Add support for `world: "MAIN"` content scripts for MV2
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Description
Feature Request
Main world content scripts are a feature of MV3. Currently, to use them in firefox MV2, you have to write a separate "loader" content script that sets up a <script> block:
// entrypoints/some-script-loader.content.ts
export default defineContentScript({
include: ["firefox"],
// ...
main() {
const script = document.createElement("script");
script.innerHtml = await fetch(browser.runtime.getURL("content-scripts/some-script.js"))
.then(res => res.text());
document.head.append(script);
},
});
You also need to add the content script to the web_accessible_resources.
It would be nice if WXT did this automatically for you.
Is your feature request related to a bug?
Kinda related to https://discord.com/channels/1212416027611365476/1258093235809685655. I suggested monkey-patching the fetch API from a main world content script and realized that would only work for MV3.
What are the alternatives?
Might be able to use the MV2 scripting APIs to execute the script instead, but that would probably require the tabs permission, which is not ideal.
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Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by tracing how WXT generates MV2 and MV3 content scripts and web_accessible_resources from entrypoints. Compare the existing MV3 main-world behavior with the loader pattern shown in the issue, then verify that an MV2 content script using world: "MAIN" is generated automatically without requiring a separate loader or manual resource declaration.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- build-system, tooling
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100