A small program built into a browser that can perform special tasks, such as debugging.
A browser add-on can do almost anything. If you are in Chrome you can find add-ons from chrome.google.com/webstore/
Questions tagged [browser-addons]
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Download and save file inside my extension folder in Firefox?
I would like to do the following from my firefox addon:
a). Determine my addons folder location.
b). Prompt the user to initiate a download.
c). Download and save the download
All the code examples available are for older API's and I have no clue…
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How to test google analytics in firefox browser?
As a part of Google analytics testing, i am testing the events fired, page view hits, conversions, label etc.. in firefox browser.
I couldn't find great add-on's as i found in Google Chrome browser to test the attributes mentioned above .
Can you…
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which version of mobile firefox in android, fully supports extension?
I made an addon to Dektop Firefox using addon-sdk. now i want to launch it into firefox mobile(fennec) in android. I am using android 4.0.3 emulator. I have installed mobile firefox browsers(almost all versions) in it. im trying to install my addon…
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Add button in IE Manage Add-ons dialog box
Is it possible to add custom button in Manage Add-ons dialog box. I want to add it in the BHO description and info field, when my BHO is selected.
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How to access developer tools (network log) from my extension
I'm writing an extension in Google chrome and Opera
I need to watch for specific URLs loaded, when i type one url in the address bar.
example:
if i goto www.google.com, it will load couple of other urls / images, etc.. those will be shown in…
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How to create a sidebar for a browser add-on
I am developing a cross-browser extension (add-on) that sits on the right side of each page. Right now, I overlay the sidebar on top of each page. But I'd prefer to have it sit on the side of each page on its own, not hiding any part of the parent…
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How to catch clickable links clicks in Chrome extension?
I use content_scripts in chrome extension to catch the event of opening new site. But when i click on this site a link that redirects me to subsite the event is not fired.
It's not usual site that uses reload to handle link clicks. After clicking…
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Microsoft Edge store denied my addon (a search tool). Need explaination
I was trying to submit my addon (source code) about search engines to Edge addon store.
I got denied. The reason they gave me is:
Critical Validations 1 failure(s)
Product Policies
1.1.8 Distinct Function & Value; Accurate Representation
The…
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Which PDF tool is the easiest to write scripts for?
I'm working on a project where I'm recording the mouse positions when someone is reading a pdf document. I tried Adobe because I heard it has a javascript console, but I had to pay for the professional edition. I tried pdf.js (which reads the pdf…
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Can't communicate between options and background in webextensions in Microsoft Edge
I'm building an extension for Microsoft Edge. I have an options page which saves some values to localStorage like that:
localStorage.setItem('xxx', document.getElementById("xxx").value);
And retrieves them in background script:
var value1 =…
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Browser render hook
Do browsers provide any pre-render hook where you can apply changes to styles of DOM elements before they are rendered?
For example, I might want to change the color of anything that is red to green
This requirement is for a browser extension so the…
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firefox addon checking sqlite database on event
I'm doing firefox addon that has it's sqlite database mydb.sqlite. It's a database of my selected links and I have a load event for gBrowser.
Now I would like to write a code that will check the content.document.location on each load event and will…
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Recording browsing session as a video in chrome
I saw a plugin in chrome called as Screencastify which can record browsing session as a video. Is it possible to record a particular div / dom element as a video and save it the disk ?
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How can I add an icon font on my web extension (Add-on, plugin)
I am trying to add an icon font but some web pages block my font because I was using external URLs like this:
/* fallback */
@font-face {
font-family: 'Material Icons';
font-style: normal;
font-weight: 400;
src:…
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Web-extension opening url on addon install works fine on Opera and Chrome but fails on Firefox?
The following web-extension code in my background script background.js works fine on Opera and Chrome triggering appropriate webpage on Install, Update and Uninstall but does nothing in firefox. The same is shown as compatible here -…
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