webextension

This thing is conceptually quite complicated with so many parts: background script, content script, UI for button in tool bar or in address bar, pop-ups, options pages and permissions. Also I didn't set up a nice dev environment. Where the hell was the diagnostic

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Tuj Tries to Make a Firefox Extension 3

After reading the examples, Tuj felt that he understood them well except that Tuj was still at a loss as to how to write his own extension. Well, Tuj decided to start with the pop-up. He wanted a button to reset a variable for

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Tuj Tries to Make a Firefox Extension 2

Then Tuj went on to make Your Second Extension and rendered many sites useless. One clicks the add-on's icon to get a pop-up which contains a script that registers an event listener which listens for clicks in the pop-up. If a click is detected

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Tuj Tries to Make a Firefox Extension

The first step is to learn the basics. Thus Tuj followed the tutorial and made his first extension. Was it an add-on? Hurray, most Mozilla subdomains now had a glaring border. Then Tuj set out making his own extension and was annoyed by the