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TsunDoge
TsunDoge

Reputation: 98

How to configure shortcuts of a Firefox extension

I'm coding a Firefox extension that allows user to use shortcuts on Spotify Web Player and I want them configurable.

The first approach is this example using options page

However, how can I load the customized shortcuts on the manifest.json?

Link to my repository extension

Thank you in advance.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 161

Answers (1)

Christos Papoulas
Christos Papoulas

Reputation: 2568

Currently, there is no such functionality for user's defining shortcuts in Firefox as you can see here. In the future, maybe this resolved.

Currently, you can play with a work around:

  • You have to catch the keypress events. The background script is usually not open to catch key presses.

  • To catch keypresses on web pages, you will have to use a content script that sends messages to the background script. The content script is injected to the open web page and insert methods for catching keypresses, and then send a message to the background script with information on which keys are pressed.

  • Then the background script will send another message to the script responsible this executing the command.

Disclaimer: I have no tested, so proceed with caution.

Upvotes: 2

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