[crx] XUL-type access, anonymous content

[blindmurray]

Using XUL in FireFox I can build an extension to place a transparent
draggable widget over a webpage that is not visible to the webpage
(but is visible to the user).

I can also use Mozilla's 'anonymous content' and XBL bindings to add
markup to a webpage and make a movable transparent widget that is not
visible to the webpage itself - for example javascript and
getelementxxx() DOM methods will not see my markup and so will not
return an element.

Any way to do this using chrome extensions?

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[PhistucK]

There is an experimental popup API, but it is not supported in Chrome 4.1 or in the upcoming Chrome 5 (or in the extension gallery).

This file -

http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/chrome/common/extensions/api/extension_api.json

Should help you figure out how to use that API, it has all of the extension APIs.

Note that experimental APIs need the "experimental" permission and may break or disappear at any dev release. More info here -

http://code.google.com/chrome/extensions/dev/experimental.html

☆PhistucK

[blindMurray]

PhistucK - Excellent – many thanks – will check these out - blindM.

 

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[blindMurray]

PhistucK – my bad – they’re all in there in my local repos, I’ll just use the doc to play – sorry and nevermind last email – blind (not actually but seems like it sometimes…)

 

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From: MMOBILE01 [mailto:mmm...@masomurray.com]
Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 2010 5:23 PM
To: 'blindMurray'; 'PhistucK'
Cc: 'Chromium-extensions'
Subject: RE: [crx] XUL-type access, anonymous content

 

Hello PhistucK –  The Json doc is a nice clear writeup, thnxalot.

 

 - so “extension_host” manages creation of the current extension’s ‘popup’ window in recent chrome builds, yes? 

 

 - is “extension_popup_api”  in chrome/browser/extensions the sources for someone’s (possibly dated) work on the experimental popup API?

 

 - where can I find the sources - in /trunk/src/chrome/common/extensions – it’s all in there? Or some other project?  Do you know?

 

blind

 

 

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