIs triage meeting. Would you be able to join us? 

Wiki: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Add-ons/Contribute/Triage#Next_Meeting

Agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s2j85VfYKTDftppFU-K7pgRs6sEuMTHVXqf3RL5iYvs/edit#

Comment 2

[Nicolas Turcot (:nico@nc)]

Attachment: Comparison of Firefox UI buttons (separate title / label) and Webextensions buttons (unique title/label)

Thank you for the invitation. I am unsure I'll be able to join, however I attach a screenshot to make sure what I consider an issue is clear.

It compares what Firefox buttons have (a long, informative title + a much shorter label) to the WebExtension developer's dilemna: either a good label that will be useless as a title, or a good title that will be too long to be a good label.