1439384 - contextMenu API selectionText doesn't contain HTML style formating

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1325814

(WebExtensions :: Untriaged, enhancement)

Description

[Rémy Hubscher (:natim)]

For Notes we want the user to be able to select some text in the page and send it to its notes.

Unlike copy/pasting which keep the HTML formating, it seems that selectionText of the menu.OnClickData is text only.

Is there a way to explicitly ask for HTML?

Comment 1

[Caitlin Neiman [:caitmuenster]]

Hi Remy, this has been added to the agenda for the March 6, 2018 WebExtensions APIs meeting. 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/WebExtensions/Triage#Next_Meeting
* Meeting agenda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1n-Cbk3d6j394mObWPMhQsfIyHIL08RhC_IEV2QBV1x8/edit#
* Vision doc for WebExtensions: https://wiki.mozilla.org/WebExtensions/Vision

Comment 2

[Geoffrey De Belie (Smile4ever)]

I would introduce a new property "selectionHtml" to maintain backwards compatibility, if we decide to do this.

Comment 3

[Shane Caraveo (:mixedpuppy)]

Introducing that is just more overhead for all context menus.  Special use cases should have a way to get at the selection rather than building more into the context data.  Bug 1325814 should be able to help with this use case.

Comment 4

[Caitlin Neiman [:caitmuenster]]

Thanks, Shane! Because 1325814 has been approved, this bug will be removed from the March 6 2018 triage agenda.