1693686 - Reload Web Extension Button in about:devtools-toolbox

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(DevTools :: about:debugging, enhancement)

Description

[Łukasz]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:85.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/85.0

Steps to reproduce:

1. Loading the extension in about:debugging
2. Click the Inspect button and about:devtools-toolbox opens with the extension
3. I'm testing the extension
4. I want to refresh the extension - I need to go back to the about:debugging tab
5. I go back to about:devtools-toolbox with the extension

Actual results:

I have extra recurring steps at work.

The about:debugging page has no dark mode and it burns my eyes out when I go just reload the extension.

Expected results:

I want the Reload Web Extension Button in about:devtools-toolbox.

Comment 1

[BugBot [:suhaib / :marco/ :calixte]]

The Bugbug bot thinks this bug should belong to the 'DevTools::about:debugging' component, and is moving the bug to that component. Please revert this change in case you think the bot is wrong.

Comment 2

[Julian Descottes [:jdescottes]]

Adding a way to reload the extension from about:devtools-toolbox sounds like a good idea.

The about:debugging page has no dark mode

Dark mode was added in Bug 1712511

Comment 3

[Alexandre Poirot [:ochameau]]

You should be able to now reload the addon by pressing F5, or Command-or-Ctrl + R.
This has probably been added via bug 1708635 and/or bug 1718279.

I'm not sure it is worth adding a reload button to surface this?

Comment 4

[Julian Descottes [:jdescottes]]

I would say yes, it's worth surfacing. Note that we have all the navigation buttons available in about:devtools-toolbox when debugging a tab

Comment 5

[Julian Descottes [:jdescottes]]

Attachment: about_devtools_toolbox_navigation_actions_for_tab_debugging.png

Comment 6

[Alexandre Poirot [:ochameau]]

Attachment: Bug 1693686 - [devtools] Display the navigation buttons in WebExtension toolboxes.

Comment 7

[Pulsebot]

Pushed by [e-mail]:
https://hg.mozilla.org/integration/autoland/rev/7061114f7e3f
[devtools] Display the navigation buttons in WebExtension toolboxes. r=jdescottes

Comment 8

[Sandor Molnar[:smolnar]]

https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/7061114f7e3f