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== Authors ==
# [[Newsgroup_summaries:mozilla-dev-tech-xul:2006-09-29|Friday September 29, 2006]]
# [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Newsgroup_summaries:mozilla-dev-tech-xul:2006-10-06 Friday October 6, 2006]
# [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Newsgroup_summaries:mozilla-dev-tech-xul:2006-10-13 Friday October 13, 2006]
# [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Newsgroup_summaries:mozilla-dev-tech-xul:2006-10-20 Friday October 20, 2006]
# [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Newsgroup_summaries:mozilla-dev-tech-xul:2006-10-27 Friday October 27, 2006]
# [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Newsgroup_summaries:mozilla-dev-tech-xul:2006-11-03 Friday November 3, 2006]
# [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Newsgroup_summaries:mozilla-dev-tech-xul:2006-11-10 Friday November 10, 2006]
# [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Newsgroup_summaries:mozilla-dev-tech-xul:2006-11-17 Friday November 17, 2006]
# [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Newsgroup_summaries:mozilla-dev-tech-xul:2006-11-24 Friday November 24, 2006]
# [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Newsgroup_summaries:mozilla-dev-tech-xul:2006-12-01 Friday December 1, 2006]
== FAQ ==
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/8d4a161af5f3c859/26ea3851f9b196ca#26ea3851f9b196ca What is an example of tab browser in XUL?] ===
:[http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla1.8/source/browser/base/content/browser.xul#506 An example of tab browswer in XUL]
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/57d92948ee93e015/e126b4642552567d#e126b4642552567d How can i get URIs on open tabs?] ===
Using the following code sample,
:<pre>
:// Get browsers object
:var browsers=document.getElementById('content').browsers;
:var numBrowsers=browsers.length;
:
:for (var i=0; numBrowsers>i; i++)
:{
: var thisURI=browsers[i].currentURI.spec;
: // do something with it.
:}
:
:</pre>
The person can get the titles too using the .contentTitle tag.
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/f25c7e5dd546a005/bce0d886cf0ba703#bce0d886cf0ba703 How to add and remove values to/from, set up inside a <prefwindow> container to handle the preference?] ===
:<prefwidnow> can contain any control, just like a regular window. Some of them can be tied to a preference so that the preference is automatically updated as the control is manipulated. Others, like <listbox>, cannot be so tied, but one can always write a script that updates preferences explicitly, via nsIPrefBranch interface.
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/0f9029377573cfa2/ba127b8ff6c7e57b#ba127b8ff6c7e57b Can a XUL template be used for RSS?] ===
:You should be able to use a XUL template to display feeds, although you may have to write the feed data to an RDF datasource first.
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/1cd0d95ece50e2ed/3d56c5f2b5a56b9b#3d56c5f2b5a56b9b How do I remove the file location header included in the default printing setting?] ===
:See http://www.xulplanet.com/references/elemref/ref_iframe.html, the first user note at the bottom. Change this line
:to this
:Other options you can modify are documented here:
:http://www.xulplanet.com/references/xpcomref/ifaces/nsIPrintSettings.html
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/bceb1fad72d3dd4c/599a85d1f1097d2c#599a85d1f1097d2c Is it possible to load the template with XML file and not rdf based source?] ===
:That feature isn't available yet. The code that implements it is waiting to be reviewed. See bug https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=321171
=== [http://groups.google.ca/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/3331f2918d272742/238ffea39402e13b?hl=en#238ffea39402e13b How can I manage scrolling outside the browser?] ===
:This problem can be solved by capturing the focus events and giving the focus to another xul element or capturing and canceling the keypress events
=== [http://groups.google.ca/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/0e44d61bec2604be/55d6bfd713e5ba45?hl=en#55d6bfd713e5ba45 DrawWindow with transparent background possible?] ===
With Mozilla trunk
---------------------------------------------------------
nsIDOMCanvasRenderingContext2D* c2d = //coming from <canvas>
nsIDOMWindow* window = //coming from <iframe>
c2d->DrawWindow( window, ..., "rgba(0,0,0,0)");
---------------------------------------------------------
:This makes canvas background transparent if background is transparent but when "window" is coming from top level content window, background is not transparent.
