Idea for an extension (that I have no idea how to build)...

SifelltNeytandi · September 17th, 2005, 1:00 pm

I've got no experience in this kind of thing, but I've got a pretty good idea for an extension (if somebody else would be willing to build it :)). Basically, this program would add "Restart FireFox" to the File menu for those of us that are far too busy to close and re-open it ourselves after installing themese/extensions. If possible, it could even add a "Restart Firefox" button to the Extension/Theme manager, so that way we could restart it from the same box that pops up after we've installed an extension. Whatdya think?

Schrade · Post by **Schrade** » September 17th, 2005, 1:07 pm

Yeah I think it should be a menu option as well.

I currently have this ability using Customized Toolbar Buttons. I create my own button and then put this javascript into the CTB onClick section:

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a=Components.interfaces.nsIAppStartup,Components.classes["@mozilla.org/toolkit/app-startup;1"].getService(a).quit(a.eRestart | a.eAttemptQuit);

Works perfectly

Very handy for people like me who are editing and testing themes/extensions a lot.

Pgr · Post by **Pgr** » September 18th, 2005, 2:22 am

If this could save all your open tabs (at least the current URL, or their full history if possible) this would be a very interesting thing to inlcude in the main Firefox code. The current "just restart Firefox" is very inconvenient and unstylish.

If they can't get rid of restarting, then a button like this would definetively be a touch of class.

Schrade · Post by **Schrade** » September 18th, 2005, 12:21 pm

I use SessionSaver to save all my tabs and session history and whatnot. Try it out, works great.

Recall · Post by **Recall** » September 18th, 2005, 12:51 pm

Schrade wrote:Yeah I think it should be a menu option as well.

I currently have this ability using Customized Toolbar Buttons. I create my own button and then put this javascript into the CTB onClick section:
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a=Components.interfaces.nsIAppStartup,Components.classes["@mozilla.org/toolkit/app-startup;1"].getService(a).quit(a.eRestart | a.eAttemptQuit);
Works perfectly Very handy for people like me who are editing and testing themes/extensions a lot.

Could you make an extension out of that? I would be very grateful.

Mr. E · Post by **Mr. E** » September 18th, 2005, 1:11 pm

I made it into an extension, I will post it soon.

Zoolcar9 · Post by **Zoolcar9** » September 18th, 2005, 1:26 pm

Schrade wrote:Yeah I think it should be a menu option as well.

I currently have this ability using Customized Toolbar Buttons. I create my own button and then put this javascript into the CTB onClick section:
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a=Components.interfaces.nsIAppStartup,Components.classes["@mozilla.org/toolkit/app-startup;1"].getService(a).quit(a.eRestart | a.eAttemptQuit);
Works perfectly Very handy for people like me who are editing and testing themes/extensions a lot.

I use the similar code

but instead of CTB, I use MenuManipulator to add a menuitem on File menu and insert the code to 'onclick' attribute

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function restartFox() {  a=Components.interfaces.nsIAppStartup,Components.classes["@mozilla.org/toolkit/app-startup;1"].getService(a).quit(a.eRestart | a.eAttemptQuit); } if(event.button == 0) {  var restart = confirm("Restart Firefox?");  if(!restart) return;  restartFox();  } else if(event.button == 1) restartFox();

jedbro · Post by **jedbro** » September 18th, 2005, 3:04 pm

Done.

Restart Firefox 0.2.

(added and Icon and Locale Support in 0.2)

Enjoy

-Jed

Old Greg S · Post by **Old Greg S** » September 18th, 2005, 4:33 pm

jedbro wrote:Done.

Restart Firefox 0.1.

Enjoy

-Jed

Seems to work well! Now, what's the possibility of this causing FF to crash? It restarts fairly quick which is good, but is there a possibility of being so quick that it still leaves FF as a running process causing it to crash on re-start? It hasn't happened but I'm just curious about that. Nice job on the extension!

jedbro · Post by **jedbro** » September 18th, 2005, 4:53 pm

@Greg S:

Hmm, not sure.
It used the XPCOM interface mentioned above, so this is a feature that is built in to Firefox (used for Firefox Updates, etc.).
All this does is give an easy to access menuitem.

Having said that, I would think it is very stable.

Cheers
-Jed

Recall · Post by **Recall** » September 18th, 2005, 5:10 pm

Works very nice mate! Restarts very quick too

If ya fancy improving it :wink:

1: Button that I can add for restart when I right click customize toolbar
2: Option to get rid of the do I want to restart.

Other than that its perfect

Mr. E · Post by **Mr. E** » September 18th, 2005, 5:40 pm

The one that I have made has a toolbar button+, if you want I could post it, once I get back home.

symbol · Post by **symbol** » September 18th, 2005, 5:44 pm

Recall wrote:Works very nice mate! Restarts very quick too

If ya fancy improving it

1: Button that I can add for restart when I right click customize toolbar
2: Option to get rid of the do I want to restart.

This sounds like a great extension, but I'm gonna wait until Option #2 is implemented before installing.

Swami · Post by **Swami** » September 18th, 2005, 10:57 pm

symbol wrote:This sounds like a great extension, but I'm gonna wait until Option #2 is implemented before installing.

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... 38#1752238

SifelltNeytandi · Post by **SifelltNeytandi** » October 10th, 2005, 5:54 pm

Thanks! It's exactly what I was thinking. Great job!