?How-to Invoke Firebug.Inspector from other Firefox extentions

[Brian Richwine]

Is there a way to invoke the Firebug inspector to inspect a particular node from another (non-firebug embedded) Firefox extension?

I used to be able to pass the Firebug object to my extension from my extension's overlay.xul file like this:

        <menuitem id="W15yQC_menuEntry_landmarksDialog" accesskey="A" label="ARIA Landmarks"
                  oncommand="try{if(Firebug){Firebug.GlobalUI.startFirebug(function(){blr.W15yQC.openDialog('ariaLandmarks',Firebug);});}else{blr.W15yQC.openDialog('ariaLandmarks',null);}}catch(ex){blr.W15yQC.openDialog('ariaLandmarks',null);}"/>


And, then from a XUL dialog in my extension, I'd invoke Firebug like this:        
 void  function (arg) {
    blr.W15yQC.LandmarksDialog.FirebugO.GlobalUI.startFirebug(function () {
       blr.W15yQC.LandmarksDialog.FirebugO.Inspector.inspectFromContextMenu(arg);
      });
 }(blr.W15yQC.LandmarksDialog.aARIALandmarksList[selectedIndex].node);

However the Firebug hasn't been available using this technique for some time now. Is it possible to detect and invoke Firebug from another extension? Is there an official technique for doing this (that would be stable)?

Thanks a bunch for any help on this. This would be an amazing feature to add to accessibility inspector tools!

-Brian

[Jan Honza Odvarko]

Does it work if you use:

Firebug.browserOverlay.startFirebug

Firebug.browserOverlay.startFirebug?

Honza

Firebug.browserOverlay.startFirebug

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