1782037 - "Edit and resend" should allow copy/paste of multiple headers

Status: NEW

(DevTools :: Netmonitor, enhancement, P3)

Description

[Markus Keller]

Regression compared to old netmonitor UI.

I cannot copy/paste multiple headers or URL-parameters and their values any more.

With devtools.netmonitor.features.newEditAndResend = false, I can simply change multiple entries at once and copy/paste them from/to a text editor. The new fancy checkbox list doesn't offer this useful functionality any more, that's why I file this as a bug and not a new feature request.

Please also amend your UI guidelines. There seems to be an unfortunate trend in Firefox to replace simple and established UI controls with fancy home-grown controls that only support selected workflows but hinder power users. There's a reason why developers prefer text-based editors over point and click interfaces.

Bug 1640437 could ease the pain by allowing to import pre-canned requests. But the only real solution for now is to disable the new UI.

Comment 1

[Hubert Boma Manilla (:bomsy)]

Thanks for filing this.
We can look into adding this to the new edit and resend.
We can toggle to raw mode which allows modifying the headers in a text editor.