:So how can I do this same way as <iframe>? You can't right now
=== [http://groups.google.ca/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/3331f2918d272742/238ffea39402e13b?hl=en#238ffea39402e13b I want to create dymanically multiple elements with datasource attribute. I want to create XUL element in the javascript, assign datasources/ref/template attribute to it so that the content is generated from the rdf datasource] ===
:Create the element, set the datasources attribute then add the element to the document. This should then create the database.
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/55db17d4373bcb42/31e471205e4b5d4d#31e471205e4b5d4d How can I send XML/XUL document fragrement to the server instead of using GET or POST variables?] ===
:You can send documents using send(document), so you should be able to insert the fragment into an empty document.
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/1a1949a4642f44ad/2d6959f8371fa69e#2d6959f8371fa69e I get the error: Gecko MinVersion requirement not met.] ===
:Visit http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Getting_started_with_XULRunner#Step_4:_Set_up_application.ini to find out how to properly set up the application.ini file.
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/52750962db5f67dc/59ea86f711094f43#59ea86f711094f43 Is Localizing remote XUL possible?] ===
:Loading remote DTDs for XML documents is currenty not yet supported in XUL.
:;The following bugs were reported on this issue.
:;https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22942
:;https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=133698
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/46c956df329be561/0cc354d668e2a3d9#0cc354d668e2a3d9 When loading an XSLT stylesheet into an XML I get the error: "Error loading stylesheet: An XSLT stylesheet load was blocked for security reasons."] ===
:That error is from a security check that has been put up to safeguard against cross-site-scripting attacks.
:A scheme is in development to allow servers to open up their site for cross-site access, but that's not yet done.
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/b15d601bbeb4e4de/61ec4be93c26c852#61ec4be93c26c852 hidechrome="true" doesn’t work on a Mac?] ===
:Unfortunately, no simple solution to this was posted. A workaround is to open the content in a new window using "window.open" and send titlebar=”no” as one of the flags in the 3rd argument.
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/95da86a0014e6ae4/89995304ae2089a3#89995304ae2089a3 Are XUL attributes integers?] ===
:Attributs such as left="100" or top="200" look as if they're integers but they are actually handled as strings.
:To use them as integers use JavaScript's [http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_parseInt.asp parseInt()] function.
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/ed8140804433a206/a347e9844466abf2#a347e9844466abf2 Using the "icon" attribute on a button] ===
From [http://www.croczilla.com/~alex/xulplanet/elemref/ref_button.html#attr_icon XULPlanet.com reference]:
:This attribute should be used to set the usage for common buttons. Some platforms display these buttons with a small icon indicating their usage. This should be used in place of the image attribute. Possible values include: accept, cancel, help, open, save, find, clear, yes, no, apply, close, print, add, remove, refresh, go-forward, go-back, properties, select-font, select-color, network. If you are using a button that matches one of these common usages, use the icon attribute to indicate this.
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/26293bd2f930e49c/403c3ea9180ef991#403c3ea9180ef991 Dynamic Objects in Toolbar] ===
There may be a few ways to implement this:
#By building your menupopup from an RDF datasource, which could be generated on the server.
#By getting data (e.g. JSON string) from the server, parsing it on client, and building the menupopup using DOM methods (such as document.createElementNS).
#By getting data as XML from the server. (server can just send the XUL code to use for popup - alternatively it can send generic XML describing the attributes of the items in the menu and you generate the XUL on client by applying an XSLT transform.)
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/c38b314ec14bf039/b3fafe8e0a90102c#b3fafe8e0a90102c Can I change a XUL tree cell/row/item background color with Javacript?] ===
To set the background color you need to set the property for the cell/row and not for the item.
