Dev : Extensions : Example Code

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Contents

1 XUL
2 Javascript

XUL

Creating toolbar buttons
Adding items to menus with overlays (talks about browser's context menu too)
Creating dialog windows with XUL

Javascript

Commonly used techniques

Using preferences. For the basics, see also the article on XulPlanet.
How to log debug information to JavaScript Console.

XPCOM

Performing file IO
Using observers for cross-window notifications
Running other applications
Using file choosers (Open, Save, Select Directory dialogs)

<tabbrowser> related

Other

Techniques

Differential Inheritance in JavaScript using __proto__

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