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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Add script code to Twitter's website
I've made a quick .js script to mute certain words on Twitter's website - it just hides the tweet if it contains any of the specified words.
I plan to distribute this script, but rather than having to deal with users updating from time to time, I…
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How to search and write putty.exe path to a text file in windows using xul?
I tried to run a command in windows cmd using xul to search putty.exe location and write output to a text file.
I used the code below. But it opens cmd window for a second and displays "File not found", and then cmd window closes automatically.
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A few general questions about creating browser extensions
I want to create an image slider (toggleable from the toolbar) and overlay it over the top of the browser window so that it kind of hangs above all websites you visit. What forms is this possible? (e.g. forms which change the html of pages or…
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Delphi adding to registry failed
I am trying to add values to Internet Explorer's Registry key from an addon. My understanding is if OpenKey() doesn't find the Registry key, then it creates the key because of the true parameter I am using. But it's not being created, and the…
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Firefox Bookmarks "Folder icon" from Linux Theme
W Firefoksie ikony folderów w panelu zakładek to te ikony z linuksa:
This icon from Linux is set as "Folder icon" i bookmarks panel:
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/16x16/places/folder.png
How does Firefox relate to them?
Definitely not by path.
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How do third party installer install addons in our browser?
My question is how do third party installer installs addons in the browser like toolbars and able to set homepage and other browser properties??
I want to make an addon which get installed in browser in same way..
is it possible??
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IE addon writen by C# can't run on some windows system
I write an IE addon by C# and .net 4.0. But it not run on most computers of clients.
I setup this addon by following steps.
install .net 4.0
add the addon dll to GAC by run
.\NETFX 4.0 Tools\x64\gacutil.exe" /f /i Addon.dll
Register dll to IE by…
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How firefox fill password when add username by the user?
I want to get signal of it. Because I am creating face recognition add-on (like master password) for firefox.
edit: when user add username I need to check user face. If only the given username and his saved face are equal, then only password should…
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Is there a way to control an email service like yahoo using javascript?
I am making an open-source addon for firefox and chrome called and I am wondering if there is a way to control an email service like yahoo using javascript?
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I need to detect the user's active browser extensions / add-ons
I don't want my website user to download my protected Vimeo videos - there is a couple of extensions that can download the video regardless of what I do.
How can I detect if the user is using them and redirect that page to somewhere else.
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XMLHttpRequest() does not work in the latest versions of Firefox?
In my addons I always used new XMLHttpRequest () and it worked perfectly.
Now all requests ajax stopped working.
Currently new XMLHttpRequest () is causing the following error: ReferenceError: XMLHttpRequest is not defined
So I changed my code…
