Logo Questions Linux Laravel Mysql Ubuntu Git Menu
 

bookmarklet functionality missing in Firefox Android?

I am trying out bookmarklet functionality on a mobile platform (Android 10).

The bookmarklet is named test and points to the code

javascript:alert('boo')

How I test:

  • Save the bookmarklet as described above to the bookmarks folder;
  • Go to some random website;
  • In the address bar, start typing test;
  • The browser will recognize the bookmark and offer it in a menu;
  • Click it.

Results:

  • In Brave for Android (Chrome-based) the alert window appears as expected;
  • in Firefox for Android absolutely nothing happens.

Question: Is this intentional on Mozilla's part and/or expected or am I missing something?

like image 229
grobber Avatar asked Oct 12 '25 11:10

grobber


1 Answers

It turns out bookmarklets do indeed fail to work on the latest Android Firefox. This was pointed out on the Mozilla support forum after I asked, with a link to the relevant github issue.

like image 154
grobber Avatar answered Oct 13 '25 23:10

grobber