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Questions tagged [add-on]

Add-on, a.k.a. Plug-in is a set of components that enhances the existing, or adds new capabilities to a software application.

A plug-in system is very common, because it lets other developers (and maybe users) make small plug-ins to add new features quite easily.

Add-ons are also a good customization tools, because they let users chose which of the features do they want, and which they don't. It also helps to keep the distributive small.

There are specific tags for certain platforms / applications, like

Usually it's better to use the more specific one.

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Can I schedule backups using the Heroku PG Backup add-on?

I have been using PG Backups add-on recently and everything has worked fine, however this morning the backup process triggered at 10:00 A.M. in the morning generating some blocks and timeouts in my application. Is there a way to specify the schedule…
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Removing component from layout fails

I'm currently dealing with SlidingPanel from Ikarus widgetset add-on. I'm trying to remove this Panel from the view using removeComponent() when I receive some "special" event on the server-side (for example user clicked the button or window was…
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Primary source for WoW lua API?

I've been looking for first-hand information on the World of Warcraft addon API. There are a couple wikis that are pretty good, but their reference links only point internally. Surely there is some information published by Blizzard on the topic. Can…
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To analyse CPU consumption of Firefox addons in SO

I currently analyse inefficient Firefox addons by uninstalling them and seeing empirically in a long run whether the addon was a problem or not. However, this way of finding the inefficient addons is very time-consuming. I would like to know exact…
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how to use post in "Request" function at firefox-addon-sdk

I read about function 'Request' as this link: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/developers/docs/sdk/1.1/packages/addon-kit/docs/request.html And I would like to use the "post" method. There is no explaination or example on how to send a variable…
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Is it possible to set config settings on Firefox from a Addon

I'm looking for a way to print from web without prompting the print dialog (I just made the question). I found This method for Firefox and it seems to work, but it obviously will affect all websites. So I'm thinking of developing a Firefox Addon…
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Chrome extension - Can I share my extension as crx file for using someone?

I publish my extension in google web store and install it successfully in my chrome. So I find extension's files in this directory: C:\Users\User_Name\AppData\Local\Google\Chrome\User Data\Default\Extensions. I use my extension for native…
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Google sheets add-on custom functions not recognised/working

Situation: I have created a new project in Google Apps Script suite. In my Code.gs I have defined two custom functions like so: Problem: When I try to follow the procedure to test the add-on (instructions here), with latest code and configuration…
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How can we add a new context menu option to all the apps that would show up when user selects a text and long presses on it?

How can we add a new context menu option to all the apps that would show up when user selects a text and long presses on it? Let's say I want to provide user the capability of finding the meaning of a word from an offline dictionary without having…
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Firefox WebExtension settings page

I have a settings page on my WebExtension, but I dont know how to acces the values of the settings with javascript. Current .xul-File:
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Create IE Addons

I'm looking for a tutorial to make addons for IE 8 or 9. Can you provide me with a resource. Please, for the sake of peace and everything else, I already know I can make FF or Chrome addons. I want to make an IE addon. Thanks.
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Is there a Visual Studio 2010 Add On for Tabbed Multi-Monitor support

In Visual Studio 2010 you can drag tabs out to separate windows but you can not collect them together as additional tabbed elements. Is there a VS 2010 add-on to allow you to group your extra windows into tabs? It would be really nice to have a…
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Can node-webkit C++ addon write to ImageData object created in JavaScript context?

I'm writing a node-webkit addon in C++ that decodes image data and returns an array of pixel data to the caller. The following code (abridged for brevity) works just fine: caller.js var image_data = canvas_context.createImageData(w, h); var addon =…
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Copying text to clipboard in Chrome extension

I'm writing a Google Chrome extension and I want to copy some text in clipboard in a content script. I tried selecting it and then document.execCommand('copy') - it doesn't work. I don't want Flash, because it's not easy and elegant way to achieve…
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3D object viewer in MediaWiki?

I recently discovered WebGL and particularly Three.js, which is the best API I've found so far for that. For now I'm just coding simple demos to display 3D models of starships from my main project, which is a Sci-Fi universe. My mid-term goal is to…
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