How do you log to Firebug from an extension?

Question

I\'m writing an extension for Firefox, and I need to log some data to Firebug\'s console. Within the scope of my addon, \"console\" is undefined, and \"window.content.consol

Answer 1

If in your extension you have access to the content Window object, you can unwrap it, and call the console methods directly:

window.wrappedJSObject.console.log('something important');