mozilla.dev.extensions Google Group

Fwd: [Advance warning] Session Restore is changing, will break add-ons

wls15...@removeyahoo.com (WaltS) — Tue, 21 May 2013 13:31:51 UT

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As part of project Async, we have been working on refactoring Firefox’
Session Restore to ensure that it does not block the main thread. Part
of the work has been cleaning up the code and the data structures

Serious bug in Firefox 22: Error loading js-ctype dylib

jerrykrin...@gmail.com (Jerry Krinock) — Tue, 21 May 2013 05:23:47 UT

My Firefox extension is broken in Firefox 22.0. My extension contains a Mac OS X dynamic library which uses js-ctypes. When my extension loads, the Error Console says

Error: couldn’t open library:
/Users/jk/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/liejt ghrj.Me/extensions/
firefoxextens...@sheepsystems. com/components/SSYFirefoxCType s.dylib

about:home buttons don't work in new XUL browser window

digitalc...@gmail.com — Fri, 17 May 2013 01:11:23 UT

I'm creating an addon that generates a new XUL browser window (not using the built-in Firefox browser tabs). However, when I go to about:home in that new window, non of the launcher buttons work, and the search doesn't function either.. All of the other about:XXX URLs work. Any idea why this might be happening only for about:home?

js-ctype callback throwing unhandled exception

gigasoftpeo...@gmail.com — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:48:23 UT

Hi All,

I have run into a problem with a js-ctypes callback. I am currently on windows, but this will also have to support the mac.

I am calling a a function with the JavaScript callback as a parameter. If I call the callback immediately within the exported function the JavaScript executes without issue. However if I save the callback as a member variable in a class to be called asynchronously at a later time, the DLL throws and unhandled exception at

Move from Menu Bar to ?

hans.mo...@ofd-z.niedersachsen.de (Marc Patermann) — Wed, 15 May 2013 09:10:05 UT

Hi,

the third party extension we still currently use with Thunderbird 2 is
located in the menu bar.
File ... Foo
|- Bar 1
|- Bar 2
|- Bar 3

The menu bar is hidden in recent Thunderbird versions by default.
(It can be unhidden, I know.)

What is the way to include the UI elements to the Thunderbird UI

extension review message -- unclear/unrelated errors

gnean...@_g_m_x.de (gNeandr) — Fri, 10 May 2013 19:35:59 UT

Got this automated extension review message that for FF 21.* some
modules were moved from "resource://" to "resource://app".

I'm running that code without any problem on

Also the mentioned bug is about:
and that's not related with our code at all.

Can anybody help for this?

[Thunderbird] Disable CC field, keep BCC field

pisi...@gmail.com (pisigou) — Fri, 10 May 2013 00:51:00 UT

Hello,
I need to disable the CC option when composing a new message in
Thunderbird, but keep the BCC one.

It is a very urgent task to get accomplished for me because some of my
collaborators have mistaken the CC option for the BCC one disclosing our
lists more than once, and it's about time to solve this.

OK to store ext variables in browser and document objects?

alj62...@yahoo.com (Al Johnson) — Mon, 06 May 2013 22:21:16 UT

Hi,
I don't know for sure if it's OK to attach variables of an extension to XUL elements, such as a document object or browser (tab) object. If so, are my variables protected from other extensions or js code? If not, what's the best way to manage extension data that is associated with particular documents and tabs?

Adding a toolbarbutton to the new download manager of Firefox 20

leonadavi...@gmail.com — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:57:27 UT

How can I add a toolbar button to the new download manager of Firefox 20?
I have found that it is located in chrome://browser/content/place s/places.xul

I have been successful in adding a simple button but not a toolbar button. I want to add the toolbar button in <toolbar id="placesToolbar"></toolbar>

gBrowser load event: it is possible to get a document where link has been clicked?

fedorsymki...@gmail.com — Fri, 03 May 2013 19:37:47 UT

Hello everyone!
I am writing a firefox Extension (xul). Processing the loading of document as follows:

this._loadHandler = function(event) {
...

gBrowser.addEventListener("loa d", this._loadHandler, true);

It is necessary to get a reference to document where link to event.target has been clicked. (If event.target document has been opened without using a link, this reference is null).

extension debugging in FX/TB

gnean...@_g_m_x.de (gNeandr) — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:53:35 UT

Used to run Venkman for debugging during extension development. In Tb it
became somewhat instable with recent versions; FX nowadays has
integrated debugging for JS. But do FX (and TB) offer a real
JS/XUL/chrome debugging mode to support extension development with the
integrated Web developer tools?

Questions About Security Best Practices

srt19...@gmail.com (Scott Turner) — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 01:28:18 UT

I am working on an extension to display RSS feeds. The extension opens an HTML page (with a chrome: URI) and then displays the RSS feed items by injecting them into that page.

I've read the page on displaying web content securely:

[link]

js-ctypes small DLL/LIB not loaded very fast

gigasoftpeo...@gmail.com — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 17:56:25 UT

Hi All,

We have run into a few problems with js-ctypes and loading of a DLL. First off we have verified that the DLL works and all methods are called properly. But the problem appears to be the load time of the library.

On a side note… this is a pure “C” DLL/LIB that will be compiled on the Mac/Linux. Very fast and light weight. (no MFC or any other M$ bloat)

"Service" for Certificate Store

hans.mo...@ofd-z.niedersachsen.de (Marc Patermann) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:43:47 UT

Hi,

there is no such service for the certificate store like there is for the
password mananger which can be used with JavaScript in an extension (or
in MCD), is it?

Marc

Save password to password manager

hans.mo...@ofd-z.niedersachsen.de (Marc Patermann) — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:28:33 UT

Hi,

I'm dealing with an extension build by a third party for us. This is
still working in Thunderbird 2.0.

We are about to update to ESR 17 now.
Most of the extension sill works, which is fine.

There is a "Change Password" function, which updates the users password
in LDAP and changes in the password manager.