1681875 - Netmonitor - In request Headers view update to Unblock the Block button after blocking the request

Status: NEW

(DevTools :: Netmonitor, enhancement, P3)

Description

[Cristian Fogel [:cfogel]]

Attachment: Screen Recording 2020-12-11 at 08.32.43.mov

Affected versions

• 84.0, 85.0a1(2020-12-09); 78.6.0 esr;

Affected platforms

• Windows 10, macOS 10.15, Ubuntu 20;

Steps to reproduce

1. Launch Firefox, enable the DevTools inspector and change to Network monitor tab;
2. Access any webpage and click on any request listed;
3. In the Headers view, click on the Block button;
   enhancement suggestion:
4. The Block button changes label to Unblock;
5. Press the "Unblock" button (pressing it would remove the request from the RequestBlocking panel and update the label back to Block);

Actual result

• once Block button is pressed, that's it; the request is added to the Blocking list and the button can be pressed again;

Regression range

• not a regression;

Additional notes

• setting it up would probably mean sync-ing the button as well to have the label updated when the request is removed/added directly from the RequestBlocking section as well;
• S3 as suggested severity, as it would make the sections a bit more interactive;
• attached recording to illustrate the issue/reason for the suggestion.

Comment 1

[Jan Honza Odvarko [:Honza] (always need-info? me)]

I like the idea, thanks for the report Cristian!

Honza