An example of this is:
:<pre>
:selectedtreeitem = tree.view.getItemAtIndex(tree.currentIndex);
:electedtreeitem.firstChild.setAttribute('style', 'background: #FF0000');
:</pre>
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/1c47b84ce54353a5/9daa474a70c5dff6#9daa474a70c5dff6 Specifying window.onload function] ===
To specify a function to run when the window is loaded,add the following code between the script tags in the XUL file:
window.addEventListener("load", function(e) { startup(); }, false);
Similarly, for onunload use the code:
window.addEventListener("unload", function(e) { shutdown(); }, false);
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/f0aa44a69e64dda5/b86f0e12f5941092#b86f0e12f5941092 Is there an event which is called when the Firefox browser is initialized?] ===
An event is initiated when the application starts up and when the profile is changed. For more information please look at the following link: [http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/toolkit/mozapps/extensions/src/nsExtensionManager.js.in#2703 nsExtensionManager.js]
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/40b79fb4574cac8b/5c46a2cebfcae898#5c46a2cebfcae898 Is nsIVariant fully supported using python?] ===
Python has full support for variants. Pass a Python string/int/etc to the method requiring an nsIVariant. A Python object is convered when implmenting an interface taking an nsIVariant.
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/b8916415bc0fa019/9c7fd67b21949317#9c7fd67b21949317 How do I close the "showPopup" which is automatically opened when the "oncontextmenu" event is called?] ===
If you have a similar code base as the following:
:<pre>
:onBookmarkContextMenu: function(event, id) {
: document.getElementById("bookmarkPopup").showPopup(document.getElementById(id),
: event.screenX + 6, event.screenY + 6, "popup", "bottomright",
: "bottomright");
:
:}
:</pre>
Use the hidePopup() function to solve this issue.
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/9bf54cc3afe1c340/100724af248a02ad#100724af248a02ad What is an example of addProgressListener?] ===
An example of this is this:
:<pre>
:// Associate the progress listener for a "browser" to a listener object
:
:browserObject.addProgressListener( listObj,
: Components.interfaces.nsIWebProgress.NOTIFY_STATE_WINDOW );
:
:// Remember to define the object, something like this:
:
:listObj = new Object();
:
:listObj.wpl = Components.interfaces.nsIWebProgressListener;
:
:listObj.QueryInterface = function(aIID) {
: if (aIID.equals(listObj.wpl) ||
: aIID.equals(Components.interfaces.nsISupportsWeakReference) ||
: aIID.equals(Components.interfaces.nsISupports)) return this;
: throw Components.results.NS_NOINTERFACE;
:
:}
:
:listObj.onStateChange = function(aProgress, aRequest, aFlag, aStatus) {
: if (aFlag & listObj.wpl.STATE_START) {
: // This fires when the load event is initiated
: } else {
: if (aFlag & listObj.wpl.STATE_STOP) {
: if ( aFlag & listObj.wpl.STATE_IS_WINDOW ) {
: // This fires when ALL load finish
: }
: if ( aFlag & listObj.wpl.STATE_IS_NETWORK ) {
: // Fires when ALL load are REALLY over,
: // do something "final" here
: // (my two cents)
: } else {
: // This fires when a load finishes
: }
: }
: }
: return 0;
:
:}
:
:// This fires when the location bar changes i.e load event is confirmed
:// or when the user switches tabs
:listObj.onLocationChange = function(aProgress, aRequest, aURI) {
:
:// do whatever you want to do
:return 0;
:
:}
:
:// For definitions of the remaining functions see XulPlanet.com
:listObj.onProgressChange = function() { return 0 };
:listObj.onStatusChange = function() { return 0 };
:listObj.onSecurityChange = function() { return 0 };
:listObj.onLinkIconAvailable = function() { return 0 };
:
:/*
: I use the progress listener to trap the end of a local HTML
: "template" file loading, and run XSLT transormations.
: In addition I need to evaluate the browser contentDocument DOM
: in order to clean "target" attributes on links, and so on.
