Open permission manager from options page

Add-ons Development
1

Hi!
I’m porting XPCOM extension jsPrintSetup .
In options page of addon I have button which calls permission manager with allowed/blocked hosts which can access jsPrintSetup .
This code doesn’t work in web extension options.html.

function openPermissionManager() {
  var params = {
    blockVisible   : true,
    sessionVisible : false,
    allowVisible   : true,
    prefilledHost  : "",
    permissionType : "jsPrintSetup", //"popup",
    windowTitle    : "jsPrintSetup",
    introText      : "jsPrintSetup "+browser.i18n.getMessage("jsp_Permissions") 
  };
  console.log(window);
  window.openDialog(
    "chrome://browser/content/preferences/permissions.xul"
	 , "_blank"
	 , "resizable,dialog=no,centerscreen"
	 , params
  );
}

What is right way to implement host permissions for accessing extension and provide way to manage permissions?

Regards,

Dimitar Angelov

2

I assume you’re porting this to a WebExtension? If so, you cannot use XUL. You should open this in a browserAction or sidebarAction. However, I think you’re going to have other trouble–trouble with printing and print preview. There are no WebExtension APIs for that yet.

If you’re porting to a XUL/legacy addon, it will only work until Firefox 57 in November. Do you still want help with that path?

3

Yes, I’m working on webextension experiment with implementation of print services, but can’t find a proper way to implement host based permissions allow/block for using jsPrintSetup addon.
See discussion