DMD
launch use mach run --dmd; use --mode to choose the mode.
... launch use mach run --dmd; use --mode to choose the mode.
...also, add this line to build/mozconfig.common: moz_crashreporter_upload_full_symbols=1 launch on a local build, use mach run --dmd; use --mode to choose the mode.
...And 4 more matches

nsILocalFileMac
obsolete since gecko 1.9.2 boolean ispackage(); void launchwithdoc(in nsilocalfile adoctoload, in boolean alaunchinbackground); void opendocwithapp(in nsilocalfile aapptoopenwith, in boolean alaunchinbackground); void setfiletypeandcreatorfromextension(in string aextension); obsolete since gecko 1.9.2 void setfiletypeandcreatorfrommimetype(in string amimetype); obsolete since gecko 1.9.2 attributes attribute type description bundledisplaynam...
...launchwithdoc() launch the application that this file points to with a document.
... void launchwithdoc( in nsilocalfile adoctoload, in boolean alaunchinbackground ); parameters adoctoload must not be null.
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How to make PWAs installable - Progressive web apps (PWAs)
the installed web app can then be launched by users just as if it were any native app.
... these technologies allow the app to be launched directly from the device's home screen, rather than the user having to open the browser and then navigate to the site by using a bookmark or typing the url.
...this makes the web app easier to access; additionally, you can specify that the app be launched in fullscreen or standalone mode, thus removing the default browser user interface that would otherwise be present, creating an even more seamless and native-like feel.
...And 4 more matches

cfx - Archive of obsolete content
cfx run launch an instance of firefox with your add-on installed.
... for example, to pass the -jsconsole argument to firefox, which will launch the javascript error console, try the following: cfx run --binary-args -jsconsole to pass multiple arguments, or arguments containing spaces, quote them: cfx run --binary-args '-url "www.mozilla.org" -jsconsole' --extra-packages=extra_packages extra packages to include, specified as a comma-separated list of package names.
... for example, if you type: cfx run ---no-run you will see something like: to launch the application, enter the following command: /path/to/firefox/firefox-bin -profile /path/to/profile/tmpjdnlp6.mozrunner -foreground -no-remote this enables you to run the add-on without going through cfx, which might be useful if you want to run it inside a debugger like gdb.
...And 2 more matches

jpm - Archive of obsolete content
jpm run launch an instance of firefox with your add-on installed.
... for example, to pass the -jsconsole argument to firefox and launch the browser console, try the following: jpm run --binary-args -jsconsole to pass multiple arguments, or arguments containing spaces, quote them: jpm run --binary-args '-url mzl.la -jsconsole' --debug run the add-on debugger attached to the add-on.
...use the --profile option to instruct jpm to launch firefox with an existing profile.
...And 2 more matches

TPS Tests
the python test runner will read a test file (in javascript format), setup one or more firefox profiles with the necessary extensions and preferences, then launch firefox and pass the test file to the extension.
...tps iterates through the phase blocks in alphanumeric order, and for each phase, it does the following: launches firefox with the profile from the phases object that corresponds to this test phase.
...ase('phase1', [ [bookmarks.add, bookmarks_initial], [sync, sync_wipe_server] ]); phase('phase2', [ [sync], [bookmarks.verify, bookmarks_initial], [bookmarks.modify, bookmarks_initial], [bookmarks.verify, bookmarks_after_first_modify], [sync] ]); phase('phase3', [ [sync], [bookmarks.verify, bookmarks_after_first_modify] ]); the effects of this test file will be: firefox is launched with profile1, the tps extension adds the two bookmarks specified in the bookmarks_initial array, then they are synced to the sync server.
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KeyboardEvent: code values - Web APIs
0xe011 ～ 0xe016 "" "" 0xe017 "unidentified" "cut" 0xe018 "unidentified" "copy" 0xe019 "mediatracknext" "mediatracknext" 0xe01a, 0xe01b "unidentified" "" 0xe01c "numpadenter" "numpadenter" 0xe01d "controlright" "controlright" 0xe01e "unidentified" "launchmail" 0xe01f "unidentified" "" 0xe020 "audiovolumemute" "audiovolumemute" 0xe021 "launchapp2" "" 0xe022 "mediaplaypause" "mediaplaypause" 0xe023 "unidentified" "" 0xe024 "mediastop" "mediastop" 0xe025 ～ 0xe02b "unidentified" "" 0xe02c "unidentified"...
... 0xe05f ～ 0xe064 "unidentified" "" 0xe065 "browsersearch" "browsersearch" 0xe066 "browserfavorites" "browserfavorites" 0xe067 "browserrefresh" "browserrefresh" 0xe068 "browserstop" "browserstop" 0xe069 "browserforward" "browserforward" 0xe06a "browserback" "browserback" 0xe06b "launchapp1" "" 0xe06c "launchmail" "" 0xe06d "launchmediaplayer" ("mediaselect" prior to firefox 49) "" 0xe06e ～ 0xe0f0 "unidentified" "" 0xe0f1 (hanja key with korean keyboard layout) "lang2" "" 0xe0f2 (han/yeong key with korean keyboard layout) "lang1" "" code values on mac on mac os x, it's hard to get sc...
... 0x0089 "again" "" 0x008a "props" "" 0x008b "undo" "undo" 0x008c "select" "" 0x008d "copy" "copy" 0x008e "open" "" 0x008f "paste" "paste" 0x0090 "find" "" 0x0091 "cut" "cut" 0x0092 "help" "help" 0x0093 "unidentified" "" 0x0094 "launchapp2" "" 0x0095, 0x0096 "unidentified" "" 0x0097 "wakeup" "" 0x0098 "launchapp1" "" 0x0099 ～ 0x00a2 "unidentified" "" 0x00a3 "launchmail" "" 0x00a4 "browserfavorites" "" 0x00a5 "unidentified" "" 0x00a6 "browserback" "browserback" 0x00a7 "browserforward" "brows...
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Running applications - Archive of obsolete content
using nsilocalfile.launch() this method is not implemented on all platforms, especially not on unix/linux!
... see nsilocalfile.launch() for details and make sure that all your target platforms support this method!
... var file = components.classes["@mozilla.org/file/local;1"] .createinstance(components.interfaces.nsilocalfile); file.initwithpath("c:\\myapp.exe"); file.launch(); references nsiprocess nsilocalfile if you need to launch an executable bundled in your xpi, see code snippets:file i/o#getting your extension's folder.
... launching an executable process from a web page ...

Creating custom Firefox extensions with the Mozilla build system - Archive of obsolete content
add the following line at the end of the file: ac_add_options --enable-extensions=default,myextension now launch make from the mozilla root: make -f client.mk build even if you have an up-to-date firefox build, you'll have to wait a while for make to recurse over the entire mozilla source tree looking for new stuff (on my machine, which is pretty fast, this takes a good 10-15 minutes).
...(if something goes wrong, figure out what, fix it and then come back here and add it to this article.) to make sure that the build really finished, launch firefox and check that your extension is listed when you select tools/extensions.
... now launch make again, and you should see a chrome subdirectory appear in your extension (/mozilla/$(moz_objdir)/dist/bin/extensions/myextension@mycompany.com/).
... of course, this means that you will have to build acmelib manually on all platforms before launching the mozilla build.

