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I'm writing a sidebar extension for Firefox and need a way to get the URL of the current page so I can check it against a database and display the results. How can I do this? window.top.getBrowser().selectedBrowser.contentWindow.location.href; might work, otherwise I think you need to use: var mainWindow = window.QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIInterfaceRequestor) .getInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIWebNavigation) .QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIDocShellTreeItem) .rootTreeItem .QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIInterfaceRequestor) .getInterface(Components.interfaces

I need to be able to get the URL from the active tab in Firefox. DDE doesn't work with multiple instances so I was thinking that I could build an addon that sets a global atom or something. I also thought that maybe I could use the clipboard, but I don't want to overwrite any existing text and custom clipboard types doesn't seem to be supported. I don't want to resort to writing a file just to do simple IPC...so before I do it...is there a better choice for something so simple. thanks The usual way of communicating from an application to a Firefox add-on is via TCP sockets. You create an

I have already coded most of a Firefox add-on using the Add-on SDK API. I am now discovering that Add-on SDK might not be powerful enough for my purposes. I need two things: A drop down button in the toolbar next to the location bar. To modify the add-ons manager in firefox It is truly disappointing, but I don't believe either of these is possible with the Add-on SDK. First of all, I understand there is a widget module in the Add-on SDK API. But this only allows me to add a simple icon or label to the awkward add-on bar. What if I need to add a nicer button like the one next to the location

I have a settings page on my WebExtension, but I dont know how to acces the values of the settings with javascript. Current .xul-File: <?xml version="1.0"?> <!DOCTYPE mydialog SYSTEM "chrome://myaddon/locale/mydialog.dtd"> <vbox xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"> <setting type="string" pref="extensions.check.email" title="email" desc="please insert your email here" /> </vbox> How do I acces the "email" value? Can I just write something like "getPreferences('email')"? Makyen Don't use XUL in a WebExtension add-on : If you are using XUL from within a

I want to have textboxes related to radiobuttons. Therefore each radio button should enable it's textbox and disable the others. However when I set the disabled attribute of textbox to true, it changes the editable attribute too. I tried setting editable attribute true again but it did not work. This was what I tried: JS function: function enable(id) { var eleman = document.getElementById(id); eleman.setAttribute("disabled", false); eleman.setAttribute("editable", true); } XUL elements: <radio id="pno" label="123" onclick="enable('ad')" /> <textbox id="ad" editable="true" disabled="true" flex=