nsIXULBrowserWindow

The XULBrowserWindow attribute exists on the nsIXULWindow interface although both Firefox and SeaMonkey also store their nsIXULBrowserWindow reference in the global XULBrowserWindow object accessible from JavaScript code.

Method overview

Methods

Called before traversing a link to determine the appropriate target into which to load the link. This may be used, for example, to redirect links into new tabs or windows when it's not desirable to replace the content in the current tab (such as when the link is clicked in an app tab).

AString onBeforeLinkTraversal(
  in AString originalTarget,
  in nsIURI linkURI,
  in nsIDOMNode linkNode,
  in PRBool isAppTab
);

Parameters

originalTarget

The specified target for the link.

linkURI

The URI of the link that is about to be traversed.

linkNode

The nsIDOMNode representing the DOM node in which the link is located.

isAppTab

Whether or not the link being clicked is in an app tab.

Return value

A string indicating the revised target for the link.

setJSDefaultStatus()

Sets the default status according to JavaScript's version of the default status.

void setJSDefaultStatus(
  in AString status
);

Parameters

status

The status string.

setJSStatus()

Sets the status according to JavaScript's version of the status.

void setJSStatus(
  in AString status
);

Parameters

status

The status string.

setOverLink()

Tells the object implementing this function what link we are currently over.

void setOverLink(
  in AString link,
  in nsIDOMElement element
);

Parameters

link

The link string.

element

The currently targeted link element.