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Revision 926019 of chrome

  • Revision slug: Mozilla/Add-ons/SDK/Low-Level_APIs/chrome
  • Revision title: chrome
  • Revision id: 926019
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  • Creator: wbamberg
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You should avoid using the API if at all possible. We intend to deprecate it in future releases. Its use currently causes an extra add-on security review.

This module should not be confused with the "chrome" global variable that WebExtensions can use to access APIs.

The chrome module gives an Add-on SDK add-on access to the Components object, which in turn gives it access to a large set of privileged low-level Firefox APIs.

chrome is a built-in pseudo module of the toolkit loader. See the chrome authority tutorial for more details.

You can see an example of using this API in the XUL Migration Guide.

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<p class="bz_comment_text" id="comment_text_2">You should avoid using the API if at all possible. We intend to deprecate it in future releases. Its use currently causes an extra add-on security review.</p>
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<p>This module should not be confused with the "chrome" global variable that WebExtensions can use to access APIs.</p>
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<p class="bz_comment_text" id="comment_text_2"><span class="seoSummary">The <code>chrome</code> module gives an Add-on SDK add-on access to the Components object, which in turn gives it access to a large set of privileged low-level Firefox APIs.</span></p>

<p><code>chrome</code> is a built-in pseudo module of the toolkit <a href="/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Low-Level_APIs/_loader#chrome">loader</a>. See the <a href="/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Tutorials/Chrome_Authority">chrome authority</a> tutorial for more details.</p>

<p class="bz_comment_text" id="comment_text_2">You can see an example of using this API in the <a href="/en-US/Add-ons/SDK/Guides/XUL_Migration_Guide#Using_XPCOM">XUL Migration Guide</a>.</p>
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