Request - Extensions - Make them always available

[ShaneAU]

I discovered in this other thread, that extensions are only visible in the Settings view and are only loaded when the country value is not set under Business Details:

@ShaneAU

I have discovered that not only does the Extensions option not appear in settings when a country is set, but any extensions that exist do not run either.

Request:

• Please make the ‘Extensions’ option always visible under Settings (even when a country is selected in Business Details)
• Please make any active extensions run under the same conditions (when a country is selected in Business Details, active extensions are currently ignored and are not loaded even on the views that they’re supposed to run on)

It is not clear to me if this is a bug or a feature request – but it was different enough to my original post (asking how to enable them), that I thought I’d create this separate thread for the requested change.

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OK. I think Extensions could be available whether country is selected or not since it is just a mechanism to inject javascript. But since this javascript often integrates with HTML DOM which is subject to change without notice, so can extensions break without notice. When extensions are part of global repository such as QR codes, then I make sure they do not break when upgrading. I honestly don’t mind extensions being available to everyone but one has to be aware they can simply break without …

[ShaneAU]

Thanks, I hadn’t seen that post yet. My searches on the forum didn’t turn up much extension-related.

Perhaps it could have a warning on the page:

“This is an unsupported feature in heavy development and any extensions you create are not guaranteed to continue working after an update. Extensions may break without notice.”