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| '''Work in progress''' See also [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=263028].
| | Information from this page and [http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=263028 this thread] has been migrated to [http://developer-test.mozilla.org/en/docs/Preferences_System Devmo]. |
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| This is about new bindings introduced in Toolkit used in Firefox/Thunderbird 1.1. The new binding allow you write preferences UI faster, using less JavaScript code.
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| Todo:
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| * list attributes too
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| * more detailed descriptions
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| * mark readonly properties as such
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| * sort alphabetically
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| * check correctness
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| * platform specific issues:
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| ** instant apply
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| ** animation
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| * possible use of dynamic overlays for panes
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| == <prefwindow> ==
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| extends chrome://global/content/bindings/dialog.xml#dialog
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| === Properties ===
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| ; <code>preferencePanes</code> : A <code>NodeList</code> of <code><prefpane></code> elements.
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| ; <code>type</code> : Gets and sets the value of the <code>type</code> attribute.
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| ; <code>lastSelected</code> : Used to get the value of the <code>lastSelected</code> attribute.
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| ; <code>instantApply</code> : Indicates whether the window is in "instant apply" mode.
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| ; <code>currentPane</code> : Currently selected <code><prefpane></code> element. Use <code>showPane()</code> method to select another pane.
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| === Methods ===
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| ; <code>showPane(aPaneElement)</code> : Selects given pane.
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| ; <code>animate(aOldPane, aNewPane)</code> : ? is this a public method ?
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| ; <code>addPane(aPaneElement)</code> : Adds a specified prefpane to the window.
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| ; <code>openSubDialog(aURL, aFeatures, aParams)</code> : Opens a modal sub-dialog.
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| ; <code>openWindow(aWindowType, aURL, aFeatures, aParams)</code> :
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| == <prefpane> ==
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| === Properties ===
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| ; <code>src</code> : Gets and sets the value of the <code>src</code> attribute.
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| ; <code>selected</code> : Gets and sets the value of the <code>selected</code> attribute.
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| ; <code>image</code> : Gets and sets the value of the <code>image</code> attribute.
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| ; <code>label</code> : Gets and sets the value of the <code>label</code> attribute.
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| ; <code>preferenceElements</code> : A <code>NodeList</code> of child elements with <code>preference</code> attribute.
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| ; <code>preferences</code> : A <code>NodeList</code> of all child <code><preference></code> elements.
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| ; <code>loaded</code> : Indicates whether the pane is fully loaded.
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| ; <code>contentHeight</code> :
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| === Methods ===
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| ; <code>writePreferences(aFlushToDisk)</code> :
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| ; <code>preferenceForElement(aElement)</code> :
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| ; <code>getPreferenceElement(aStartElement)</code> :
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| ; <code>userChangedValue(aElement)</code> :
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| == <preferences> ==
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| === Methods ===
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| ; <code>fireChangedEvent(aPreference)</code> :
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| === Fields ===
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| ; <code>service</code> : The preferences service (<code>nsIPrefService</code>).
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| ; <code>rootBranch</code> : The root prefs branch (<code>nsIPrefBranch</code>).
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| ; <code>defaultBranch</code> : The root branch with default values (<code>nsIPrefBranch</code>).
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| ; <code>rootBranchInternal</code> : The root prefs branch (<code>nsIPrefBranch2</code>).
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| == <preference> ==
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| === Properties ===
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| ; <code>instantApply</code> :
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| ; <code>preferences</code> :
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| ; <code>name</code> :
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| ; <code>type</code> :
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| ; <code>inverted</code> :
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| ; <code>readonly</code> :
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| ; <code>value</code> :
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| ; <code>locked</code> :
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| ; <code>disabled</code> :
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| ; <code>tabIndex</code> :
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| ; <code>hasUserValue</code> :
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| ; <code>defaultValue</code> :
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| ; <code>valueFromPreferences</code> :
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| === Methods ===
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| ; <code>reset()</code> :
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| ; <code>setElementValue(aElement)</code> :
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| ; <code>getElementValue(aElement)</code> :
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| ; <code>isElementEditable(aElement)</code> :
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| ; <code>updateElements()</code> :
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