Bundles - Archive of obsolete content
when prism is launched with a "-webapp [bundle]" command line, the bundle must first be unpacked before the web application is launched.
... this can slow the overall launch time and the unpacking is redundant if the bundle has been launched previously.
... this is why the preferred method of launching is to use the "-webapp [webapp-id]" command line, which looks for the previously installed (unpacked) web application in the prism webapps/{webapp-id} folder.
... the web application is then launched without the unpacking overhead.

Code Samples - Archive of obsolete content
launch a file on your computer to launch a file on your computer, use code like this.
... change the first line to specify the file that you want to launch.
... you can launch an executable file or some other file that your operating system knows how to open.
...const path = "c:\\windows\\charmap.exe" var file = components .classes["@mozilla.org/file/local;1"] .createinstance(components.interfaces.nsilocalfile) file.initwithpath(path) file.launch() open a web page if your button is in firefox or seamonkey, use code like this to open a web page.

Building up a basic demo with PlayCanvas editor - Game development
by clicking the editor button we'll launch the online playcanvas editor where we'll create our scene with the shapes.
... now click on the play arrow in the top right corner of the scene to launch and render the scene — it will be opened in a separate browser tab.
... double click the script icon to launch the code editor.
... test the demo out launch the demo to see the effects — all the shapes should animate.

2D maze game with device orientation - Game development
you can open the index file in your favourite browser to launch the game and try it.
...after all the assets are loaded, the mainmenu state is launched.
...after clicking the screen the actual game is launched.
...all the initialization is in the create() function (launched once at the beginning of the game).

Debugging on Windows
if vc++ and your mozilla application hang shortly after you launch the application under the debugger, see problems loading debug symbols.
...firefox, in general, and even in non-e10s mode, does not start the main process directly, it starts it via a launcher process.
...the msdev ide will launch and load the file where the assertion happened.
... debugging tinderbox builds see running windows debug builds problems loading debug symbols if both your application and visual c++ hang shortly after launching the application under the debugger, you may be hitting a known deadlock in the way visual studio downloads debug symbols for the system libraries; see https://connect.microsoft.com/visualstudio/feedback/details/422970/hang-loading-rasapi32-pdb-when-using-symbol-server.

Application Translation with Mercurial
launch the installed mozillabuild toolset by launching it with its path, e.g.
... if you launch the start-shell-l10n.bat, compiling features will be disabled.
...to do so, launch winmerge.
... save this comparison as project so you can easily relaunch this comparision without selecting the directories again.

nsIMessenger
method overview void setdisplaycharset(in acstring acharset); void setwindow(in nsidomwindow ptr, in nsimsgwindow msgwindow); void openurl(in acstring aurl); void loadurl(in nsidomwindow ptr, in acstring aurl); void launchexternalurl(in acstring aurl); boolean canundo(); boolean canredo(); unsigned long getundotransactiontype(); unsigned long getredotransactiontype(); void undo(in nsimsgwindow msgwindow); void redo(in nsimsgwindow msgwindow); void sendunsentmessages(in nsimsgidentity aidentity, in nsimsgwindow amsgwindow); void setdocumentchars...
... launchexternalurl() launches the nsiexternalprotocolservice and sends it the url.
... void launchexternalurl(in acstring aurl); parameters aurl the url to open.
... saveallattachments() launches a filepicker and saves all attachments listed in an array.

Index of archived content - Archive of obsolete content
pidermonkey docs file object open merging tracemonkey repo spidermonkey coding conventions autodial for windows nt automated testing tips and tricks automatic mozilla configurator enabling quicklaunch for all users how mozilla finds its configuration files how thunderbird and firefox find their configuration files introduction kill the xul.mfl file for good locked config settings other mozilla customization pages protecting mozilla's registry.dat file automatically handle failed...
...brid cd creating regular expressions for a microsummary generator dtrace dehydra dehydra frequently asked questions dehydra function reference dehydra object reference installing dehydra using dehydra developing new mozilla features devmo 1.0 launch roadmap download manager improvements in firefox 3 download manager preferences drag and drop drag and drop example drag and drop javascript wrapper drag and drop events editor embedding guide embedding faq embedding mozilla in a java application using jav...
...r 1.9 release notes xulrunner 1.9.1 release notes xulrunner 1.9.2 release notes xulrunner 2.0 release notes xulrunner faq xulrunner hall of fame xulrunner tips xulrunner/old releases toolkit.defaultchromefeatures toolkit.defaultchromeuri toolkit.singletonwindowtype xulauncher ant script to assemble an extension application/http-index-format specification calicalendarview calicalendarviewcontroller califiletype mozilla.dev.platform faq reftest opportunities files symsrv_convert xbdesignmode.js archived open web document...

Download Manager preferences - Archive of obsolete content
default value is 0 (resume on next launch).
...on windows xp sp2 and windows vista, this value also indicates whether downloaded files trigger a security warning upon launch.
... in firefox 3 and earlier, the default is 0 (except on windows vista, where it's toggled to 1 on initial launch).

Configuration - Archive of obsolete content
the profile can be used to launch the webapp in prism.
... launch prism with -webapp [bundle] to load the specified web profile and install the webapp to your prism profile folder.
... once the webapp is installed, it can be launched using -webapp [webapp-id] and prism will skip the installation and run the webapp directly.

execute - Archive of obsolete content
summary launches a file inside the install archive.
...you can use this method to launch an installshield installer or any install executable file stored in a xpi file.
...if you do not set this flag and launch an executable that is not a part of the installation, you will raise an error when you restart the browser.

Creating an Installer - Archive of obsolete content
there are several steps involved in launching an installer and installing components.
...this page will contain an install trigger which is a small piece of script which launches the install.
...it is possible for the install trigger to launch multiple installers.

Implementing controls using the Gamepad API - Game development
the code explained below is from the full version of the hungry fridge game, but it's almost identical to the one from the demo — the only difference is that the full version uses the turbo variable to decide whether or not the game will be launched using super turbo mode.
... note: easter egg time: there's a hidden option to launch super turbo hungry fridge on the desktop without having a gamepad connected — click the gamepad icon in the top right corner of the screen.
... it will launch the game in the super turbo mode and you'll be able to control the fridge with the keyboard: a and d for turning the turret left and right, w for shooting and arrow keys for movement.

FxAccountsOAuthClient.jsm
components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/fxaccountsoauthclient.jsm"); creating a new fxaccountsoauthclient new fxaccountsoauthclient(object options); method overview launchwebflow(); teardown(); attributes parameters object returns the set of parameters that initialized the firefox accounts oauth flow.
...methods launchwebflow() opens a new tab at the firefox accounts oauth authorization url.
...les using the fxaccountsoauthclient chrome code let parameters = { oauth_uri: oauth_server_endpoint, client_id: oauth_client_id, content_uri: content_server_url, state: oauth_state } let client = new fxaccountsoauthclient({ parameters: parameters }); client.oncomplete = function (tokendata) { // tokendata consists of two properties: "tokendata.state" and "tokendata.code" }; client.launchwebflow(); ...

OS.File for the main thread
you may pass an object with a subset of the following fields: nooverwrite if destpath already exists, do not overwrite it, but rather launch an exception.
...you may pass an object with a subset of the following fields: nooverwrite if destpath already exists, do not overwrite it, but rather launch an exception.
... pathcreate the complete path to the file that should launch target.