:
: HTH
:*/
:</pre>
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/55136a31f12497cc/22e2b0dadf941259#22e2b0dadf941259 How do I create XUL elements dynamically in JavaScript?] ===
Use the following snippet of code to add a new element under an existing element:
var elem = document.getElementById(XUL_ELEMENT_ID);
var node = document.createElement(XUL_ELEMENT_NAME);
node.setAttribute(ATTRIBUTE, VALUE);
node.setAttribute(ATTRIBUTE, VALUE);
elem.appendChild(node);
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/df9104b140a1961b/8aa034e25417bc55#8aa034e25417bc55 How do I access XUL elements in a sidebar from the context menu JavaScript?] ===
The sidebar's content is a separate document, so you should use document.getElementById("sidebar").contentDocument.getElementById(...)
This is something you could see using the DOMi.
See also http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Working_with_windows_in_chrome_code
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/6098538f09e9822c/3e1ff364f7a986d5#3e1ff364f7a986d5 How can I include a .js document from inside a JavaScript document?] ===
Use the following snippet of code to reference a js file within a js file:
objScriptLoader = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/moz/jssubscript-loader;1"].getService(Components.interfaces.mozIJSSubScriptLoader);
objScriptLoader.loadSubScript(strURL);
See http://www.xulplanet.com/references/xpcomref/ifaces/mozIJSSubScriptLoader.html for more information.
== UnAnswered Questions (UAQ) ==
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/c48b0997c211cb30/09fd369cfd27a782#09fd369cfd27a782 How can I center image/text within the toolbarbutton element in a xulrunner application?] === === [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/8a8e3939a2fad620/51c738063ead0511#51c738063ead0511 Issues with relative path in a jar in XUL] === === [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/010fe5746a11183e/3e59469982739735#3e59469982739735 How can I create global observers for my XUL applications?] === === [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/2354e3354d47478a/94806ab7d3a7d4c8#94806ab7d3a7d4c8 Is there a XUL function that will allow a script to determine the ID or handle of the active window task?] === === [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/b1141a8d850db281/50a5fd68808a3afc#50a5fd68808a3afc Gettng Getting an error in the console when inserting a subtree into a XUL document from another XML.] ===
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/9b5a463c079ad8c0/3bc4b207ed661a89#3bc4b207ed661a89 How can I find more information about TB infrastructure?] ===
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/ad380fd21ea3467d/467edc27056190b0#467edc27056190b0 Throw an exception from an XSLT] ===
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/47a4ec9b04385cbd/5b1a583c7ccca74f#5b1a583c7ccca74f Force browser links] ===
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/36056dd802ac665e/22d3b3eef575a4dd#22d3b3eef575a4dd How can I save images using canvas for a Firefox 2.0+ extension?] ===
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/123040ce92333854/b4915a0e8085e776#b4915a0e8085e776 How can I access custom XPCOM Component from a XULRunner based application?] ===
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/19c4ac28a33071b3/3562fb411ad0f106#3562fb411ad0f106 Can I change the shape of the edge of the Toolbarbutton element?] ===
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/41a1096602618693/fd3527c2490338b8#fd3527c2490338b8 Custom alert window] ===
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/bc3b2322803e8178/87ca61ab171cbd55#87ca61ab171cbd55 Updating observes attribute] ===
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/62f0d1fb0ed52543/77ee30fd2fef45e6#77ee30fd2fef45e6 Hover Help on Dynamically Generated XUL Elements] ===
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/842dfac328743b80/f8eb7fb268354c80#f8eb7fb268354c80 Is there an example of scrollingrows.xul from the firefox source?] ===
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/a1246bb44631f0d0/9389e7e2cb624055#9389e7e2cb624055 How do I make my XULRunner application run in front of all my applications on OSX?] ===
=== [http://groups.google.com/group/mozilla.dev.tech.xul/browse_thread/thread/73930957246a9c93/a9a335c545b1934a#a9a335c545b1934a Toolbar and side bar syntax problem] ===