Hi!
If menu items are created with browser.menus.create such as here (not my project btw): https://github.com/cihanuygun/View-on-Same-Tab/blob/main/background.js
Is it possible to bind hotkey to such menu item so that user would not have to click?
Hi!
If menu items are created with browser.menus.create such as here (not my project btw): https://github.com/cihanuygun/View-on-Same-Tab/blob/main/background.js
Is it possible to bind hotkey to such menu item so that user would not have to click?
Hi @wybqogzigoxruxdhnp and welcome to the community
It may be better to ask this in the “Add-Ons - Development” category.
In “normal” JavaScript you would listen on the Element: keydown event which also has boolean value to check if “CTRL”, “Alt” or “Shift” was additionally pressed. So you could check if “CTRL + a” was pressed for example.
I hope that helps.
Michael
Thought this was addon development. Could you link me correct category?
I moved your topic to the appropriate category.
“MDN” is the category about the web technology documentation https://developer.mozilla.org. So you weren’t far off.
By the way: Your email address is visible in your post. It ended up in the optional “name” field of your profile. I recommend removing it.
Yes you can. To make a character work as “hotkey”, prefix that character with an “&” in the name of the menuitem.
Example setting the “X” in “View EXIF data” as hotkey:
browser.menus.create({
id: "viewexif",
title: "View E&XIF data",
contexts: ["image"]
});
But I have no idea how Firefox handles it if several menuitems “claims” the same hotkey…
It will alternate focus between the two that shares the same key - try to right click your profile picture and press “o” to see it in action .
Also I think Firefox automatically tries to assign fist letter as the hotkey - unless it’s already used. I’ve noticed it in some of my addons where it works even without me specifying it.
Thanks. That’s why I don’t use my real email to signup - because I never know how sites behave with my email by default.
Can I also override existing key?
This is what it does. Can I do anything tell FF that hey, I want my addon to replace built in menu item and I want my addon to handle this hotkey instead of default handler?