Open Bug 1469408 Opened 6 years ago Updated 2 months ago

Implement commands API (to allow Android add-ons to create custom keyboard shortcuts)

Categories

(GeckoView :: IME, enhancement, P5)

Product:
GeckoView
Component:
IME
Platform:
All
Android
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

(Not tracked)

People

(Reporter: zjays, Unassigned)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/60.0
Build ID: 20180605171542

Steps to reproduce:

Wished to create an add-on allowing custom keyboard shortcuts on Firefox Mobile.


Actual results:

This is currently not possible according to: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Differences_between_desktop_and_Android

"extensions for Firefox for Android do not support the following APIs and manifest.json keys: commands and the related commands manifest.json key, as Android tablets and smartphones do not usually have a physical keyboard from which ‘commands’ can be issued."


Expected results:

I was hoping to have the commands API available for Android add-ons. This could allow add-ons with custom keyboard shortcuts to be developed for BlackBerry Priv/KEYone/KEY2 or any other Android device with a paired Bluetooth keyboard.
Summary: Implement commands API (to allow add-ons to use custom keyboard shortcuts) → Implement commands API (to allow Android add-ons to use custom keyboard shortcuts)
Summary: Implement commands API (to allow Android add-ons to use custom keyboard shortcuts) → Implement commands API (to allow Android add-ons to create custom keyboard shortcuts)
Severity: normal → enhancement
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
tracking-fennec: --- → ?
Ever confirmed: true
OS: Unspecified → Android
Hardware: Unspecified → All
Version: unspecified → Trunk
This enhancement would be extremely valuable and greatly appreciated.
Component: General → Android
Product: Firefox for Android → WebExtensions
Priority: -- → P5
Component: Android → Extensions
Product: WebExtensions → GeckoView
tracking-fennec: ? → ---

Moving some keyboard bugs to the new GeckoView::IME component.

Component: Extensions → IME
Severity: normal → S3

Enhancements should have severity N/A.

Severity: S3 → N/A

With desktop modes (plural) and productivity tablets becoming more popular it's pretty sad how Firefox is left in the dust in comparison to Chromium-based browsers in this use-case.

For the devs: how much effort would the implementation of the commands api on Android Firefox take and does it come with other implications?

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