Bug-1951166 page_action support in menus API for MV3 release note
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| ## Changes for add-on developers | |||
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| - Support provided for `page_action` as a {{WebExtAPIRef("menus.ContextType")}} in the {{WebExtAPIRef("menus")}} API for Manifest V3 extensions. This enables Manifest V3 extensions to make full use of `page_action`. ([Firefox bug 1951166](https://bugzil.la/1951166)) | |||
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"This enables Manifest V3 extensions to make full use of page_action" is overselling the change. How about something like this:
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| - Support provided for `page_action` as a {{WebExtAPIRef("menus.ContextType")}} in the {{WebExtAPIRef("menus")}} API for Manifest V3 extensions. This enables Manifest V3 extensions to make full use of `page_action`. ([Firefox bug 1951166](https://bugzil.la/1951166)) | |
| - Support provided for `page_action` as a {{WebExtAPIRef("menus.ContextType")}} in the {{WebExtAPIRef("menus")}} API for Manifest V3 extensions. This enables Manifest V3 extensions to add menu items to `page_action`, which was already possible in Manifest V2. ([Firefox bug 1951166](https://bugzil.la/1951166)) |
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Description
Added a release note to indicate the availability of
page_actionas aContextTypein themenusAPI from Firefox 138 (to address the dev-doc-needed requirement of Bug 1951166 page_action missing from MV3 menus.json)Related issues and pull requests
Related a BCD changes in mdn/browser-compat-data#26235