I'm converting an XUL-based Firefox add-on to an SDK based version for simplicity. The XPCOM modules I use in the XUL-based version seem to work but ci.nsIFile is behaving differently.  I can't figure out how to navigate to smartProxy.py whic...

I wish to add a single menu item to the firefox context menu that shows up only if the user right-clicks a specific url. I have a function to test the url. I used to do this by subscribing to "popupshowing" event and:  var item = document.get...

I'm trying to build a Firefox Add-on using the SDK (version 1.6), but I'm running into an issue with Tabs that the extension is opening.  I would like to obtain the tab that the aContext (node) is on.  To do so, I've been 'getting'...

I am writing an extension for firefox and having a problem including scripts into the main.js (background) file ...  In my case I would like to include for example jquery.js and config.js but I can't see how to do it properly.  In my chrome exten...

Referring to this question: Add-on Builder: ContentScript and back to Addon code?  Here is my addon code:  var widget = widgets.Widget({   id: "addon",   contentURL: data.url("icon.png"),   onClick: function() {     var workers = [];...

Im trying to send a click event from panels script(popup.js) to content script(content.js) hers the code that i've tried.and the desired output isnt printing on the console.     popup.html   <button id="start-btn" onclick="myFuncti...

I am building an add-on that has multiple .js files that are associated with it many of which need the access to the require() function but when i use the require function in them i get the error that require is not defined.used importScripts() to in...

I am unable to understand . Why my functions are executed thrice after addition in the firefox extension using "page-mod" .  This is my code : [main.js]  var pageModOptions = {     include: ["http://xyz.com/*"],     attachTo: ["to...

I'm working on an update to my "jump-to-anchor" add-on which is a Firefox add-on to let you right-click somewhere in a doc to (hopefully) get the closest anchor above the click point.  After submitting the add-on, I realized I could impro...

In Firefox, is there an API equivalent to Google Chrome's chrome.downloads API?  I need to control downloads with functions such as pause, resume, and cancel. In addition, I want to be able to remove the downloaded file.  If there is no API in Fi...