Chrome Extensions issues

[raphael10-collab]

I've put this sample Chrome Extension : https://github.com/GoogleChrome/chrome-extensions-samples/tree/main/examples/page-redder in `extension' folder:

raphy@pc:~/electron-browser-shell/extensions$ ls -lah
total 16K
drwxrwxr-x 3 raphy raphy 4,0K ott 26 14:03 .
drwxrwxr-x 8 raphy raphy 4,0K ott 25 18:36 ..
-rw-rw-r-- 1 raphy raphy    0 ott 25 18:36 .gitkeep
drwxrwxr-x 2 raphy raphy 4,0K ott 26 13:03 page-redder
-rw-rw-r-- 1 raphy raphy  101 ott 25 18:36 README.md

and started electron-browser-shell :

I get this error :

$ electron .
Loading extension from /home/raphy/electron-browser-shell/extensions/page-redder
(node:81026) ExtensionLoadWarning: Warnings loading extension at /home/raphy/electron-browser-shell/extensions/page-redder:
  Unrecognized manifest key 'action'.
  Permission 'activeTab' is unknown or URL pattern is malformed.
  Permission 'scripting' is unknown or URL pattern is malformed.

(Use `electron --trace-warnings ...` to show where the warning was created)
'web-contents-created' event [type:window, url:]
'web-contents-created' event [type:browserView, url:]
[81026:1026/140357.402330:ERROR:extensions_browser_client.cc(58)] Extension Error:
  OTR:     false
  Level:   2
  Source:  chrome-extension://mfaooncglafcgpnddpgacibklbopabfl/background.js
  Message: Uncaught TypeError: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'onClicked')
  ID:      mfaooncglafcgpnddpgacibklbopabfl
  Type:    RuntimeError
  Context: chrome-extension://mfaooncglafcgpnddpgacibklbopabfl/background.js
  Stack Trace: 
    {
      Line:     5
      Column:   1
      URL:      chrome-extension://mfaooncglafcgpnddpgacibklbopabfl/background.js
      Function: (anonymous function)
    }
[81026:1026/140357.402458:ERROR:extensions_browser_client.cc(58)] Extension Error:
  OTR:     false
  Level:   1
  Source:  manifest.json
  Message: Service worker registration failed
  ID:      mfaooncglafcgpnddpgacibklbopabfl
  Type:    ManifestError

and the extension does not appear:

I did the same with Hypothesis Browser Extension : https://github.com/hypothesis/browser-extension :

raphy@pc:~/electron-browser-shell/extensions$ ls -lah
total 20K
drwxrwxr-x 4 raphy raphy 4,0K ott 26 14:08 .
drwxrwxr-x 8 raphy raphy 4,0K ott 25 18:36 ..
drwxrwxr-x 7 raphy raphy 4,0K ott 25 19:34 client
-rw-rw-r-- 1 raphy raphy    0 ott 25 18:36 .gitkeep
drwxrwxr-x 2 raphy raphy 4,0K ott 26 13:03 page-redder
-rw-rw-r-- 1 raphy raphy  101 ott 25 18:36 README.md

This time the icon of the browser extension appears:

but the extension does not work, as it should be:

this is with Google Chrome :

How to correctly load the Chrome Extensions and make them work?

[Kilian]

That's a Manifest V3 extension, which aren't supported yet but are on the roadmap: https://github.com/samuelmaddock/electron-browser-shell#-current

[raphael10-collab]

Thank you @Kilian . Looking forward for this Manifest V3 extension support

[samuelmaddock]

Closing since MV3 support is tracked in #38