Articles tagged: Add-ons

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Adding_preferences_to_an_extension This article takes the Creating a dynamic status bar extension sample to the next level, adding ...
Archive/Add-ons/bookmarks.export Exports bookmarks to an HTML bookmark file.
Archive/Add-ons/bookmarks.import Imports bookmarks from an HTML bookmark file.
Archive/Add-ons/Interaction_between_privileged_and_non-privileged_pages An easy way to send data from a web page to an extension is by using custom DOM events. In your ...
Archive/Add-ons/Tabbed_browser Here you should find a set of useful code snippets to help you work with Firefox's tabbed ...
Archive/Creating_a_status_bar_extention Many of the concepts introduced here apply to any XUL-based application; however, to keep from ...
Archive/Getting_the_page_URL_in_NPAPI_plugin Sometimes, you want to restrict an NPAPI plugin to be loadable only from a certain URL or domain ...
Archive/Install.js See also this article from XulPlanet's Main Tutorial.
Archive/Mozilla/ActiveX_Control_for_Hosting_Netscape_Plug-ins_in_IE Microsoft has removed support for Netscape plug-ins from IE 5.5 SP 2 and beyond. If you are a ...
Archive/Mozilla/Adding_extensions_using_the_Windows_registry This document explains how to "install" Firefox and Thunderbird extensions using the Windows ...
Archive/Mozilla/Bundles XULRunner applications, extensions, and themes all share a common directory structure, and in ...
Archive/Mozilla/Creating_a_Firefox_sidebar_extension This article describes how to create a registered sidebar for Firefox 2 or greater. See the ...
Archive/Mozilla/Creating_a_Mozilla_extension A Mozilla extension is an installable enhancement to the Mozilla browser that provides ...
Archive/Mozilla/Creating_a_Mozilla_extension/Adding_the_structure The UI for our extension is an icon in the status bar. To implement this UI, we'll add a ...
Archive/Mozilla/Creating_a_Mozilla_extension/Conclusion You now have a working Mozilla extension installer! To test it, try installing the extension on ...
Archive/Mozilla/Creating_a_Mozilla_extension/Enabling_the_behavior_-_retrieving_tinderbox_status Our Mozilla extension now exists, but it doesn't do anything. To make it work we have to add ...
Archive/Mozilla/Creating_a_Mozilla_extension/Enabling_the_behavior_-_updating_the_status_bar_panel In order for loadTinderboxStatus() to have any effect we need to define a matching ...
Archive/Mozilla/Creating_a_Mozilla_extension/Enabling_the_behavior_-_updating_the_status_periodically Now that we have code to retrieve tinderbox status and update the icon, we need to run it ...
Archive/Mozilla/Creating_a_Mozilla_extension/Finding_the_code_to_modify Now that we've found the file to edit, we need to find the specific code within that file. ...
Archive/Mozilla/Creating_a_Mozilla_extension/Finding_the_file_to_modify Now that we have a hackable Mozilla, it's time to find the file we want to hack. Mozilla's UI is ...
Archive/Mozilla/Creating_a_Mozilla_extension/Making_a_Mozilla_installation_modifiable Mozilla's user interface is made up of XUL (described below), XBL (a topic for another ...
Archive/Mozilla/Creating_a_Mozilla_extension/Making_it_into_a_dynamic_overlay_and_packaging_it_up_for_distribution Now that we have a static overlay we're in good shape to create a XPI package that installs our ...
Archive/Mozilla/Creating_a_Mozilla_extension/Making_it_into_a_static_overlay Now that we have a working Mozilla extension that shows tinderbox status, we need to make it ...
Archive/Mozilla/Creating_a_Mozilla_extension/Prerequisites In order to complete this tutorial you need to have and know how to use the following programs ...
Archive/Mozilla/Creating_a_Mozilla_extension/Specifying_the_appearance Now that we have defined a panel in which to display an icon, we use CSS to specify which icon ...
Archive/Mozilla/Creating_a_Mozilla_extension/Tinderbox Tinderbox is a web tool for tracking the status of the Mozilla source code. It consists of a set ...
Archive/Mozilla/Creating_a_sking_for_Firefox_Getting_Started Download the latest version of Firefox and install it. Be sure to install the DOM Inspector ...
Archive/Mozilla/Creating_a_skin_for_Mozilla In order to create a skin for mozilla, you will need to know three things. How to edit images, ...
