Yup, we're planning to do this before release. I thought we had a bug
on it already, but could not find it, so I created
http://crbug.com/23801. You can star that if you're interested in
following progress.
- a
On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 10:24 PM, 黒鉄章 <ak...@yayakoshi.net> wrote:
>
> A proposal- not actually an API, just a modification, but I'll use the
> API template.
>
> Overview
> Add an optional "options_page" item to the manifest file, which causes
> an "Options" button to appear next to Disable/Reload/Uninstall buttons
> on the extensions page.
>
> Use cases
> User wants to find and edit options for an extension. They go to the
> extensions page, click the button, it opens a page within the
> extension. Typically that page will be programmed by the extension
> developer to save values to the extension's localStorage.
>
> Could this API be part of the web platform?
> N/A
>
> Do you expect this API to be fairly stable?
> Yes. It's just a button that opens a new tab/window.
>
> What UI does this API expose?
> A button, on the extensions page.
>
> How could this API be abused?
> Developers might use it for opening pages that really aren't
> configuration-related.
>
> How would you implement your desired features if this API didn't exist?
> No good alternative. I would have to add a toolbar or another omnibar
> icon to give the user a piece of UI to get to the options page.
>
> Are you willing and able to develop and maintain this API?
> I would if I had a Visual Studio license compatible with compiling Chromium.
>
> Draft API spec
> This would just add to the manifest file spec:
> {
> "name": "My Extension",
> "version": "versionString",
> .....
> "options_page": "options.html",
> .....
> }
>
> "options_page" field description:
>
> Optional. The path of a html page within the extension which the
> user can use to adjust extension-specific configuration. The page must
> be written by the extension developer.
>
> Open questions
> Could it be possible for extension installation to fail if there is no
> corresponding file to match the one specified in the manifest's
> options_page value? Also, bring the options page to the forefront when
> the button is clicked, if the options page was already open.
>
> Regards,
>
> Akira
>
> >
>
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