search-with-chatgpt-powered-by-openai-extension/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. See commit-and-tag-version.

[1.2.0] (2026-10-18)

The first update on addons.mozilla.org since 1.0. It also delivers everything in 1.1.0, which was never published there.

• Add an Ask ChatGPT toolbar button: use selected text or open a blank chat, honoring saved prompt and tab/window preferences. No new permissions. Requires Firefox 112 or newer, like the other new entry points.
• Add Off / Simple / Advanced context-menu modes with migration from the old visibility preference. Advanced provides selection presets and link/page URL actions, with optional translation and a preferred language or language dialog.
• Preserve dedicated action instructions when shortening selections; ask before sending shortened text and reject URLs that cannot be sent intact.
• Stay responsive with very large selections from the shortcut or toolbar: only the part that can fit in the ChatGPT link is processed.
• Add accessible action dialogs with cancellation and retry, remove the temporary model/effort URL probe, and document URL sharing. No new permissions.
• Show up front, in the options panel and README, that ChatGPT may require signing in and that an unsent prompt needs Enter or Send.
• Limit the prompt template to 1,000 characters, so an oversized template can no longer stop every other setting from saving.
• Show the configured keyboard shortcut in the options instructions, updating when it changes and indicating when none is assigned, with a button to open Firefox’s shortcut editor where supported.
• Shorten the context menu label to “Ask ChatGPT”.
• Add quick usage instructions and guidance for changing the search keyword and default engine in Firefox to the options panel.
• Add a “Feedback or report a bug” link to the options panel and README.

[1.1.0] (2026-07-30)

Adds an options panel and two new ways to reach ChatGPT.

• Options panel in about:addons with five settings: context menu visibility, temporary chat, web-search hint, where results open, and a prompt template.
• Right-click selected text and choose "Ask ChatGPT" to open ChatGPT with that text filled in.
• Keyboard shortcut Alt+Shift+G does the same for the current selection, and opens an empty chat when nothing is selected. Rebindable via Manage Extension Shortcuts.
• Documented that ChatGPT no longer submits prompts passed in a URL, so a second Enter is needed. This is an upstream change to chatgpt.com.
• gpt <query> address-bar search is unchanged.
• The options panel, right-click item, and keyboard shortcut require Firefox 112 or newer. Older versions keep the gpt <query> search unchanged.
• Permissions added: storage, menus, activeTab. None of them adds a line to Firefox's install prompt.

[1.0.0] (2024-06-09)

First release of software.

• favicon - Wanted to use the OpenAI ChatGPT icon but worried about copyright. Without granted permission, have to roll with this icon. (Powered by OpenAI!)
• Adds ChatGPT as non-default search engine. Queryable by "gpt <search_query>" in user's URL bar. Can configure through browser settings.