mozilla
Pass in custom chromium prefs (enable developer mode by default)
Is this a feature request or a bug?
Feature request.
What is the current behavior?
Currently, web-ext uses [email protected], but v1.1.0 was just released, with a fix to make the prefs option work. This enables us to set custom preferences for the profile, including extensions.ui.developer_mode, which would enable developer mode by default when using web-ext, which is super convenient during development.
import { launch } from 'chrome-launcher';
launch({
prefs: {
extensions: {
ui: {
developer_mode: true,
},
},
},
});
What is the expected or desired behavior?
Just like the --pref for firefox, it would be awesome if we could add --chromium-pref to the CLI and chromiumPrefs to the JS API. Or at least enable extensions.ui.developer_mode by default. I always have to toggle the setting when developing an extension before debugging the background in chrome.
This might also be a solution for #2874.
I'd be happy to submit a PR, but I can't get tests to pass after upgrading chrome-launcher, there's a error with the watcher that I can't figure out :/
Version information (for bug reports)
- Firefox version: deved 119.0b2
- Your OS and version: MacOS Ventura 13.4.1c
- Paste the output of these commands:
v18.16.1
9.5.1
7.8.0
Neat. I am supportive of setting this flag by default.
If you have something almost working, you could also create a PR and ask for feedback.
Nice, I wanted to make sure this was something that would be accepted before I put any more work into it. I'll open a PR sometime soon.