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I want to open an extension on Firefox using a hotkeys. But how can I do that?

Makyen
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Rajib Hassan
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  • By "open an extension" do you mean "open the extension's `browser_action` popup"? Or, do you mean: register a shortcut key which my extension will be informed of when it's pressed? Please [edit] your question to clarify. Given your wording, I'm assuming the former (popup). – Makyen Oct 09 '17 at 22:47

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You can use the commands API

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/commands https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/manifest.json/commands

like this in manifest.json

"commands": {
  "my-shortcut-was-hit": {
    "suggested_key": {
      "default": "Ctrl+Shift+Y"
    },
    "description": "Send a 'my-shortcut-was-hit' event to the background script"
  }
}

and in your background script:

browser.commands.onCommand.addListener(function(command) {
  if (command == "my-shortcut-was-hit") {
    console.log("my shortcut was hit!");
  }
});

See also https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/API/commands/onCommand

Smile4ever
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  • how I can edit manifest.json? – Rajib Hassan Oct 10 '17 at 03:00
  • I thought you wanted to achieve doing some action when a shortcut is pressed. That is what the code above does - it's a Firefox extension in its own, that consists of a manifest.json file (partly above) - see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/manifest.json/commands - and a background.js file, see https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/Add-ons/WebExtensions/manifest.json/background – Smile4ever Oct 10 '17 at 04:58