Archive/Mozilla/Creating_a_skin_for_Mozilla/contents.rdf Copy the following text and paste it into a text file, then save that file as " contents.rdf ":
Archive/Mozilla/Creating_a_skin_for_Mozilla/FAQ Unfortunately, yes. Every time there is a major change made to the interface, either visible or ...
Archive/Mozilla/Creating_a_skin_for_Mozilla/Getting_Started Download the latest version of Mozilla, install it (Install the DOM Inspector as well), and ...
Archive/Mozilla/Creating_a_skin_for_Mozilla/In-Depth CSS2 defines colours which are the same as your operating systems theme. A list of the different ...
Archive/Mozilla/Creating_a_skin_for_Mozilla/Links Some other Skin related resources:
Archive/Mozilla/Creating_a_skin_for_Mozilla/toolbarBindings.xml Copy the following text and paste it into a text file, then save that file as " ...
Archive/Mozilla/Java_in_Firefox_Extensions If you are in need of calling Java code from within a Firefox extension, you can make use of ...
Archive/Mozilla/Plugin_architecture This page contains some notes on how plugins work internally in Gecko. It is mainly of interest ...
Archive/Mozilla/XPInstall/Installing_plugins XPInstall is a JavaScript-based installer technology that works across all the platforms that ...
Archive/Mozilla/XPInstall/Installing_plugins/Install_script_template
Archive/Mozilla/XULRunner/Opening_a_Link_in_the_Default_Browser XULRunner applications may have situation where they wish to open a URI in the default browser. ...
Archive/SAX SAX, short for Simple API for XML, is a parsing API. SAX was the first widely adopted API for ...
Archive/Sunbird_theme_tutorial This tutorial is a step-by-step guide to making a theme for Sunbird 0.3a1 and later versions. It ...
Common_Pitfalls There are some common pitfalls that should be avoided when writing either extensions or core ...
Communication_between_HTML_and_your_extension See also Interaction between privileged and non-privileged pages.
Compiling_The_npruntime_Sample_Plugin_in_Visual_Studio
Deploying_a_Plugin_as_an_Extension One of the new features available in Firefox 1.5 is the ability to place browser plugins in a ...
Developing_add-ons Mozilla based software is typically extensible through add-ons. There are three primary types ...
Downloading_JSON_and_JavaScript_in_extensions A common practice found in many extensions is using XMLHttpRequest (or some other mechanism) to ...
Enhanced_Extension_Installation There are several flaws with Extension 1 Installation in Firefox 2 1.0, including:
Extensions/bootstrap.js The bootstrap.js script should contain several specific functions, which are called by the ...
Extensions/Common_causes_of_memory_leaks_in_extensions This page explains coding patterns that cause extension to cause memory leaks.
Extensions/Community If you know of useful mailing lists, newsgroups, forums, or other communities related to ...
Extensions/Other_Resources
Extensions/Updating_extensions_for_Firefox_4 This article offers details on changes in Firefox 4 that may impact existing extensions.
Extension_Theming_Guidelines This is a set of guidelines on how to control the look and feel of your extension while leaving ...
Extension_Versioning,_Update_and_Compatibility Add-ons should specify their versions using the Toolkit version format. As a rough overview this ...
Hiding_browser_chrome There are times in which an extension may find it useful to hide browser chrome (that is, ...
Installing_Extensions_and_Themes_From_Web_Pages There are a variety of ways you can install extensions and themes from web pages, including ...
Installing_plugins_to_Gecko_embedding_browsers_on_Windows This document presents the Windows Registry keys plugin installers can parse to determine where ...
Introduction_to_using_XPath_in_JavaScript This document describes the interface for using XPath in JavaScript internally, in extensions, ...
Making_Sure_Your_Theme_Works_with_RTL_Locales Some languages are written from right to left. Of the languages Firefox and Thunderbird are ...
Mozilla The articles below include content about downloading and building Mozilla code. In addition, ...
Mozilla/Add-ons Add-ons allow developers to extend and modify the functionality of Firefox.
Mozilla/Add-ons/Add-on_Manager The Add-on Manager is responsible for managing all of the add-ons installed in the application. ...
Mozilla/Add-ons/Add-on_Manager/Addon An Addon represents an add-on that is either installed or can be installed. Instances can be ...
Mozilla/Add-ons/Add-on_Manager/AddonAuthor Represents a creator, developer, contributor or translator of an add-on
Mozilla/Add-ons/Add-on_Manager/AddonInstall An AddonInstall instance tracks download and installation process of an add-on. Instances can be ...
