Firefox 106: Context Menu occationally disappear

[yorkxin]

Summary

Context menu is sometimes not showing up in Firefox 106.

Not always reproducible.

Edit: seems to be related to non-persistent background page.

[manuzhang]

I'm seeing this issue now with Firefox 106.0.5. It always disappears.

[yorkxin]

@manuzhang thanks. I'm using Firefox too, but I can't tell under what situation it appears or disappears...

[manuzhang]

Disabling and re-enabling the extension gives me back one item in the context menu. However, there should be more?

[yorkxin]

@manuzhang thanks. I guess I know where the issue comes from (related: https://github.com/yorkxin/copy-as-markdown/issues/107)

Regarding to the list of context menus, it depends on the item that you clicked. On a link it only shows Copy Link. On an image it shows Copy Image and Copy Image + Link command. On other places on the web page, it shows Copy Current Tab.

[manuzhang]

so is this already fixed in latest version?

[yorkxin]

No, I think the issue still exists after #107 🥲 In fact I don't see context menu on my Firefox today.

[jman-schief]

If it helps I can reproduce this issue every time I update Firefox (I am on the beta channel so I receive updates quite often). After every update the context menu item disappears.

To workaround the issue I disable then enable again the extension, the context menu item is back.

[yorkxin]

Dear folks, do you still experience this issue?

[jman-schief]

Dear folks, do you still experience this issue?

@yorkxin I do (Firefox 111.0b8). As per my previous comment, I just work around it :)

[manuzhang]

The issue still exists in 110.0.1 and I need to re-enable the extension to work around as well.

[yorkxin]

Hi all, I've released a new version 2.8.3, and hopefully this time the issue gets resolved. Please let me know how it goes!

[jman-schief]

@yorkxin thanks for working on this issue. on my firefox 114 the extension now behaves in a different way:

• When installed for the first time (ex. using a new firefox profile), all's good
• if I disable and enable the extension the context menu item does not show up anymore (so the addon is not usable)

As soon as I receive the next firefox update I can test what happens after updating the browser

EDIT: just updated to the latest firefox 114 beta and the context ment does not show up

[manuzhang]

@yorkxin Same for me on Firefox 113.0.1. Disabling and enabling the extension no longer works.

[jman-schief]

I didnt investigate very deep but I think the issue is that there is no API under chrome.runtime. to catch the event when an extension is enabled by the user. I only see the onInstalled event that is triggered when the extension is first installed.

I've tried triggering a browser.contextMenus.create on window.onload and the context menu appears also when the user enable/disable the extension but it's not exactly what we want :-)

I'm not sure if we can get away without custom code for chrome, firefox-mv2 and firefox-mv3 :man_shrugging:

[azzamsa]

Compared to other extension. It always warn me about "Permission needed to read and change data" Firefox indicate this with a blue dot.

[azzamsa]

I tried 113.0.2 but the context menu is still missing. I don't know why other context menu are there.

I have tried to use Brave because this extension works seamlessly in Brave. However, sometimes it needs a Google service extension. It is the reason I move back to Firefox.

I know it is an open-source project. It is not first-class paid ticket support. But I hope it will get resolved, as I use this extension a zillion times a day.

[azzamsa]

After couple of day. Maybe restart / other updates I did. Now I can use the context menu in 113.0.2 :tada:

[Ganton]

It also happens to me using Firefox 113.0.2, even after restarting it, and disabling and enabling Copy as Markdown...

[manuzhang]

The issue no longer exists in Firefox 114.0.2

[redeyes2015]

For me, after re-installing the extension in Firefox 114.0.2, and clicking the extension icon in the menu bar, the item in context menu shows up properly.

[manuzhang]

This issue reappeared in 115.0.2 (64-bit)

[jhermann]

Works for me in FF 102 32bit ESR, and does not in FF 116 64bit, both under Windows 11.

[Ganton]

Works for me in FF 102 32bit ESR, and does not in FF 116 64bit, both under Windows 11.

Does not work for me in FF 116 64bit under Linux.

[hesselmonk]

Ironically this issue is fixed for me by downgrading the plugin to Version 2.7.1 using FireFox 119.0 (64-bit) on Windows

[jman-schief]

As a reminder for those subscribed to this issue: I did a little investigation (see comment). If anyone wants to take it further and maybe submit a patch, I think that would be great.

[v-marinkov]

I just installed it for the first time and I was never able to see the context menu in Firefox 121. Any ideas?

[jman-schief]

@v-marinkov to my knowledge, the only workaround is installing the previous version 2.7.1. After every update of Firefox the context menu will disappear: to have it back you'll have to disable and enable the extension

[StefanBrand]

I downgraded to version 2.7.1 and context menu immediately started to appear again.

[yorkxin]

Memo: this is a known issue in Firefox MV3. https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/strange-mv3-behaviour-browser-runtime-oninstalled-event-and-menus-create/111208/14

Some extensions such as Leechblock NG, use a 1 second polling to recreate menus.

[yorkxin]

Hi all, I've introduced a new version 2.9.1 as an attempt to resolve this issue. If the issue still exists, I will try to reimplement some code for the Firefox version. (For developers: Specifically, changing the extension's architecture from MV3 to MV2)

Please upgrade to 2.9.1 and see if the issue still exist. Thanks!

[manuzhang]

2.8.3 is working for me on Firefox 124.0.2 (64-bit)

[yorkxin]

Has anyone encounter this issue recently (since May 2024)?

[manuzhang]

I haven't seen this issue since my comment above ☝️

[jman-schief]

I've upgraded from 2.7.1 to 3.0.1 and the issue seems resolved :+1:

[yorkxin]

Thanks! I'll close this for now.