implement toolbar icon context menu

[balmas]

@monzug reports that the different browsers provide inconsistent behavior on a right click (or equivalent) on the Alpheios toolbar icon:

As per toolbar menu, we have Alpheios Reading tool (beta) that takes to the Alpheios.net site in Chrome, with tools active or not. in Firefox, we have -Activate -Info when tools are not active and -Deactivate -Open Panel't -Info when tools are active. We should implement the same changes as per context menu.
The inconsistency between context menu and toolbar menu is Alpheios Reading tools that in Chrome toolbar menu links to the Alpheios site.

I don't know if the webextension api or its equivalent on MacOS offer any way to control this behavior. Assigning to @irina060981 to investigate.

[irina060981]

Hello, @monzug and @balmas !
I have made some investigation and there are two variants of using icon popup: default (as it is now) and we can design and add our own html with css and even js.
here it is a documentation for that - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/manifest.json/browser_action
It could be done with the help of manifest and additional html/css/js

I have created a quick example to test it:
Chrome

Firefox

Manifest settings:

"browser_action": {
....
"default_popup": "popup.html"
}

popup.html

<h1 style="color: #dd0000;">Alpheios Reading Tools</h1>

So we could spend some time and make the same simple popup for Chrome, Firefox and even Safari, I think.

[balmas]

Ok, this is helpful. I am inclined to postpone a decision on what should go in this menu and make it a part of the concept redesign that (I think) we will be undergoing. @monzug if you have suggestions for what you would like to see in this menu though please make them!

[monzug]

1. fix the link that takes to Alpheios site in Chrome
2. be consistent with context menu (e.g. Activate Info)

[irina060981]

@balmas and @monzug , I am sorry, but I have misled you both.
The described workflow changes the click LEFT mouse button , not right - and it changes NOT context menu - but the simple click - that can give popup.
So the right answer - I didn't find the way to define context menu for toolbar icon.

[balmas]

ah, okay. well that makes things simpler :-) I think we might have to live with what the browser puts here.

[balmas]

I'm going to mark this deferred for now.