Open options page of addon using `simple-prefs` from content script

Question

I have an addon using simple-prefs. The addon modifies some webpages using PageMod.

I would like to add a link to these webpages, that will open the addon options. Basically, what I need, is a Firefox version of chrome.extension.getURL('options.html'); used in Chrome.

I have tried some old methods. For example using URL like this: addons://detail/ADDON_ID/preferences. Or this method from official documentation. But none of them seem to work.

How do I do that? Is it even possible?

Something like this? github.com/Noitidart/l10n/tree/html-options — Noitidart
– Noitidart, Commented Mar 30, 2015 at 15:18
@Noitidart No. My addon uses SDK, is built using JPM and the options page is generated by simple-prefs module. — Fczbkk
– Fczbkk, Commented Mar 31, 2015 at 13:50

humanoid · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-14 09:20:52Z

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First off, you can't open it directly from the content script. You'll have to send a message from your content script to your extension using the port API, which would look something like this in your content script:

self.port.emit("openPrefs");

In your add-on module where you have the reference to your PageMod object (I assume it's saved in the pageMod variable) you'd then open the preferences page using the (undocumented) sdk/preferences/utils module:

var self = require("sdk/self");
var { open } = require("sdk/preferences/utils");
pageMod.port.on("openPrefs", function() {
  open({ id: self.id });
});

edited Jul 14, 2015 at 9:20

answered Apr 6, 2015 at 12:38

humanoid

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Fczbkk Over a year ago

It worked. Thank you! For the future reference, how can I learn about the undocumented features in Firefox SDK? Where did you learn it?

humanoid Over a year ago

I am a lot in the #jetpack channel on irc.mozilla.org, where developers also give tips if you have issues and they are around. Further I look at the source code (github.com/mozilla/addon-sdk).

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