Menu Editor effects Add to Fast Dial in Tab and Main Context Menus
chiaroscuro Fri, 11/21/2008 - 06:31
At present time I consider this a Menu Editor Problem and not a Fast Dial Bug, so I have not filed a Bug Report for this problem.
It could be claimed to be an extension conflict, but it is not a conflict in the usual sense.
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This question was reported here.
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It seems for some reason that Menu Editor fails to see and as a result removes the add to Fast Dial option in the Tab Context Menu.
When I say fail to see, it does not appear in the Menu Editors description of the Tab Context Menu Options
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Mafia_Penguin reports of not being effected in this way.
I wonder what is happening.
What I wonder is the other Variable
Firefox Version, Windows Operating System.
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I have now loaded into a New Profile only 2.14 and Menu Editor and can confirm that the Add to Fast Dial option is visible in the Tab Context Menu. FF3.0.4 ME 1.2.6 FD 2.14
And the option appears in the Menu Editor Options Menu in Tab Context Menu
However I can also confirm that the Add to Fast Dial option does no longer appear at all in the Main Context Menu in a new Profile with only Fast Dial and Menu Editor running
Not only that, but the item does not appear in the Menu Editor Options Menu either under Main Context Menu. FF 3.0.4 ME 1.2.6 FD 2.14
This is giving me a headache.
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In a non-new Profile I had this observation
It is my impression also that it removes the folder in the Add to Fast Dial option in the Main Firefox Context menu.
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It would seem therefore that in some way Menu Editor seems unable to show both add to Fast Dials at the same time, either one of the other.
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Original Problem
Well spotted by rocksoccer
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Developers post found on the ME Forum
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As it stands there are bugs. Yes, I realize that at the moment, some people have to choose between having this and another extension installed.
Because of the very flexible nature of XUL and the firefox extension system in general, it is next to impossible for Menu Editor to account for every possible way that another extension could want to add and display menu items. There are a lot of edge cases, for which I am not eager to maintain 50 different workarounds in menu editor's code. This doesn't mean I don't care about the bugs, certainly there are bugs that need to be worked on, and I hope to have time to work on these issues.
Often there are changes that other extensions can make that will fix compatibility with Menu Editor and still maintain their functionality. I've been thinking about typing up a "Best practices for compatibility with Menu Editor" document, but I'm not sure how many extension authors would care to make their menu items comply.
It doesn't help that Mozilla hasn't seen fit to fix some bugs that affect menu editor.
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=432384
So basically, I'm happy to hear bug reports about conflicts, but be patient
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