Finding window handles - Archive of obsolete content
var basewindow = window.queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(components.interfaces.nsiwebnavigation) .queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsidocshelltreeitem) .treeowner .queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(components.interfaces.nsibasewindow); then in c++ part, a function take nsibasewindow as param hwnd getparentwindowhwnd(nsibasewindow *window) { nativewindow hwnd; nsresult rv = window->getparentnativewindow(&hwnd); if (ns_failed(rv))...
...s components.utils.import('resource://gre/modules/services.jsm'); var browserwindow = services.wm.getmostrecentwindow('navigator:browser'); if (!browserwindow) { throw new error('no browser window found'); } var basewindow = browserwindow.queryinterface(ci.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(ci.nsiwebnavigation) .queryinterface(ci.nsidocshelltreeitem) .treeowner .queryinterface(ci.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(ci.nsibasewindow); var hwndstring = basewindow.nativehandle; components.utils.import('resource://gre/modules/ctypes.jsm'); var user32 = ctypes.open('user32.dll'); /* http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms633539%28v=vs.85%29.aspx * b...
...c components.utils.import('resource://gre/modules/services.jsm'); var browserwindow = services.wm.getmostrecentwindow('navigator:browser'); if (!browserwindow) { throw new error('no browser window found'); } var basewindow = browserwindow.queryinterface(ci.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(ci.nsiwebnavigation) .queryinterface(ci.nsidocshelltreeitem) .treeowner .queryinterface(ci.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(ci.nsibasewindow); var nswindowstring = basewindow.nativehandle; components.utils.import('resource://gre/modules/ctypes.jsm'); var objc = ctypes.open(ctypes.libraryname('objc')); // types let id = ctypes.voidptr_t; let sel = ctypes.voidp...
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Tabbed browser - Archive of obsolete content
from a sidebar basically, if your extension code is a sidebar you can use: var mainwindow = window.queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(components.interfaces.nsiwebnavigation) .queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsidocshelltreeitem) .roottreeitem .queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(components.interfaces.nsidomwindow); mainwindow.gbrowser.addtab(...); from a dialog if your code is running in a dialog opened directly by a browser window, you can use: window.opener.gbrowser.addtab(...); if window.opener doesn't wo...
...url without needing loadcontext if (loadcontext) { var contentwindow = loadcontext.associatedwindow; //this is the html window of the page that just loaded //adomwindow this is the firefox window holding the tab var adomwindow = contentwindow.top.queryinterface(ci.nsiinterfacerequestor).getinterface(ci.nsiwebnavigation).queryinterface(ci.nsidocshelltreeitem).roottreeitem.queryinterface(ci.nsiinterfacerequestor).getinterface(ci.nsidomwindow); var gbrowser = adomwindow.gbrowser; //this is the gbrowser object of the firefox window this tab is in var atab = gbrowser._gettabforcontentwindow(contentwindow.top); //this is the clickable tab xul element, the one found in the tab strip of the firefox window, atab.linkedbrowser ...
...twindow) { //this channel does not have a window, its probably loading a resource //this probably means that its loading an ajax call or like a google ad thing return null; } else { var adomwindow = contentwindow.top.queryinterface(ci.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(ci.nsiwebnavigation) .queryinterface(ci.nsidocshelltreeitem) .roottreeitem .queryinterface(ci.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(ci.nsidomwindow); var gbrowser = adomwindow.gbrowser; var atab = gbrowser._gettabforcontentwindow(contentwindow.top); //this is the clickable tab xul element, the one found in the tab strip of the firefox window, atab.linkedbrowser is same as browser var a...

nsIXULWindow
void assumechromeflagsarefrozen(); void center(in nsixulwindow arelative, in boolean ascreen, in boolean aalert); nsixulwindow createnewwindow(in print32 achromeflags, in nsiappshell aappshell); nsidocshelltreeitem getcontentshellbyid(in wstring id); void removechildwindow(in nsixulwindow achild); void showmodal(); attributes attribute type description chromeflags pruint32 chromeflags are from nsiwebbrowserchrome.
... primarycontentshell nsidocshelltreeitem the primary content shell.
... nsidocshelltreeitem getcontentshellbyid( in wstring id ); parameters id the id of the content shell, which is the same as the "type" attribute on the containing frame element.

nsISHEntry
to create an instance, use: var shentry = components.classes["@mozilla.org/browser/session-history-entry;1"] .createinstance(components.interfaces.nsishentry); method overview void addchildshell(in nsidocshelltreeitem shell); nsidocshelltreeitem childshellat(in long index); void clearchildshells(); nsishentry clone(); void create(in nsiuri uri, in astring title, in nsiinputstream inputstream, in nsilayouthistorystate layouthistorystate, in nsisupports cachekey, in acstring contenttype, in nsisupports owner, in unsigned long long docshellid, in boolean dynamiccreation); native code only!
...void addchildshell( in nsidocshelltreeitem shell ); parameters shell childshellat() nsidocshelltreeitem childshellat( in long index ); parameters index the child shell at index; null if index is out of bounds.

