API to access search bar from a web extension is missing in Firefox 57+
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(WebExtensions :: Frontend, enhancement, P5)
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(Reporter: crusy, Unassigned)
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Comment 17•4 years ago
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Is this still open for discussion? I just realized how much I miss the extensions "Searchbox Sync" [1] and for this extension to be implemented as a webextension, we'd need an API to interface with the search box (and/or omnibox) as suggested in this bug.
Basically we'd need one function that allows to set the searchbox text from a webextension.
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Ditto "Context Search". Have not seen that functionality in a while. Could have used it 15 minutes ago.
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Asking the other way around: If this API were to be developed by a volunteer contributor, would there be a reasonable chance of it getting accepted?
I'm annoyed daily by how limiting Firefox Quantum is in regards of search features (and by how limited it became in regards of extensions being able to help in that regard).
Having a trivial API to get and set the content of the search box would have a dramatic effect on extension development and would not only open the door for many great new extensions, but would also benefit a lot of existing extensions.
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