1417848 - Implement requireInteraction in notifications API for WebExtensions

Status: NEW

(WebExtensions :: Frontend, enhancement, P5)

Description

[Rob Wu [:robwu]]

Extensions are currently not able to create sticky notifications with the browser.notifications API.

Chrome supports the requireInteraction parameter in chrome.notifications [1], and the web platform also has a "requireInteraction" option in the Notification constructor (implemented in bug 862395).

Can the WebExtension API also support this option, possibly after the backend changes for requireInteraction are complete (bug 1417846)?

[1] https://developer.chrome.com/extensions/notifications#property-NotificationOptions-requireInteraction

Comment 1

[Pete]

This would be great - I'm getting quite a few requests for "sticky notifications" from WebExtension users.

Comment 2

[Caitlin Neiman [:caitmuenster]]

Hi Rob, this has been added to the agenda for the WebExtensions APIs triage on April 17, 2018. Anyone who is interested in this bug is welcome 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/WebExtensions/Triage#Next_Meeting
* Meeting agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1A7lwSkunTIdPE8FGqYV93oO-2l8xo3GFqTbY1l1QC1w/edit#
* Vision doc for WebExtensions: https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebExtensions/Vision

Comment 3

[Mike Conca [:mconca]]

Moving this request to Approved, but it still depends on the underlying backend implementation to be completed.