A brief guide to Mozilla preferences
on application launch, several preferences files are loaded.
... preferences loading and resolution on application launch, the application loads preferences in the following order: load all default pref files.
... note the application never changes user.js, so on launch user.js overrides conflicting preferences from the previous application session.

nsILocalFile
void initwithpath(in astring filepath); void launch(); prlibrarystar load(); native code only!
... launch() requests that the operating system attempt to open this file.
... void launch(); parameters none.

WebXR permissions and security - Web APIs
once that check is passed, the request to enter immersive-vr mode is allowed if all of the following are true: the requestsession() call was issued by code executing within the handler for a user event, or the from the startup code for a user-launched web application.
... specifically: if the requestsession() call isn't coming from within the handler executed in response to a user event, and is not being issued while launching a web application, the request is denied and false is delivered to the promise's fulfillment handler.
... if your code is executing during the launch of a web application, the runtime may consider the act of launching your web application to qualify as user intent.

Developing for Firefox Mobile - Archive of obsolete content
then execute jpm-mobile run with some extra options: jpm-mobile run --adb /path/to/adb in the command shell, you should see something like: launching mobile application with intent name org.mozilla.fennec pushing the addon to your device starting: intent { act=android.activity.main cmp=org.mozilla.fennec/.app (has extras) } --------- beginning of /dev/log/main --------- beginning of /dev/log/system could not read chrome manifest 'file:///data/data/org.mozilla.fennec/chrome.manifest'.
... on the device, you should see firefox launch with your add-on installed.

Repackaging Firefox - Archive of obsolete content
make sure it starts up and launches the gui.
... repackaging firefox once you have all the required pieces in place, all you need to do is launch the repackager tool and fill in the fields to set up your customized installers.

Venkman Introduction - Archive of obsolete content
you can also start the browser with the -venkman command line option, which launches venkman initially instead of an application front end.
... launch a browser window and go to http://wp.netscape.com/fishcam/dhtmltank.html.

Building XULRunner with Python - Archive of obsolete content
building the batch filestart-msvc71.bat is used to launch the build console (msys from the mingw project ).
... btntest = document.getelementbyid("btntest") btntest.addeventlistener('command', ontest, false) def ontest(): window.alert('button activated') window.addeventlistener('load', onload, false) one possible gotcha is that the default python path used to find modules that areimported explicitly includes the xulrunner executable directory and the directory that is current when xulrunner launches.

CommandLine - Archive of obsolete content
an nsicommandline object is passed as the first argument of the launched window: example var cmdline = window.arguments[0]; cmdline = cmdline.queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsicommandline); alert(cmdline.handleflagwithparam("test", false)); see also: chrome: command line for single instance applications of course, for a single instance application (see toolkit.singletonwindowtype for more information), the last example still applies the first time your application is launched.
...egister: function() { var observerservice = components.classes["@mozilla.org/observer-service;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiobserverservice); observerservice.removeobserver(this, "commandline-args-changed"); } } var observer = new commandlineobserver(); // because we haven't yet registered a commandlineobserver when the application is // launched the first time, we simulate a notification here.

Creating a Windows Inno Setup installer for XULRunner applications - Archive of obsolete content
piconfile= compression=lzma solidcompression=yes [languages] name: english; messagesfile: compiler:default.isl [components] name: main; description: my app; types: full compact custom; flags: fixed name: runtime; description: xul runner runtime; types: full custom [tasks] name: desktopicon; description: {cm:createdesktopicon}; groupdescription: {cm:additionalicons}; flags: unchecked name: quicklaunchicon; description: {cm:createquicklaunchicon}; groupdescription: {cm:additionalicons}; flags: unchecked [files] source: c:\develop\xulrunnerinstaller\myapp\myapp.exe; destdir: {app}; components: main; flags: ignoreversion source: c:\develop\xulrunnerinstaller\myapp\application.ini; destdir: {app}; components: main; flags: ignoreversion source: c:\develop\xulrunnerinstaller\myapp\chrome\*; exclude...
...mponents: runtime; flags: ignoreversion recursesubdirs createallsubdirs ; note: don't use "flags: ignoreversion" on any shared system files [icons] name: {group}\my app; filename: {app}\myapp.exe name: {group}\{cm:uninstallprogram,xul explorer}; filename: {uninstallexe} name: {userdesktop}\my app; filename: {app}\myapp.exe; tasks: desktopicon name: {userappdata}\microsoft\internet explorer\quick launch\my app; filename: {app}\myapp.exe; tasks: quicklaunchicon [run] filename: {app}\myapp.exe; description: {cm:launchprogram,my app}; onlybelowversion: 0,6; flags: nowait postinstall skipifsilent step 4: building an installer once your script is ready, start the inno setup compiler, load the script file, and compile it.

Debugging a XULRunner Application - Archive of obsolete content
if you would like the console messages to appear in the console you used to launch the application, you can use the gecko console redirector.
... note: if you are not using the stub executable to launch the application, the -jsconsole argument is after the application.ini argument: e.g.

Getting started with XULRunner - Archive of obsolete content
*/ pref("browser.dom.window.dump.enabled", true); pref("javascript.options.showinconsole", true); pref("javascript.options.strict", true); pref("nglayout.debug.disable_xul_cache", true); pref("nglayout.debug.disable_xul_fastload", true); xulrunner specific preferences include: toolkit.defaultchromeuri specifies the default window to open when the application is launched.
...we need to get xulrunner to launch the bare-bones application.

XUL Application Packaging - Archive of obsolete content
application.ini the application.ini manifest is located at the root of the extension and provides metadata that allows xulrunner to launch the application properly.
... example: enableextensionmanager=1 enableprofilemigrator specifies whether, when the application is launched for the first time and there are no profiles, to enable profile migration code through the nsiprofilemigrator interface.

Mozilla release FAQ - Archive of obsolete content
use that to launch mozilla for you -- it sets ld_library_path automatically.
... to launch other binaries from dist/bin with the correct environment, use run-mozilla.sh ./your_binary features, patches what platforms is mozilla available for?

Extentsions FAQ - Archive of obsolete content
these are called "grippies" <https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/2242/> this extension brings grippies back to firefox (and thunderbird!) is there any way to write a regular extension that returns a "dummy" object when an instance of "@mozilla.org/helperapplauncherdialog;1" is created?
... those will be completely removed upon next application launch.

2006-10-06 - Archive of obsolete content
preed followed up and said that the checker was run and "build is go for launch".
...this launches a (misguided?) discussion and comparison of sunbird and lightning to outlook.

Desktop mouse and keyboard controls - Game development
the ondown() function is executed whenever the enter key is pressed — it will launch the clickstart() method, which starts a new game.
...when showing the how to play screen where the various ways to control the ship in the game are shown, instead of showing them all to everyone, we can detect whether the game is launched on desktop or mobile and just show the appropriate controls for the device: if(this.game.device.desktop) { movetext = 'arrow keys or wasd to move'; shoottext = 'x or space to shoot'; } else { movetext = 'tap and hold to move'; shoottext = 'tap to shoot'; } if the game is running on desktop the cursor and w a s d keys message will be shown — if not, then the mobile touch cont...