Mozilla/Add-ons/Add-on_Manager/AddonListener AddonListeners can be registered with AddonManager.addAddonListener() and will then receive ...
Mozilla/Add-ons/Add-on_Manager/AddonManager The AddonManager object is the global API used to access information about add-ons installed in ...
Mozilla/Add-ons/Add-on_Manager/AddonScreenshot A screenshot object for an add-on can have following attributes.
Mozilla/Add-ons/Add-on_Manager/AddonUpdateChecker The AddonUpdateChecker is used to download and parse update information for an add-on's update ...
Mozilla/Add-ons/Add-on_Manager/Code_Samples If you need to determine the directory in which your add-on is installed, code like the ...
Mozilla/Add-ons/Add-on_Manager/InstallListener InstallListeners are notified of an AddonInstall 's progress. They may be registered to hear ...
Mozilla/Add-ons/Add-on_Manager/UpdateCheckListener UpdateCheckListeners are passed the results of update checks performed by the AddonUpdateChecker.
Mozilla/Add-ons/Add-on_Manager/UpdateInfo UpdateInfo objects hold information about available versions of add-ons and are generated as a ...
Mozilla/Add-ons/Add-on_Manager/UpdateListener An UpdateListener receives messages from an update check for a single add-on, though it is ...
Mozilla/Add-ons/Add-on_Repository The Add-on Repository is responsible for finding available add-ons; it provides an interface for ...
Mozilla/Add-ons/Add-on_Repository/SearchCallback SearchCallbacks are notified when the AddonRepository search completes. If the search succeeded, ...
Mozilla/Add-ons/AMO/Add-ons_manager_API API calls are served by accessing https://services.addons.mozilla.org/api/.
Mozilla/Add-ons/AMO/Policy/Reviews In order to protect the safety and sovereignty of Firefox users, Mozilla requires all add-ons to ...
Mozilla/Add-ons/Bootstrapped_extensions Traditional extensions include overlays, wherein the application can load up XUL from the ...
Mozilla/Add-ons/Code_snippets This is a quick list of useful code snippets (small code samples) available for developers of ...
Mozilla/Add-ons/Code_snippets/Cookies Cookies for a given host, represented as objects, can be enumerated as such:
Mozilla/Add-ons/Code_snippets/Dialogs_and_Prompts This page has some code snippets used to display and process dialog boxes. See Working with ...
Mozilla/Add-ons/Code_snippets/File_I_O This article describes local file input/output in chrome JavaScript.
Mozilla/Add-ons/Code_snippets/Finding_Window_Handles When working on Windows platforms, many APIs and frameworks require a window handle (HWND type). ...
Mozilla/Add-ons/Code_snippets/Miscellaneous This page contains small, self-explanatory code snippets.
Mozilla/Add-ons/Code_snippets/On_page_load This article is for XUL / JavaScript developers who want to have custom code executed each time ...
Mozilla/Add-ons/Code_snippets/Post_data_to_window This offers examples of sending POST data to the server and displaying the server response.
Mozilla/Add-ons/Code_snippets/Preferences This article provides examples for extension developers that wish to use the Mozilla preferences ...
Mozilla/Add-ons/Code_snippets/Progress_Listeners Progress listeners allow extensions to be notified of events associated with documents loading ...
Mozilla/Add-ons/Code_snippets/Running_applications This page describes how to run other programs from your chrome JavaScript code, using Mozilla ...
Mozilla/Add-ons/Code_snippets/Sidebar This page provides several snippets demonstrating how to work with the Firefox sidebar.
Mozilla/Add-ons/Code_snippets/Toolbar There are two tutorials available:
Mozilla/Add-ons/Code_snippets/Windows This article offers code snippets demonstrating common tasks you may wish to perform.
Mozilla/Add-ons/Code_snippets/XML
Mozilla/Add-ons/Creating_Custom_Firefox_Extensions_with_the_Mozilla_Build_System There is a wealth of material on creating extensions for Firefox. All of these documents ...
Mozilla/Add-ons/Creating_OpenSearch_plugins_for_Firefox Firefox supports the OpenSearch description format for search plugins. Plugins that use ...
Mozilla/Add-ons/Extension_etiquette This article describes best practices when making extensions, including how to be kind to your ...
Mozilla/Add-ons/Extension_Packaging There are four different techniques you can use to build extensions: WebExtension based ...
Mozilla/Add-ons/Firefox_for_Android/API/NativeWindow/doorhanger Returns a reference to the NativeWindow.doorhanger object, which can be used to display ...