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`provide` function unavailable in Firefox content scripts context

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Description

Our team is trying to write a browser extension to create an autocomplete search feature inside Github for a 3rd party issue tracking system.

We almost have it working on Chrome, but on Firefox the [content security limitations of content scripts](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/Sharing_objects_with_page_scripts#xray_vision_in_firefox) is preventing us from making this work.

The issue is that the [`provide`](https://github.com/github/text-expander-element/blob/main/src/text-expander-element.ts#L250-L252) function sent in the detail object of the `text-expander-change` `CustomEvent` is not accessible inside the Firefox content script.

We would appreciate any refactor that would allow us to use this component without any passthrough functions or DOM fragments.

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Research direction

Start by reading src/text-expander-element.ts around the provide function at lines 250-252 and review how it is passed through the text-expander-change CustomEvent. Reproduce the behavior in a Firefox content script, then determine an approach that avoids passthrough functions and DOM fragments while preserving the component's autocomplete behavior.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontend, web-dev
Issue type
Refactor
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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