How much does it cost to do something on the Web? - Learn web development
summary when launching a website, you may spend nothing, or your costs may go through the roof.
...to publish a barebones website, you only need a basic computer capable of launching an editor, and a web browser, so the entry level can be quite low.

Looping code - Learn web development
active learning: launch countdown!
... in this exercise, we want you to print out a simple launch countdown to the output box, from 10 down to blastoff.

HTTP logging
launch the browser and get it into whatever state you need to be in just before your bug occurs.
... in that case you can set environment variables *before* you launch firefox.

Eclipse CDT
isn't library_path for compile time, not runtime, linking?) in the workspace preferences, you may want to go to "c/c++ > debug > gdb" and deselect "stop on startup at", so that eclipse won't automatically break in main() when it launches firefox for debugging.
... to be able to open more than one workspace at a time, you currently need to launch a separate eclipse process for each workspace.

Gecko Logging
if (moz_log_test(slogger, loglevel::warning)) { int elapsed = time::nowms() - start; if (elapsed > 1000) { moz_log(slogger, loglevel::warning, ("loop took %dms!", elapsed)); } } if (i != 10) { moz_log(slogger, loglevel::error, ("i should be 10!")); } } enabling logging the log level for a module is controlled by setting an environment variable before launching the application.
... set moz_log="example_logger:3" in the windows command prompt (cmd.exe), don't use quotes: set moz_log=example_logger:3 if you want this on geckoview example, use the following adb command to launch process: adb shell am start -n org.mozilla.geckoview_example/.geckoviewactivity --es env0 "moz_log=example_logger:3" there are special module names to change logging behavior.

IPDL Tutorial
class pluginparent : public ppluginparent { public: pluginparent(const nscstring& pluginpath) { // launch child plugin process sendinit(pluginpath); } ~pluginparent() { sendshutdown(); } protected: bool recvready() { mobservers.notify("ready for action"); } }; here's how the ppluginchild might be used by a c++ implementor in the plugin process: class pluginchild : public ppluginchild { protected: void recvinit(const nscstring& pluginpath) { mpluginlibrary = pr_loadlib...
...rary(pluginpath.get()); sendready(); } void recvshutdown() { pr_unloadlibrary(mpluginlibrary); } private: prlibrary* mpluginlibrary; }; launching the subprocess and hooking these protocol actors into our ipc "transport layer" is beyond the scope of this document.

Webapps.jsm
oadcastmessage: function broadcastmessage(amsgname, acontent) registerupdatehandler: function(ahandler) unregisterupdatehandler: function(ahandler) notifyupdatehandlers: function(aapp, amanifest, azippath) _getappdir: function(aid) _writefile: function(apath, adata) dogetlist: function() doexport: function(amsg, amm) doimport: function(amsg, amm) doextractmanifest: function(amsg, amm) dolaunch: function (adata, amm) launch: function launch(amanifesturl, astartpoint, atimestamp, aonsuccess, aonfailure) close: function close(aapp) canceldownload: function canceldownload(amanifesturl, aerror) startofflinecachedownload: function(amanifest, aapp, aprofiledir, aisupdate) computemanifesthash: function(amanifest) updateapphandlers: function(aoldmanifest, anewmanifest, aapp) checkforupda...
...ullappbymanifesturl: function(amanifesturl, aentrypoint, alang) getmanifestcspbylocalid: function(alocalid) getdefaultcspbylocalid: function(alocalid) getapplocalidbystoreid: function(astoreid) getappbylocalid: function(alocalid) getmanifesturlbylocalid: function(alocalid) getapplocalidbymanifesturl: function(amanifesturl) getcoreappsbasepath: function() getwebappsbasepath: function() _islaunchable: function(aapp) _notifycategoryandobservers: function(subject, topic, data, msg) registerbrowserelementparentforapp: function(amsg, amn) receiveappmessage: function(appid, message) _clearprivatedata: function(appid, browseronly, msg) _sendprogressevent: function() updatestatechanged: function appobs_update(aupdate, astate) applicationcacheavailable: function appobs_cacheavail(aapplica...

Profiling with the Firefox Profiler
if you want to profile firefox for android, you have to set this environment values by --es option of am command to launch firefox.
... this example is for firefox nightly (package name is org.mozilla.fennec_aurora), and you have to allow storage access on permission settings before launching it.

Creating a Cookie Log
run firefox by typing "./firefox-bin" and pressing return (note that firefox will launch behind windows for other applications).
...close out of the command prompt/shell/terminal, and then launch firefox normally.

Signing Mozilla apps for Mac OS X
mac os x's gatekeeper functionality prevents users from launching applications that haven't been code-signed, in order to help keep their computers secure.
...for projects that don't use mozilla's release automation and would like to be signed for secure launching on os 10.8 mountain lion and later, this guide should provide some insight into how to make sure applications are signed correctly using apple's codesign tool.

nsIExternalHelperAppService
uriloader/exthandler/nsiexternalhelperappservice.idlscriptable the external helper app service is used for finding and launching platform specific external applications for a given mime content type.
...when the onstoprequest is issued, the stream listener implementation will launch the helper app with this data.

FileHandle API - Web APIs
if you want a file to survive a page refresh/app relaunch, you need to store the handle in a more permanent location, like the database itself.
...if you want a file to survive a page refresh/app relaunch, you need to store the handle in a database (not necessarily the one used to create the filehandle object).

Index - Web APIs
the aim of this is allowing users to know what's playing, and to control it, without opening the specific page that launched it.
... 2649 navigator.mslaunchuri() api, api:microsoft extensions, mslaunchuri, method, non-standard, reference the mslaunchuri() method is a microsoft extension to the navigator interface, which starts a service or app, such as an email client, that handles a given protocol.

window.dump() - Web APIs
on other operating systems, it's enough to launch the application from a terminal.
... to redirect the console output to a file, run firefox without the -console option and use the syntax to redirect stderr and stdout to a file, i.e.: firefox > console.txt 2>&1 if you would like the console messages to appear in the console you used to launch the application, you can use the gecko console redirector.

display-mode - CSS: Cascading Style Sheets
you can use it to provide a consistent user experience between launching a site from a url and launching it from a desktop icon.
...this can include the application having a different window, its own icon in the application launcher, etc.

empty - JavaScript
if three is true, nothing will happen, four does not matter, and also the launchrocket() function in the else case will not be executed.
... if (one) doone(); else if (two) dotwo(); else if (three) ; // nothing here else if (four) dofour(); else launchrocket(); specifications specification ecmascript (ecma-262)the definition of 'empty statement' in that specification.

display - Web app manifests
this can be used to provide a consistent user experience between launching a site from an url and launching it from a desktop icon.
...this can include the application having a different window, its own icon in the application launcher, etc.

Installing and uninstalling web apps - Progressive web apps (PWAs)
to add a web app to the home screen (also known as the launcher or springboard), tap the sharing button () at the bottom of the screen: this calls up the sharing panel.
... the installed web application regardless of which browser and device you're using, when you choose to add the app to your home screen or app launcher, it'll show up there looking just like any application.

Introduction to progressive web apps - Progressive web apps (PWAs)
installable, so it can be available on the device's home screen or app launcher.
... a look and feel that is more integrated with the native platform—app icons on the home screen or app launcher, applications that automatically run in full screen mode, etc.

