1417346 - Links in Developer Tools panels support no context menu and no middle-clicks

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1417043

(WebExtensions :: Developer Tools, defect, P2)

Description

[Wladimir Palant]

Steps to reproduce:

1. From https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/adblock-plus/versions/beta, install Adblock Plus 3.0.0.1924beta or a newer version (Adblock Plus 3.0.2 stable will do once released).
2. Press Ctrl+Shift+I (Cmd+Options+I on macOS) to open Developer Tools, switch to Adblock Plus panel.
3. Navigate to adblockplus.org in the browser so that the panel gets some content.
4. Right-click a link in the panel.
5. Middle-click a link in the panel.

Expected results:

Step 4 opens a context menu, allowing for example to copy link target. Step 5 opens the link in a new tab. That's the behavior I see in Chrome 62.

Actual results:

Link gets focused but nothing happens beyond that in steps 4 and 5 (tested in Firefox 56 and Firefox 59.0a1 2017-11-14 nightly on Ubuntu 17.10). This forces add-ons to implement custom middle-click handling and context menu, thus limiting usability.

Comment 1

[Luca Greco [:rpl] [:luca] [:lgreco]]

Attachment: Bug 1417346 - Support context menu in WebExtensions devtools panels.

Review commit: https://reviewboard.mozilla.org/r/238540/diff/#index_header
See other reviews: https://reviewboard.mozilla.org/r/238540/

Comment 2

[Luca Greco [:rpl] [:luca] [:lgreco]]

Added Bug 1442604 as a dependency (the new test case in the attached patch depends from the changes applied in the patches attached to that issue).

Comment 3

[Luca Greco [:rpl] [:luca] [:lgreco]]

Comment on attachment 8969731 [details]
Bug 1417346 - Support context menu in WebExtensions devtools panels.

Review request updated; see interdiff: https://reviewboard.mozilla.org/r/238540/diff/1-2/

Comment 4

[Luca Greco [:rpl] [:luca] [:lgreco]]

Fixed in Bug 1417043 (landed in Firefox 60), by migrating the devtools panels to the webext-panels.xul/webext-panels.js used by the extension sidebar pages.