Safari support

[luzik]

Please consider providing support for Safari web browser.

[droidmonkey]

Not until Safari supports the Web Extensions API. Please see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47435082/will-safari-ever-support-webextensions-api

[varjolintu]

Let's reopen this as Apple just announced that they will support the WebExtension API with the upcoming Safari release. It's unclear if it's only available for the next OS version or for all.

[varjolintu]

https://hacks.mozilla.org/2020/06/welcoming-safari-to-the-webextensions-community/ - According to this, Mojave, Catalina and Big Sur are the supported macOS versions.

[varjolintu]

Plus it's confirmed that Native Messaging will be supported:
https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safariservices/safari_web_extensions/messaging_between_the_app_and_javascript_in_a_safari_web_extension

[varjolintu]

...but I haven't been able to test it yet because it needs a beta version of Big Sur and XCode both.

[vyashole]

@varjolintu Both Xcode 12 and Safari 14 are now available on macOS Catalina.

xcrun safari-web-extension-converter keepassxc-browser
converted the extension into an xcode project with the following warning:

Warning: The following keys in your manifest.json are not supported by your current version of Safari. If these are critical to your extension, you should review your code to see if you need to make changes to support Safari:
	css
	browser_action
	all_frames
	options_ui
	applications
	contextMenus
	storage
	scripts
	commands
	notifications
	webRequest
	default_locale
	tabs
	webNavigation
	nativeMessaging
	clipboardWrite
	version
	version_name
	name
	web_accessible_resources
	activeTab
	run_at
	webRequestBlocking
	js
	matches
	manifest_version
	icons
	description

I can see that some of these might be a problem for normal functioning. Hope you can at least get simple auto fill to work though. All the best.

[varjolintu]

@vyashole I haven't tried it out yet, but seems strange if nativeMessaging gives a warning because it should be supported.

[vyashole]

@varjolintu the warning says it is not supported by the current version of safari i have. Maybe I'm missing something here.

Native messaging is supported according to https://developer.apple.com/documentation/safariservices/safari_web_extensions/messaging_between_the_app_and_javascript_in_a_safari_web_extension

Anyway it is past midnight where I live. I'll go sleep now. Will check it out tomorrow.