Questions tagged [crossrider]

Crossrider is a cloud-based development framework that enables developers to easily create cross browser extensions while maintaining a single codebase.

Crossrider is a an emerging cloud-based development framework that enables developers to easily create cross browser extensions. It uses a single API and supports JavaScript and jQuery so developers with basic knowledge in JavaScript can write code that is easily maintainable while working across all major browsers - Chrome, Firefox, IE, and Safari.

This tag should be used for general questions regarding how the Crossrider framework works and how to use the API.

Questions about browser-specific extension issues should not be tagged with Crossrider if the question is specifically about a certain browser's API (use , , etc.).

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How can we send big objects from the background to the active tab in CrossRider?

We are using CrossRider to develop an extension for Internet Explorer. Our extension has code that sends a message to the background, and the background sends a reply and calls a callback function. This works in my computer with Internet Explorer…
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url redirection not happening in IE in crossrider extension

I am trying to open a url by using crossrider API in my extension appAPI.openURL({ url: mUrl, where: "tab", focus: true, height:window.screen.availHeight, …
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userAgent conflict in IE 8+ versions crossrider extension

I am trying to get call a page on my server from crossrider extension. i am getting the user Agent differently when i a checking my server logs. I am validating some logic based on the UserAgents of the browser. it is in the form like below in…
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CrossRider - when do we need to use appAPI.JSON?

When do we need to use appAPI.JSON.stringify and appAPI.JSON.parse and why not use JSON.stringify and JSON.parse instead? Is there a difference between appAPI.JSON and JSON in some browsers?
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CrossRider - How do I inject script to specific tabs? And how do I reload specific tabs?

We are using CrossRider to develop an extension for Internet Explorer. We also have extensions for Chrome, Firefox and Safari, but we didn't use CrossRider for these extensions. I would like to know how we can inject a script to specific tabs in…
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CrossRider API, get opened tabs title

I am using the CrossRider api to get the opened tabs, using there API I can get the title of the links in my bookmarks, however with there api I cannot use how to get the title of the urls in my opened tabs, I can just get the URL. Does anyone know…
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How can I style the extension Sidebar?

I have the following sidebar in my extension but I want change the look and feel. How can I do this? var sidebar = new appAPI.sidebar({ position: 'right', url: 'http://news.yahoo.com', html: 'Some Html', title: { content: 'Yahoo News', …
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CrossRider - is it possible to check what is the current version number?

Can the extension check it's own version number and does it change between platforms (browsers)? And is it possible to specify a specific version number for the extension?
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how to add bookmark in crossrider extension?

Hello i am developing extension on crossrider. i've created a button this '' and…
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how to close popup image in crossrider extension?

i am creating extension using crossrider i am using this simple code which showing image on browser $('') …
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crossrider toolbar appear on top of the webpage?

here is the link of crossrider toolbar extension demo click here it's a demo of the toolbar and it is showing over of the website. so what is the solution of that? i've tried to change it's css which is $('#xr-crossrider-example').css({ …
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CrossRider - Is there a limit on the size of objects which are saved to the local database?

We have an object which is downloaded from http://jsons.[part_of_link_suppressed].com.s3.amazonaws.com/selectors.json. We tried to save it to the local database, but nothing is saved. I checked and if I save a small object then it's saved to the…
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Opening a new window via my extension

I am writing an extension that needs to open a page in a new popup window. However, whenever I try to open a window, the browser's popup blocker prevents the window from opening. I have the following code in my extension.js appAPI.ready(function($)…
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CrossRider - Show Local Database is not updated until I refresh the page

Show Local Database is not updated until I refresh the page (in debug mode). Only after I refresh the page I can see the updated database. The URL is http://crossrider.com/apps/43889/debug. I'm using Internet Explorer 11.
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$.get doesn't work in CrossRider in the background

Is it possible to use jQuery's $.get, $.post or $.ajax in the background when using CrossRider? I tried but it seems not to work.
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