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Firefox WebExtension options button not working

I'm updating an old extension, passing from the old XUL code to html/css "chrome" code.

I have an issue with the "options_ui" tag in my .json file... if i load the extension using the current firefox version (46.0.1) i can't see the "options" button of the extension (as shown in about:addons).

But if i load it using the current developer version (48.0a2) it shows and works as espected.

options button

Any suggestion of how can i fix this?, there must be a way to show the options button without using XUL code.

This is the section of options_ui in my json file:

"options_ui": { "page": "html/options.htm" },

Solution

  • I have the same problem, here's what I found https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2016/04/29/webextensions-in-firefox-48/ .

    Seems that Firefox WebExtensions will be fully functional from v.48, that's why the Options button is so far only visible in the developer version of Firefox.