Feature Request: Provide a direct URL to the "Manage Extension Shortcuts" Screen
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(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, enhancement)
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(Reporter: mozillabugz, Unassigned)
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User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:84.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/84.0
Steps to reproduce:
Currently, there isn't a way for extension developers to provide a direct link to the "Manage Extension Shortcuts" Screen. This is the screen where users can configure all their extension's shortcuts via the WebExtensions Commands API.
For example, Chromium browsers conveniently offer the URL chrome://extensions/shortcuts (or edge://extensions/shortcuts in Edge) that directly takes the user to this screen. Having a direct URL like this available allows extension developers to link to this URL via a button/anchor in their extension's Options Page.
In Firefox, the screen is hidden inside about:addons and it's currently a somewhat cumbersome (and not very intuitive) 3-step process that requires the user to:
- Navigate to about:addons
- Click the Gear/Cog Icon
- Click "Manage Extension Shortcuts"
See: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/manage-extension-shortcuts-firefox
Because of this, in my extensions I have to write out logic specific to the Firefox version that writes out the above steps (literally) instead of simply displaying a button that says "Configure Shortcuts" that users can click on that takes them there immediately like in my Chrome/Edge versions.
Actual results:
There is no URL available to directly take the user to configure extensions shortcuts.
Expected results:
The feature request would allow extension developers to be able to directly link to the screen where users can configure extension shortcuts.
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Comment 1•4 years ago
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Bugbug thinks this bug should belong to this component, but please revert this change in case of error.
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Comment 2•4 years ago
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Extensions cannot open about:addons, but there is a feature request (with a pending patch) at bug 1538451.
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