Add context menu item to bookmarks

Add-ons Development
#1

Hi guys,

I have a SDK extension and I’d like to add a context menu item to bookmarks, for example the ones I can see at bookmarks toolbar.

There is this context-menu API, however between many contexts I can apply it to, I can’t find anything related to bookmarks/toolbar.

Do you guys have any idea how can I achieve it using SDK? Or perhaps I should be thinking about wrtiting extension in other framework if I need this functionality?

If something doesn’t make sense, please let me know! I’m just starting with Firefox Extensions so I’m aware I might have some lack of understanding. Always happy to be corrected.

Thank you!

#2

If you want to add content menu items to the bookmarks toolbar, then you’ll probably be better off not using the SDK. You can read about your options here. I don’t know if such an add-on will work long-term, since we’re moving to a new add-ons API and I’m not sure if this will be supported.

#3

Are there reasons not to support it?
Context-menu items are great for small addons that just add some extra functionality on top of existing features.
It’s certainly something I found missing from the SDK when I needed my own context-menu.

#4

At least for the SDK, I think the designers were avoiding most UI injections from add-ons in order to make them simpler and more predictable. WebExtensions are meant to be a better replacement to XUL add-ons, but they will also have a limited API, so it could go either way.