Sidebar - Archive of obsolete content
resizing the sidebar programmatically in case you need to change the width of the sidebar, use the following code: function setsidebarwidth(newwidth) { var mainwindow = window.queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(components.interfaces.nsiwebnavigation) .queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsidocshelltreeitem) .roottreeitem .queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(components.interfaces.nsidomwindow); mainwindow.document.getelementbyid("sidebar-box").width=newwidth; } or function setsidebarwidth(newwidth) { window.top.document.getelementbyid("sidebar-box").width=newwidth; } you can also disable the ability to resize it manually, using the mouse, by hiding th...

Interaction between privileged and non-privileged pages - Archive of obsolete content
var mainwindow = window.queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(components.interfaces.nsiwebnavigation) .queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsidocshelltreeitem) .roottreeitem .queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(components.interfaces.nsidomwindow); mainwindow.document.addeventlistener("myextensionevent", function(e) { myextension.mylistener(e); }, false, true); if you need to to pass lots of data, consider using cdata sections instead of the simple attributes o...

Code snippets - Archive of obsolete content
let mainwindow = window.queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(components.interfaces.nsiwebnavigation) .queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsidocshelltreeitem) .roottreeitem .queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(components.interfaces.nsidomwindow); // obtain a reference to sync's tabs "engine." let tabsengine = weave.service.enginemanager.get("tabs"); // iterate over each client having data.

Extentsions FAQ - Archive of obsolete content
e and the corresponding css see http://www.w3.org/tr/rec-css2/cascade.html#cascade friday, october 13 - 20, 2006 (↑ top) how to get a refenece to the sidebar window assuming you have chrome privileges, this should work: var ci = components.interfaces; var toplevelwindow = window.queryinterface(ci.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(ci.nsiwebnavigation) .queryinterface(ci.nsidocshelltreeitem) .roottreeitem .queryinterface(ci.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(ci.nsidomwindow) .queryinterface(ci.nsidomchromewindow); var sidebar = toplevelwindow.document.getelementbyid("sidebar"); alert(sidebar.contentdocument); is there anyone successfully using dojo in a firefox extension and where to fine sample codes?

Limitations of frame scripts
it looks something like this: window.queryinterface(ci.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(ci.nsiwebnavigation) .queryinterface(ci.nsidocshelltreeitem) .roottreeitem .queryinterface(ci.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(ci.nsidomwindow); this will no longer work.

Limitations of frame scripts
it looks something like this: window.queryinterface(ci.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(ci.nsiwebnavigation) .queryinterface(ci.nsidocshelltreeitem) .roottreeitem .queryinterface(ci.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(ci.nsidomwindow); this will no longer work.

Process scripts
this can be achieved by traversing the docshell tree up to the top window and then retrieving its content message manager, as follows: function contentmmfromcontentwindow(window) { let tree = window.queryinterface(ci.nsiinterfacerequestor).getinterface(ci.nsidocshelltreeitem); let top = tree.sametyperoottreeitem; let iface = queryinterface(ci.nsidocshell).queryinterface(ci.nsiinterfacerequestor); return iface.getinterface(ci.nsicontentframemessagemanager); } this is intended for unprivileged pages running in a content process.

nsIDocShell
uses types from nsidocshelltreeitem.

nsIWinTaskbar
ces.nsiwintaskbar); // get the docshell for the browser var navigator2 = top.queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsiinterfacerequestor).getinterface(components.interfaces.nsiwebnavigation); var docshell = navigator2.queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsidocshell); // get the parent docshell; this is the top-level docshell var docshelltreeitem = docshell.queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsidocshelltreeitem); var parent = docshelltreeitem.parent; var ds = parent.queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsidocshell); // create the preview taskbar.createtaskbartabpreview(ds, {}); gettaskbarprogress() gets the taskbar progress for a window.

nsIWindowMediator
win.queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(components.interfaces.nsiwebnavigation) .queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsidocshelltreeitem).treeowner .queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(components.interfaces.nsixulwindow) enumerating windows the following code can be used if you need to do something for each open window of a particular type.

Working with windows in chrome code
this can be done using the following statement: var mainwindow = window.queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(components.interfaces.nsiwebnavigation) .queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsidocshelltreeitem) .roottreeitem .queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsiinterfacerequestor) .getinterface(components.interfaces.nsidomwindow); this allows you to cross the chrome-content boundaries, and returns the main window object.