2015 MDN Fellowship Program - Archive of obsolete content
2015 mdn fellowship program launching in q1 2015, the mozilla developer fellowship intends to accelerate the involvement of highly-skilled and experienced web developers with the open web.

notifications - Archive of obsolete content
if the user's system does not support desktop notifications or if its notifications service is not running: if firefox was started normally, notifications are logged to firefox's error console if the user launched firefox from the command line, notifications are logged to the terminal.

jpm-mobile - Archive of obsolete content
command reference there are currently two jpm commands: jpm-mobile run launch an instance of firefox with your add-on installed.

Getting Started (jpm) - Archive of obsolete content
for example, in ubuntu: jpm run -b /usr/bin/firefox when firefox launches, in the top-right corner of the browser you'll see an icon with the firefox logo.

Getting started (cfx) - Archive of obsolete content
when firefox launches, in the top-right corner of the browser you'll see an icon with the firefox logo.

Bootstrapped extensions - Archive of obsolete content
this happens at application launch time, when the extension is enabled after being disabled or after it has been shut down in order to install an update.

HTML in XUL for rich tooltips - Archive of obsolete content
g to a xul attribute for later injection into the tooltip document.getelementbyid("htmltip1").setattribute("tooltiphtml", "<font color='red'>red foo</font>") document.getelementbyid("htmltip2").setattribute("tooltiphtml", "<font color='green'>green foo</font>") }, onmousetooltip: function(event) { //get the html tooltip string assigned to the element that the mouse is over (which will soon launch the tooltip) var txt = event.target.getattribute("tooltiphtml"); // get the html div element that is inside the custom xul tooltip var div = document.getelementbyid("myhtmltipdiv"); //clear the html div element of any prior shown custom html while(div.firstchild) div.removechild(div.firstchild); //safely convert html string to a simple dom object, stripping it of javascript and more complex t...

Enhanced Extension Installation - Archive of obsolete content
the startup process receives this "needsrestart" bit when the extension manager's startup completes, shuts down xpcom and relaunches the application.

Extension Packaging - Archive of obsolete content
the extension will be found automatically by the extension manager the next time the application is launched.

Chapter 3: Introduction to XUL—How to build a more intuitive UI - Archive of obsolete content
fixme: explain how setting this option and use next listings if we want to run firefox displaying none of its gui and only the contents of a certain xul file, we can launch firefox and set the option: -chrome file_url.xul another way, as shown in listing 1, is to use the window.opendialog() method, which can be used only within a xul window.

Session store API - Archive of obsolete content
in other words, it's now possible for sessions to be restored even without the browser quitting and being relaunched.

Setting up an extension development environment - Archive of obsolete content
for example, rather than having content myextension jar:chrome/myextension.jar!/content/ use content myextension chrome/content/ preventing the first launch extension selector requires gecko 8.0(firefox 8.0 / thunderbird 8.0 / seamonkey 2.5) starting in firefox 8, on the first launch of a new version of firefox, it presents user interface letting users select which third party add-ons to keep.

An Interview With Douglas Bowman of Wired News - Archive of obsolete content
on october 11, 2002, wired launched a brand-new site design that uses validating xhtml for its structure and a small collection of css files for its layout.

JXON - Archive of obsolete content
the choice of using a true value instead of a null value to represent empty nodes is due to the fact that when in an xml document there is an empty node the reason is often to express a boolean, as in this case: <car> <type>ferrari</type> <bought /> </car> if the value were null it would be more cumbersome to launch a code like this: if (myobject.car.bought) { // do something } note: according to our third algorithm and our fourth algorithm, just cdatasection nodes which contain nothing but white spaces (precisely: /^\s+$/) will be parsed as null.

List of Former Mozilla-Based Applications - Archive of obsolete content
operating environment for internet computers no longer available hp printer assistant printer utility hall of fame page mentions that this used an embedded version of mozilla at some point but i can't find reference to current status (may still be using mozilla code?) icebrowser java browser sdk uses mozilla rhino --eol'ed in 2009 (jin'sync) office app launcher download page last updated on 12/21/06 kylix compiler and integrated development environment borland discontinued this product.

Environment variables affecting crash reporting - Archive of obsolete content
moz_crashreporter_no_report save the minidump file but don't launch the crash reporting ui or send the report to the server.

Installing plugins to Gecko embedding browsers on Windows - Archive of obsolete content
to find the path to the browser executable (exe) applicable to netscape 6.1, 6.2.x, netscape 7.0 (and up), mozilla 1.0, and compuserve 7.0 finding the browser executable is useful if you wish to launch the browser following installation of the plugin dll.

Other Mozilla customization pages - Archive of obsolete content
other mozilla customization pages mcd, mission control desktop aka autoconfig pre-configuring mozilla mozexec, a mozilla launcher that writes a registry.bat before launching mozilla (contributed by petr kristan) mozptch: the main difference of the mozptch approach is, not to patch the registry.dat, but to create a new one with mozillas comandline option -createprofile.

Protecting Mozilla's registry.dat file - Archive of obsolete content
ile%\application data" >nul 2>nul mkdir "%userprofile%\application data\mozilla" >nul 2>nul copy /b \\server\netlogon\template\"application data"\mozilla\registry.dat "%userprofile%\application data\mozilla" >nul 2>nul attrib +r +s "%userprofile%\application data\mozilla" >nul 2>nul attrib +r +s "%userprofile%\application data\mozilla\registry.dat" >nul 2>nul regedit /s \\server\netlogon\reg\quicklaunch.reg >nul 2>nul ...

Automatic Mozilla Configurator - Archive of obsolete content
automatic mozilla configurator:introduction automatic mozilla configurator:how mozilla finds its configuration files automatic mozilla configurator:how thunderbird and firefox find their configuration files automatic mozilla configurator:protecting mozilla's registry.dat file automatic mozilla configurator:enabling quicklaunch for all users automatic mozilla configurator:kill the xul.mfl file for good automatic mozilla configurator:locked config settings automatic mozilla configurator:other mozilla customization pages online configurator tools: registry.dat mozilla.cfg (locked preferences) ...

Structure of an installable bundle - Archive of obsolete content
basic structure of a bundle a bundle may include any of the following files: path from the root of the bundle description version information /install.rdf extension/theme install manifest /application.ini application launch manifest /bootstrap.js the bootstrap script for extensions not requiring a restart (those with <em:bootstrap>true</em:bootstrap> in their install.rdf).

Chromeless - Archive of obsolete content
firefox users could choose to turn a web page into a "prism application" and have an icon added to their desktop to launch it without the firefox user interface surrounding the page.

Making a Mozilla installation modifiable - Archive of obsolete content
make sure you start the modified copy and not the default installation on your machine, and shut down "quick launch" if you are on windows and that feature is enabled.

Getting Started - Archive of obsolete content
after you've changed the images, launch mozilla and you should see them.

Downloading Nightly or Trunk Builds - Archive of obsolete content
if one has questions about the way a particular nightly was built, the best way to get that information is to download the executable, launch it, and then go to the "about:buildconfig" page, by typing this into the location bar.

GRE - Archive of obsolete content
if you link directly against xpcom.dll/libxpcom.so (xpcom.lib import lib), your application will not launch unless xpcom.dll is in your path.

