1417102 - Allow WebExtensions to toggle middlemouse.paste pref

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(WebExtensions :: General, defect, P5)

Description

[kernp25]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; WOW64; rv:59.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/59.0
Build ID: 20171114100042




Expected results:

This will be useful for auto copy addons that want to enable the build-in middle mouse paste feature.

I have this idea in mind:
The addon has an options page to allow the user to enable this feature. (instead telling them to go to about:config)

Comment 1

[kernp25]

(In reply to kernp25 from comment #0)
> (instead telling them to go to about:config)
And ofc this feature only gets activated on browser restart.

Comment 2

[kernp25]

browserSettings maybe?

Comment 3

[Bob Silverberg [:bsilverberg]]

Seems reasonable. Adding it to the API triage.

Comment 4

[Caitlin Neiman [:caitmuenster]]

Hi kernp25, this has been added to the agenda for the WebExtensions APIs triage meeting on November 28. Would you be able to join us? 

Here’s a quick overview of what to expect at the triage: 

* We normally spend 5 minutes per bug
* The more information in the bug, the better
* The goal of the triage is to give a general thumbs up or thumbs down on a proposal; we won't be going deep into implementation details

Relevant Links: 

* Wiki for the meeting: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Add-ons/Contribute/Triage
* Meeting agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MduEIKmXDdj3p94PJDrPPPYvbSfEdrrMF-UhMnHPqEQ/edit#heading=h.edrw957gm8hg
* Vision doc for WebExtensions: https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebExtensions/Vision

Comment 5

[Andy McKay]

This doesn't seem to meet the criteria for WebExtensions of being useful to a large number of add-ons. I'm not sure what an "auto copy addons" is though. Could you give me some examples?

Comment 6

[kernp25]

For example:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/auto-copy/bijpdibkloghppkbmhcklkogpjaenfkg
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/autocopy-original/geacnbbfmgiinbomobipalmnahbkimim
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/copy-on-select/

Comment 7

[Andy McKay]

Thanks for those examples. I was glad to see there's a WebExtensions version of all those :) 

At this point the numbers of users using those add-ons seem pretty low. Augmenting them doesn't seem worth the API and those few who do want it can flip the pref in about:config.