272917 - Make context menu configurable

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: General, enhancement)

Description

[balamurali]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax)
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.2) Gecko/20040804 Netscape/7.2 (ax)

Select a text in the browser window. Right cligk. We get a menu. I would like to
configure this myself to add some more entries/url's.
When one of the menus is selected, the attached url should be get, with the
selected text appended to the url.


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
EG: My web-page contains the following text
" This is ReportId: 830406"

I would like to select the text "830406", right click, then the menu appearing
should show "Reports DB" as one of the menu-item. I should be able to attach a
URL to this menu-item like "http://repdb.rep.com/repid=". When I click on this
menu entry, the above url should be apended with "830406" and the brower should
to a get to the final url "http://repdb.rep.com/repid=830406"


This is an feature request. I've configured 'IE' to work this way. Having such a
feature in Firefox would be great.

As described in Steps to reproduce.
Actual Results:  
This is an enhancement feature request. I've configured 'IE' to work this way.
Having such a feature in Firefox would be great.

Expected Results:  
As described in Steps to reproduce.

Comment 1

[Jo Hermans]

other solution :

- make a boomkmark for this url <http://repdb.rep.com/repid=%s>   (adding the %s
at the end)
- name it 'report'
- when you no type 'report 830406' in the locationbar, you'll go to
<http://repdb.rep.com/repid=830406> directly

Comment 2

[Kevin Brosnan]

There is an extension that will cover this.
SmartSearch 2.2
https://update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=188
screenshot
http://bengoodger.com/software/smartsearch/
It adds all the keyword searchs in your bookmarks to the right click menu.

For information on keywords look at this page
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/smart-keywords.html

Comment 3

[Kevin Brosnan]

There is an extension that will cover this.
SmartSearch 2.2
https://update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?application=firefox&id=188
screenshot
http://bengoodger.com/software/smartsearch/
It adds all the keyword searchs in your bookmarks to the right click menu.

For information on keywords look at this page
http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/smart-keywords.html

Comment 4

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

If this was going to be a core feature, the project lead wouldn't have written
an extension for it. :)

Comment 5

[balamurali]

Many thanks for the immediate response. It is very much appreciated.

The workaround you've suggested is good and i use it for a lot of my work.

But, my requirement is a little more complex.
For eg, I have a intra-net webpage having lots of numbers and data. something like
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
REP-ID |   REP-DATE |  USER-NAME |  USER-ID | KEYWORD1 | KEYWORD2 | PKG1
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 92030 |   12-11-03 |   BALAM    |  BALAM   |  MAYFAIR  | JUNEFAIL | dump.java
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

I would like to selct REP-ID and right-click and select a menu-entry to a
specific URL.
Or, I may select the same REP-ID and right-click and select a different 
menu-entry to a different URL.
Or, I may select the user-name and right-click and select a different 
menu-entry to a different URL.

I feel copying the text, pasting it in Location Bar a little tiresome 
(lazy me...!). Just right-click and select a menu-item. That should do.

I've done it in IE and my whole team uses the same set of links. It makes life eazy.

What i request is an ability to configure the context menu to add my intra-net /
internet urls. 

I haven't tested the SmartSearch 2.2, I will do it shortly.

But Please think about this request. 

Comment 6

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

This bug is still a WONTFIX.  Complex UI such as you are describing will not be
implemented as a core feature in Firefox. SmartSearch allows for what you are
talking about, and if you're looking for something more complex... that's even
farther from the range of desired functionality in the core browser.

Comment 7

[balamurali]

Thanks everybody.

"SmartSearch" does exactly what I was looking for. 
Many thx for your responses. 

Firefox does a great job and its become indispensable.