405492 - Right clicking in add-ons when nothing is selected allows for access to hidden extensions

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Toolkit :: Add-ons Manager, defect)

Description

[Mike Kaply [:mkaply]]

I created a new profile and then installed a system extension and made it hidden by adding <em:hidden>true</em:hidden> to install.rdf.

After restarting the browser and going to add-ons, the add-ons window was blank, but if I right clicked, I got the context menu for my extension.

It appears that while the extension is visually hidden, it is still there and accessible. A hidden extension should be completely gone.

Note this is on 2.0. I need to modify my extension to test with Firefox 3.

Comment 1

[Robert Strong (they/them - no direct email)]

note: ideally hidden extensions shouldn't be returned in the RDF query for the ui though I recall this being a PITA.

Comment 2

[Gabriel Chadwick]

Part of the problem could be that when you click in an empty space in the richlist it still returns a menu. Related to bug 405492. A quick could be to return nothing in empty space. It would fix the two bugs.

Comment 3

[Gabriel Chadwick]

(In reply to comment #2)
> Part of the problem could be that when you click in an empty space in the
> richlist it still returns a menu. Related to bug 405492. A quick could be to
> return nothing in empty space. It would fix the two bugs.
> 

I meant bug 407469.

Comment 4

[Dave Townsend [:mossop]]

We no longer support hidden extensions