I have a Google docs add-on which is programmed to open the sidebar as soon as the document is open. Of course this requires the add-on to be installed and enabled in the document.
I see that, since a week, the sidebar auto open feature, which is very useful in our use case, no longer works.
In StackDriver logs I see this report :
onOpen(): {authMode=LIMITED, source=Document, user=}
publi-2.0.72-2017-11-27-18-57 [this is the publication version tag]
2017-11-27T18:02:50.126Z : show menu
2017-11-27T18:02:50.180Z : show sidebar
Error showing sidebar Exception: You do not have permission to call showSidebar
2017-11-27T18:02:50.283Z : end onOpen
So clearly, the add-on is in LIMITED mode and showSidebar() should succeed, according to the addon authorization lifecyle (just look at the column LIMITED in the table).
--> I suspect a bug or a new security limitation was introduced recently.
For the record here is a code snippet :
/**
* Basic setup. At the beginning:
* 1. Add a "Add-ons" menu item.
* 2. Display the doxMaster sidebar.
*/
function onOpen(e) {
console.log("onOpen(): ",e)
console.log(addonversion);
doServerLog("show menu");
showMenu();
doServerLog("show sidebar");
showSidebar();
doServerLog("end onOpen");
}
/**
* Creates the Add-ons menu at the google drive panel.
*/
function showMenu() {
DocumentApp.getUi().createAddonMenu()
.addItem(translate("sidebarMenu"), showSidebar.name)
.addItem(translate("joinFollowingParagraph"), insertJoinFollowingParaSymbol.name)
.addItem(translate("importDocument"), importDocument.name)
.addItem(translate("about"), about.name)
.addToUi();
}
/**
* Creates a doxMaster Add-on Sidebar.
*/
function showSidebar() {
try {
var htmlTemplate = HtmlService.createTemplateFromFile('sidebar');
var html = htmlTemplate.evaluate().setTitle(translate("appTitle"));
DocumentApp.getUi().showSidebar(html);
}
catch (e) {
console.log("Error showing sidebar ", e); // Add-on has not been enabled in this document
}
}