Creating a Help Content Pack - Archive of obsolete content
viewing your content pack in the help viewer to launch the help viewer with your content pack, you need to have chrome://help/content/contexthelp.js loaded into the xul file that provides the ui to open the help viewer: <script type="application/javascript" src="chrome://help/content/contexthelp.js"/> this will allow you to access all of the viewer functions.

Metro browser chrome tests - Archive of obsolete content
running the metro browser chrome tests to run mochitest, first build mozilla with your changes; then run ./mach mochitest-metro this will launch metro browser chrome tests in the default immersive browser.

Extensions - Archive of obsolete content
using this dialog, a user just launches a webapp and opens the add-ons dialog.

Installer - Archive of obsolete content
this means that when you double-click or launch a *.webapp file, prism is launched and automatically opens the web application.

Tamarin build documentation - Archive of obsolete content
ac-64-release mac-32-debug mac-64-debug mac-32-release-debugger mac-64-release-debugger mac-32-debug-debugger mac-64-debug-debugger the build location will be project_root/build_name/avm note: as discussed above, the c++ indexer has been setup to track the current build config, so the correct conditional compiles are highlighted in the editor run/debug from eclipse for test purposes, a launch config (running the helloworld test from esc) has been included for each of the build configs.

Windows stub installer - Archive of obsolete content
run setup.exe there to launch the stub installer.

Using XPInstall to Install Plugins - Archive of obsolete content
it can be a way to ensure a smooth user-experience when obtaining plugins, without obliging the user to exit the browsing environment to launch a binary installer (the classic setup.exe experience on windows) or obliging the user to restart their browser.

performInstall - Archive of obsolete content
moves all components to their final locations, launches any pending executions, and registers the package and all of its subcomponents in the client version registry.

registerChrome - Archive of obsolete content
one final option for the switch parameter is delayed_chrome, which registers the switch only after a relaunch of the browser.

Accessing Files - Archive of obsolete content
if the application was launched from a command line, for instance, this will be the directory where the application was launched from, which may be different from the 'application' value.

Menus - Archive of obsolete content
if it were a menuitem, then pressing the return key would have launched the command associated with it.

Complete - Archive of obsolete content
restart the application using the command line switch: -uilocale fr-fr (of course, if your application is already in french, specify en-us here to switch the extension to english.) notes: if you use a shortcut or launcher icon to start the application, then you can add the command line switch by editing the icon's properties.

XUL accessibility tool - Archive of obsolete content
use to launch the tool after installation, look for an entry in the tools menu of the host application, or hit ctrl+alt+shift+f12.

XULRunner 1.8.0.1 Release Notes - Archive of obsolete content
it provides facilities for launching standalone xul applications and embedding apis which can be used to render web pages within native and java applications.

XULRunner 1.8.0.4 Release Notes - Archive of obsolete content
it provides facilities for launching standalone xul applications and embedding apis which can be used to render web pages within native and java applications.

XULRunner 1.9.1 Release Notes - Archive of obsolete content
it provides facilities for launching standalone xul applications and embedding apis which can be used to render web pages within native and java applications.

XULRunner 1.9.2 Release Notes - Archive of obsolete content
it provides facilities for launching standalone xul applications and embedding apis which can be used to render web pages within native and java applications.

XULRunner 1.9 Release Notes - Archive of obsolete content
it provides facilities for launching standalone xul applications and embedding apis which can be used to render web pages within native and java applications.

XULRunner 2.0 Release Notes - Archive of obsolete content
it provides facilities for launching standalone xul applications and embedding apis which can be used to render web pages within native and java applications.

Deploying XULRunner - Archive of obsolete content
it may turn out to be easier to create a self contained portable application, as described here, and deploy it with a generic installer that would create shortcuts to scripts that launch your application in the unregistered bundled xulrunner.

XULRunner Hall of Fame - Archive of obsolete content
slimerjs slimerjs is a xulrunner application that can be launched with firefox, allowing to execute an external javascript script which can manipulate web content.

Specifying Startup Chrome Window - Archive of obsolete content
specifying a single instance main window by default, each time the user launches the application xulrunner opens the window specified by toolkit.defaultchromeuri.

XULRunner tips - Archive of obsolete content
ector/content/viewers/stylerules/commandoverlay.xul overlay chrome://inspector/content/keysetoverlay.xul chrome://inspector/content/viewers/dom/keysetoverlay.xul overlay chrome://inspector/content/popupoverlay.xul chrome://inspector/content/viewers/stylerules/popupoverlay.xul overlay chrome://inspector/content/commandoverlay.xul chrome://inspector/content/viewers/dom/commandoverlay.xul to launch dom inspector in your application, you need to open its main window, with a command like this: window.open("chrome://inspector/content/inspector.xul", "", "chrome"); alternatively, the dom inspector may also be added as an extension: (if you already have inspector installed for another application you can skip to the next step) follow the instructions above through "unzip the package." c...

Windows and menus in XULRunner - Archive of obsolete content
when you launch your xul application, you’ll notice that xulrunner gives your windows a default icon (top left corner on windows).

toolkit.defaultChromeURI - Archive of obsolete content
type: string specified by: default prefs of xulrunner applications default: none example: pref("toolkit.defaultchromeuri", "chrome://myapp/content/"); the toolkit.defaultchromeuri preference allows simple xulrunner-based applications to open a new window when the application is launched.

Mozrunner - Archive of obsolete content
command line usage the mozrunner command will launch the application (specified by --app) from a binary specified with -b or as located on the path.

nsIContentPolicy - Archive of obsolete content
warning: do not block the caller in your implementations of shouldload() or shouldprocess() (for example, by launching a dialog to prompt the user for something).") note: in reality, much of this interface is defined in the nsicontentpolicybase interface, but for now is documented here until someone has time to split things up.

Archived Mozilla and build documentation - Archive of obsolete content
devmo 1.0 launch roadmap comments, ideas, questions and other discussion should be added on the devmo talk:1.0 launch roadmap page.

Gecko Compatibility Handbook - Archive of obsolete content
here's how: launch mozilla or firefox.

Mozilla.dev.apps.firefox-2006-09-29 - Archive of obsolete content
can't view keith olbermann videos a user inability to launch videos, worked fine for others, ended up being a flash version problem.

2006-09-29 - Archive of obsolete content
can't view keith olbermann videos a user inability to launch videos, worked fine for others, ended up being a flash version problem.

2006-11-17 - Archive of obsolete content
two questions: (1) launching a separate intance of firefox.exe, and (2) programmatically closing a window user has two questions about using adobe flex builder debugger in firefox 2.0.

2006-10-06 - Archive of obsolete content
build is go for launch.

Vulnerabilities - Archive of obsolete content
however, an attacker could generate false arp messages to poison a system’s arp table and thereby launch a denial-of-service or a man-in-the-middle attack.

Sunbird Theme Tutorial - Archive of obsolete content
note: if you do not know where the program directory is, look at the properties of the shortcut or launcher icon that you use to start sunbird.

Archive of obsolete content
on october 11, 2002, wired launched a brand-new site design that uses validating xhtml for its structure and a small collection of css files for its layout.

Desktop gamepad controls - Game development
on-screen instructions when the game is started, some introductory text is shown that shows you available controls — we are already detecting if the game is launched on desktop or mobile then showing a relevant message for the device, but we can go even further, to allow for the presence of a gamepad: create() { // ...

