[Ext] userChrome.js

[dougeeebear]

Oh yeah... I've got a version of CEP SE for dev testing.... Feeling Brave?

Absolutely!

[KidReefer]

Can statusbar icons be relocated to a toolbar?

Probably yes, but you might have to do quite some non-trivial hacking to achieve this. In the general case it's much easier to ask the author responsible for the status bar icon to offer an optional toolbar button as well.

Whats the best way(s) to learn to write my own scripts?

That'd be reading through the scripts posted in this thread and trying to figure out what they're doing. If you don't know what a certain function does, try searching for it at the MDC or over at XULPlanet (see the extension development entry in the Knowledge Base for further links). If you think you understand what's going on, try modifying the scripts - and if they still do what you expect, you're about ready to write your own...

Many, Many thanks. Good reference with the links, Just what I was lookin for.

[DMCrimson]

<code>id="edit_userChrome_xul"</code>

almost...

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menuitem[id="userChrome_xul"] {
list-style-image: url("chrome://local_install/skin/classic/local_install/edit16x16.png") !important;
}

worked with
/* This script will add "Edit userChrome.js"
and "Edit userChrome.xul" menuitems in
MR Tech Local Install's Edit Config Button Menu
Version date: 20060528 */

[KidReefer]

<code>id="edit_userChrome_xul"</code>

almost...

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menuitem[id="userChrome_xul"] {
list-style-image: url("chrome://local_install/skin/classic/local_install/edit16x16.png") !important;
}

worked with
/* This script will add "Edit userChrome.js"
and "Edit userChrome.xul" menuitems in
MR Tech Local Install's Edit Config Button Menu
Version date: 20060528 */

I cant seem to get it to work. Do I use stylish?

[DMCrimson]

nope, it seemed to work, but didn't after all. neither does the id="edit_userChrome_xul" work.

[DMCrimson]

Solved it by editing the very code-snippet Zoolcar9 posted to add them entries to MTLI's menus:
find similar lines and paste this in there:

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menuitem.setAttribute("image="chrome://local_install/skin/classic/local_install/edit16x16.png" );

(edit the chrome-url to refer to image you want to use, I decided to keep it unified:) )

[JNewbry]

You might find this to be easier:

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menuitem[label="Edit userChrome.xul"] {
list-style-image: url("chrome://local_install/skin/edit16x16.png") !important;
}

[DMCrimson]

JNewbry: that works better:) I restarted and the entry vanished, no icon, no menu item at all! strange...

[XerBlade]

DMCrimson: I didn't test or anything, but, on first glance, I see you have an open quote with no closing quote in that line....
And, in JS, that sort of thing usually makes a big difference. Just thought I'd mention it.

But anyway, besides that, the implementation does not look remotely correct at a glance. The function setAttribute takes an argument as the attribute to be set, followed by a comma (standard JS separator between things to be sent to a function), followed by the value to be set to that attribute. A line using the assignment operator shouldn't even make sense there.

[KidReefer]

Why is it that the icon shows in the menu for edit userChrome.js with no tweak
But not for userChrome.xul?? I cant get any of the tweaks (or any of my variations) to work. Looked in MrTechLI's jar file, didnt seem to find anything?????

[KidReefer]

Why is it that the icon shows in the menu for edit userChrome.js with no tweak
But not for userChrome.xul?? I cant get any of the tweaks (or any of my variations) to work. Looked in MrTechLI's jar file, didnt seem to find anything?????

[DMCrimson]

XerBlade: noticed that too, luckily webdev logs errors fro userChrome.* too

KidReefer: JNewbry's one should work?

[KidReefer]

DMCrimson: Sweet! Thank You I dont know how I was messing that up.(I think something got left over from previous examples)

Sorry about the double post. I sometime open double tabs when I click links, like this one ("http://comments.deviantart.com/emoticons"):-k
I cant find a reason for this???? Also http://software.hixie.ch/utilities/cgi/data/data tells me I probably have a bug since it doesnt redirect to Image. It just displays link to image. Again
I cant find a reason for this. Peace

[Diorser]

"Manage Bookmarks" open in a tab

The code to open bookmarks in a tab is:

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tabBmkMan = getBrowser().addTab('chrome://browser/content/bookmarks/bookmarksManager.xul');
getBrowser().selectedTab = tabBmkMan;
tabBmkMan.label = 'Bookmarks Manager';

However, how to link this code to the "Manage Bookmarks" bookmark menu action ?
Thanks

[old zeniko]

Something like

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document.getElementsByAttribute("key", "manBookmarkKb")[0].setAttribute("oncommand", '(getBrowser().selectedTab = getBrowser().addTab("chrome://browser/content/bookmarks/bookmarksManager.xul")).label = "Bookmarks Manager";');