1559341 - Shortcuts to enable, disable and remove add-ons from within the detail view no longer work in the HTML converted about:addons page

Status: NEW

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect, P3)

Description

[Alex Cornestean]

[Affected versions]:
• Firefox 69.0a1 (20190614005703)
• Firefox 68.0b9 (20190610153228)

[Affected platforms]:
• Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
• Ubuntu 16.04.6 LTS

[Prerequisites]

• have one or more extensions installed
• for Beta: convert the about:addons page to HTML by flipping the extensions.htmlaboutaddons.enabled’ and the extensions.htmlaboutaddons.discover.enabled’ prefs to ‘true’ in about:config.
• for Nightly: the conversion to HTML is enabled by default.

[Steps to reproduce]:

1. Navigate to the about:addons page
2. Access the Extensions tab
3. Click on an installed extension to access the page containing detailed information about the add-on (detail view)
4. Attempt to disable, enable and remove the extension via keyboard shortcuts:

• Alt+Shift+D to disable the extension
• Alt+Shift+E to enable the extension
• Alt+Shift+R to remove the extension

[Description]:
With the conversion to HTML of the about:addons page, keyboard shortcuts to enable, disable or remove the extension no longer work in the detail view of the add-on.

[Expected results]:
The keyboard shortcuts mentioned above should allow the user to enable, disable and remove extensions from within the detail view of the add-on.

[Actual results]:
The keyboard shortcuts mentioned above to enable, disable and remove extensions from within the detail view of the add-on no longer work in the HTML converted about:addons page.

Comment 1

[Tomislav Jovanovic :zombie]

If there are issues with acceptability of the addon page, please file those, but shortcuts are not a priority for now.