Physics - Game development
as a result it will be launched upwards, but then fall due to the effects of gravity pulling it down.

Visual typescript game engine - Game development
├── package.json ├── package-lock.json ├── webpack.config.js ├── tsconfig.json ├── tslint.json ├── launch.json ├── workplace.code-workspace logo.png license ├── build/ (this is auto generated) | ├── externals/ | ├── templates/ | ├── imgs/ | ├── styles/ | | └── favicon.ico | ├── visualjs2.js | ├── app.html ├── src/ | ├── style/ | | ├── styles.css | ├── libs/ | | ├── class/ | | | ├�...

Distributed Denial of Service - MDN Web Docs Glossary: Definitions of Web-related terms
eventually, the assailant instructs the controlled machines to launch an attack against a specified target.

Responsive design - Learn web development
this meta tag exists because when the original iphone launched and people started to view websites on a small phone screen, most sites were not mobile optimized.

What is the difference between webpage, website, web server, and search engine? - Learn web development
the confusion arises because, the first time someone launches a browser, the browser displays a search engine's homepage.

How do you set up a local testing server? - Learn web development
to run php server-side code, launch php's built-in development server: $ cd path/to/your/php/code $ php -s localhost:8000 ...

Common questions - Learn web development
when you're launching a website, you may spend nothing or your costs may go through the roof.

Index - Learn web development
beginner, webmechanics, cost, hosting, web development tools when launching a website, you may spend nothing, or your costs may go through the roof.

Learning area release notes - Learn web development
june 2020 our front-end web developer learning pathway is officially launched!

Getting started with Ember - Learn web development
(1) | 12ms the development server launches at http://localhost:4200, which you can visit in your browser to check out what your work looks like so far.

Deployment and next steps - Learn web development
le.js' }, plugins: [ svelte({ // enable run-time checks when not in production dev: !production, // we'll extract any component css out into // a separate file - better for performance css: css => { css.write('public/build/bundle.css'); } }), later on in the same file you'll also see how rollup minimizes our scripts in production mode and launches a local server in development mode: // in dev mode, call `npm run start` once // the bundle has been generated !production && serve(), // watch the `public` directory and refresh the // browser on changes when not in production !production && livereload('public'), // if we're building for production (npm run build // instead of npm run dev), minify product...

Command line crash course - Learn web development
all the operating systems (assuming a default setup) will launch their terminal program in your "home" directory, and from there you’re likely to want to move to a different place.

Mozilla’s UAAG evaluation report
unfortunately, switching profiles requires the entire application to be relaunched.

Android-specific test suites
while developing, you can launch these tests from within android studio, which is the fastest way to iterate on code and tests.

Browser chrome tests
running the browser chrome tests to run mochitest, first build mozilla with your changes; then run ./mach mochitest -f browser this will launch your build and open a "browser chrome tests" window, and report the results in the ui and to stdout.

Debugging JavaScript
you can also start the browser console when you launch firefox, by launching firefox from the command line and passing --jsconsole as a flag: /path/to/firefox --jsconsole log to the browser console using the standard console api after importing console.jsm: let console = (cu.import("resource://gre/modules/console.jsm", {})).console; console.log("hello from firefox code"); error console this is obsolete and is no longer enabled in firefox by defa...

Makefile - targets
compile firefox, thunderbird, etc check standalone shell unit test invoked directly by make configure launch the configure program to define headers and and attributes for the target build machine.

Error codes returned by Mozilla APIs
ns_error_file_execution_failed (0x80520003) an attempt to launch or execute a file failed because the file is not executable.

Overview of Mozilla embedding APIs
contract-id: ns_iunknowncontenttypehandler_contractid implemented interfaces: nsiunknowncontenttypehandler helperapp launch dialog contract-id: ns_externalhelperappservice_contractid implemented interfaces: nsiexternalhelperappservice preferences service the preferences service provides access to persistent data stored within a user's profile directory.

Creating a New Protocol
it may be possible to test protocols unrelated to a particular window using the xpcshell testing framework, which has additional primitives in electrolysis for launching and running js commands in a content process.

L10n testing with xcode
launching & testing your firefox on ios localization the ios simulator is fairly easy to use once you launch your app.

Localizing with Koala
dtd's files are read by the xml parser, which goes through the xul files used in mozilla to create the interface when it launches.

Localization formats
how often, if at all, the site will be updated after the launch?

Profiling with Xperf
to start a trace session, launching a new firefox instance: xperf -on base xperf -start heapsession -heap -pidnewprocess "./firefox.exe -p test -no-remote" -stackwalk heapalloc+heaprealloc -buffersize 512 -minbuffers 128 -maxbuffers 512 to stop a session and merge the resulting files: xperf -stop heapsession -d heap.etl xperf -d main.etl xperf -merge main.etl heap.etl result.etl "result.etl" will contain your merged data; you...

Reporting a Performance Problem
using the keyboard shortcuts is often more convenient than using the mouse to interact with the ui: ctrl+shift+1 - start/stop the profiler ctrl+shift+2 - take a profile and launch the viewer to view it capturing and sharing a profile while the profiler is recording, reproduce the performance problem.

powermetrics
0 23.75 12.97 0.00 google chrome helper 84685 0.13 48.08 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.20 0.00 kernel_coalition 1 128.64 780.19 330.52 0.00 kernel_task 0 109.97 0.00 0.20 0.00 779.47 330.35 0.00 launchd 1 18.88 2.44 0.00 0.00 0.40 0.20 0.00 com.apple.safari 488 90.60 108.58 56.48 26.65 com.apple.webkit.webcontent 84679 64.21 84.69 0.00 0.00 104.19 54.89 26.66 com.apple.webkit.networking 84678 26.89 58.

Midas editor module security preferences
if you have quick launch running (on windows, this is an icon in the toolbar), quit that too.

PR_Initialize
argc the length of the argument vector, whether passed in from the host's program-launching facility or fabricated by the actual main program.

NSS PKCS11 Functions
recurse is a boolean indicates whether or not the module should also launch additional pkcs #11 modules.

Hacking Tips
enabling gdb instrumentation may require launching a js shell executable that shares a directory with a file name "js-gdb.py".

Introduction to the JavaScript shell
this function only works with programs loaded from files, either using the -f flag on launching the shell, or by using the load() function.

Setting up an update server
launch firefox out of its installation directory and navigate to the update section about:preferences.

places.sqlite Database Troubleshooting
launch firefox.

Packaging WebLock
weblock installation script is the completetrigger installation script, which can be launched from a web page.

