One of my scripts already used this technique (injecting code into the content scope). It still seems to work find after the update: saving and re-loading data to localStorage works fine, and the changes persist when you close the browser and re-load.
On Friday, 17 November 2017 19:46:06 UTC, Anthony Lieuallen wrote: > > So in Greasemonkey 1.0 - 3.x, @grant none made this "just work", but in > GM 4 we don't have the right APIs to retain that feature. Does your script > use any GM APIs? If not, does this technique help? > > https://wiki.greasespot.net/index.php?title=Content_Scope_Runner&oldid=7215 > > On Fri, Nov 17, 2017 at 9:17 AM, Evgeniy <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> It seems this mailing list won't be a boring place for some time after >> Mozilla has released its 57 Quantum and Anthony struggles with GM 4… >> I'm updating my 20+ scripts now and experience this problem. >> localStorage.set("some", "thing") works fine in one tab and I can even >> leave that web page and visit it again, and localStorage.get("some") >> returns "thing" to me. Also I see all my values in Firefox's Developer / >> Storage Inspector. But I don't see my data in other tabs I open with that >> same web page, and when I close FF and open it again, all my data is gone. >> Basically, it doesn't save it between sessions. On the other hand, cookies >> are saved as usual. >> I guess it has something to do with new security model in which our GM >> scripts run. Checking about:config, I see various keys like >> dom.storage.enabled and dom.storageManager.enabled and (unrelated?) >> devtools.storage.enabled all set to true. >> Anybody knows what's happened in GM 4 with respect to this API and how to >> make it work as before? >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "greasemonkey-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] >> <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greasemonkey-users. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "greasemonkey-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greasemonkey-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
