Best way to open a prompt to request userdata from options_ui

Add-ons Development
#1

I need to request some data from the user in a prompt/window.

Should I just create a new popup window with browser.windows.create or is there a better way to create a simple prompt?

Thanks

#2

If it is modal to your options ui you’ll porbably want to have an overlay to your options ui.

#3

If you don’t care about how it looks and its a simple string to enter, you could use window.prompt, no?

#4

I guess what I am asking is if a feature like this is available in the WebExtensions API?

Otherwise I will likely use a javascript/jquery modal pluging.

#5

It depends. From background script or from a popup, I think the usual prompt/alert dialogs don’t work. So you’ll have to create your own UI.

#6

I ended up using Bootstrap to build the user interface. Plenty of nice modals features in that package.