Setting up the Gecko SDK
creating a new project after launching visual c++, select new from the file menu.

nsIAppShellService
createstartupstate() obsolete since gecko 1.8 (firefox 1.5 / thunderbird 1.5 / seamonkey 1.0) creates the initial state of the application by launching tasks specfied by "general.startup.*" prefs.

nsIAppStartup
createstartupstate() obsolete since gecko 1.9.1 (firefox 3.5 / thunderbird 3.0 / seamonkey 2.0) creates the initial state of the application by launching tasks specfied by "general.startup.*" prefs.

nsICommandLine
constants state constants constant value description state_initial_launch 0 the first launch of the application instance.

nsICommandLineHandler
command-line-handler m-irc @mozilla.org/chatzilla/clh;1 command-line-handler y-final @mozilla.org/browser/clh-final;1 method overview void handle(in nsicommandline acommandline); attributes attribute type description helpinfo autf8string when the application is launched with the -help argument, this attribute is retrieved and displayed to the user (on stdout).

nsIDOMWindowUtils
return value entermodalstate() put the window into a state where scripts are frozen and events suppressed, for use when the window has launched a modal prompt.

nsIExternalProtocolService
uriloader/exthandler/nsiexternalprotocolservice.idlscriptable the external protocol service is used for finding and launching web handlers (a la registerprotocolhandler in the html5 draft) or platform-specific applications for handling particular protocols.

nsIFile
void initwithfile(in nsifile afile); void initwithnativepath(in acstring filepath); void initwithpath(in astring filepath); boolean isdirectory(); boolean isexecutable(); boolean isfile(); boolean ishidden(); boolean isreadable(); boolean isspecial(); boolean issymlink(); boolean iswritable(); void launch(); prlibrarystar load(); void moveto(in nsifile newparentdir, in astring newname); void movetonative(in nsifile newparentdir, in acstring newname); native code only!

nsIPrivateBrowsingService
method overview void removedatafromdomain(in autf8string adomain); attributes attribute type description autostarted boolean indicates whether or not private browsing was started automatically at application launch time.

nsIToolkitProfileService
to access the built-in profile manager in versions of firefox up to 4.0 and thunderbird up to 3.3 you can launch with the -profilemanager command line flag.

nsIXULRuntime
insafemode boolean whether the application was launched in safe mode.

Troubleshooting XPCOM components registration
(the -r switch from gnu ldd lists function relocations; adjust as suitable for your version) trace shared library loading by setting the environment variable ld_debug=all while launching firefox (see `man ld.so` for details).

Mozilla
signing mozilla apps for mac os x mac os x's gatekeeper functionality prevents users from launching applications that haven't been code-signed, in order to help keep their computers secure.

DOM Inspector internals - Firefox Developer Tools
in order for dom inspector to be useful with its host application, though, there should be a way to launch dom inspector within it, e.g., by a menu item and an optional keyboard shortcut such as ctrl+shift+i (or cmd+shift+i).

Browser Console - Firefox Developer Tools
you can also start the browser console by launching firefox from the command line and passing the -jsconsole argument: /applications/firefoxaurora.app/contents/macos/firefox-bin -jsconsole the browser console looks like this: you can see that the browser console looks and behaves very much like the web console: most of the window is occupied by a pane that display messages.

Network monitor toolbar - Firefox Developer Tools
a second toolbar area at the bottom of the network monitor provides: an icon to launch performance analysis.

Toolbox - Firefox Developer Tools
the array may include the following tools: web console javascript debugger page inspector style editor profiler network monitor note that not all the hosted tools are always listed here: only the tools actually available in this context are shown (for example, not all tools support remote debugging yet, so if the debugging target is not the firefox instance that launched the window, not all the hosted tools will be shown).

Manipulating video using canvas - Web APIs
the timer callback the timer callback is called initially when the video starts playing (when the "play" event occurs), then takes responsibility for establishing itself to be called periodically in order to launch the keying effect for each frame.

Document: DOMContentLoaded event - Web APIs
istener('domcontentloaded', (event) => { console.log('dom fully loaded and parsed'); }); delaying domcontentloaded <script> document.addeventlistener('domcontentloaded', (event) => { console.log('dom fully loaded and parsed'); }); for( let i = 0; i < 1000000000; i++) {} // this synchronous script is going to delay parsing of the dom, // so the domcontentloaded event is going to launch later.

Document: keypress event - Web APIs
interface keyboardevent bubbles yes cancelable yes default action varies: keypress event; launch text composition system; blur and focus events; domactivate event; other event examples addeventlistener keypress example this example logs the keyboardevent.code value whenever you press a key.

Element: keypress event - Web APIs
interface keyboardevent bubbles yes cancelable yes default action varies: keypress event; launch text composition system; blur and focus events; domactivate event; other event examples addeventlistener keypress example this example logs the keyboardevent.code value whenever you press a key after focussing the <input> element.

Media Session API - Web APIs
the aim of this is allowing users to know what's playing, and to control it, without opening the specific page that launched it.

Microsoft API extensions - Web APIs
nged onmsvideoframestepcompleted onmsvideooptimallayoutchanged msfirstpaint pinned sites apis mssitemodeevent mssitemodejumplistitemremoved msthumbnailclick other apis x-ms-aria-flowfrom x-ms-acceleratorkey x-ms-format-detection mscaching mscachingenabled mscapslockwarningoff event.msconverturl() mselementresize document.mselementsfromrect() msisstatichtml navigator.mslaunchuri() mslaunchuricallback element.msmatchesselector() msprotocols msputpropertyenabled mswriteprofilermark ...

MouseEvent() - Web APIs
0 main button pressed (usually the left button) or un-initialized 1 auxiliary button pressed (usually the middle button) 2 secondary button pressed (usually the right button) "buttons", optional and defaulting to 0, of type unsigned short, that describes which buttons are pressed when the event is launched: bit-field value meaning 0 no button pressed 1 main button pressed (usually the left button) 2 secondary button pressed (usually the right button) 4 auxiliary button pressed (usually the middle button) "relatedtarget", optional and defaulting t...

Web-based protocol handlers - Web APIs
when the link is activated, the browser should launch the default desktop application for handling email.

msthumbnailclick - Web APIs
syntax event property object.onmsthumbnailclick = handler; addeventlistener method object.addeventlistener("msthumbnailclick", handler, usecapture) general info synchronous no bubbles no cancelable no note the onmsthumbnailclick event is available only to documents that are launched from a pinned site shortcut.

ARIA: button role - Accessibility
a common convention to inform users a button will launch a dialog is to append "…" (ellipsis) to the button's label, e.g., "save as…".

ARIA: listbox role - Accessibility
if the current item has an associated context menu, shift+f10 will launch that menu.

Accessibility Information for Web Authors - Accessibility
no document upload needed and no additional application to launch; everything is accessible within the firefox browser.

Proxy Auto-Configuration (PAC) file - HTTP
in chrome (versions 52 to 73), you can disable this by setting pachttpsurlstrippingenabled to false in policy or by launching with the --unsafe-pac-url command-line flag (in chrome 74, only the flag works, and from 75 onward, there is no way to disable path-stripping; as of chrome 81, path-stripping does not apply to http urls, but there is interest in changing this behavior to match https); in firefox, the preference is network.proxy.autoconfig_url.include_path.

background_color - Web app manifests
therefore background_color should match the background-color css property in the site’s stylesheet for a smooth transition between launching the web application and loading the site's content.

start_url - Web app manifests
type string mandatory no the start_url member is a string that represents the start url of the web application — the prefered url that should be loaded when the user launches the web application (e.g., when the user taps on the web application's icon from a device's application menu or homescreen).

Web app manifests
splash screens in chrome 47 and later, a splash screen is displayed for sites launched from a homescreen.

Performance fundamentals - Web Performance
application launch is one particularly important case discussed in more detail below.

Optimizing startup performance - Web Performance
the user is unable to cancel if they launched your app by mistake.

Add to Home screen - Progressive web apps (PWAs)
start_url: provides a path to the asset that should be loaded when the added-to-home screen app is launched.