Jetpack/Release Notes/1.0: Difference between revisions

See the [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/buglist.cgi?order=Bug%20Number&bug_status=__open__&product=Add-on%20SDK complete list of known issues and requests for enhancement]. We've listed some of the more important issues separately below.  

If your add-on stores data using the [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/developers/docs/sdk/1.0/packages/addon-kit/docs/simple-storage.html simple-storage] API, the data is not cleaned up when your add-on is uninstalled.

Some core JavaScript functions, such as [https://developer.mozilla.org/en/DOM/window.btoa <code>btoa()</code>], are not available to add-on code.

At the moment, add-ons include all modules from any package they use, and as a result are much larger than they need to be.

<code>selection.text</code> returns null instead of the selected text when the selection is in a text box or text area

If an add-on is uninstalled while it's disabled, it's not notified of uninstall.  If it needs to do some special cleanup on uninstall, like removing persistent storage such as a file, it won't be able if it's first disabled.

<code>bin\activate</code> activate fails to find 64-bit Python on 64-bit Windows environments, as it assumes Python is 32-bit.

On Windows, <code>bin\activate</code> sometimes gives the following error:

This does not seem to affect the functioning of the SDK.

By default, widgets are placed on the add-on bar, and given a height to match the height of that bar. If the user moves the widget to a different, higher, bar, its height is not updated accordingly.

A widget containing HTML content get no icon in the [http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/how-do-i-customize-toolbars Customize Toolbar Window].

When a user removes a widget from the toolbar its <code>detach</code> event does not get sent.

Selection events for a page are not sent if the page did not fully load (for example, because the user stopped page load).