1420944 - Choose UI to chrome_url_overrides

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1461348

(WebExtensions :: General, enhancement, P5)

Description

[YF (Yang)]

Allow users to control which one is enabled or all disabled for each chrome_url_overrides properties.


Reasons:
1. "If two or more extensions both define a custom new tab page, then in Firefox the first extension to run wins. In Chrome and Opera, the last extension wins."[1] is lack of choice.

2. https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/sidebar_plus/ combine provides sidebars and a newtab page, the newtab override cannot be disalbed.


[1]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/manifest.json/chrome_url_overrides

Comment 1

[juraj.masiar]

Can we put higher priority on this?

Since Firefox 61 was released users cannot anymore "overcome" overriding of New tab page by navigating to "about:home" because of this bug:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1468191

Using the Firefox UI user can only disable whole extension - this is however not sufficient as many extensions can be used even if they don't override new tab page (and same applies for overriding Home page).

I would suggest simple radio button control that would list the default New tab page as first and then the rest of the extensions overriding New tab page.

See also: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1368700

Comment 2

[Firefox Bug Husbandry Bot]

Bulk move of bugs per https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1483958