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Box Shadows in CSS

This is not a question, but just a rant. Or maybe a question... or maybe I just don't know much about box shadows.. In order to use box shadows in CSS3 in different browsers, here what I have to do: -webkit-box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px #676767; -moz-box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px #676767; box-shadow: 0px 0px 10px #676767; Is there anyone else ...

Identify selected tab URL of firefox browser in javascript

Hi I am working on one web application. I am interested in to fetch selected tab URL. I am using Firefox browser. I achieved this by executing below javascript statements : /* Get the URL of page which is currently loaded in active tab */ var currentPageURl = window.top.getBrowser().selectedBrowser.contentWindow.location.href; alert...

Video streaming issues with Mozilla Firefox

Hi All, We are facing some issues with video streaming in Mozilla Firefox.When we click on a button in our Web Application, the video opens in a new Pop up window. Below is the URL to view the video. https://serverName.com/VideoWindow.jsp?winArg=https://video.site.net/video/files/going%20to%20work%20monday_tcm544-15119.wmv&width=400...

Firefox-Addon: How do i overwrite a UI function?

Actually i would like to modify the replaceWord function of the spellchecker. I tried (in my own firefox extension) onInit: original_replaceWord = InlineSpellCheckerUI.replaceWord; InlineSpellCheckerUI.replaceWord = function() { // things i would like to do (i.e. set the Cursor to another spot in the editor) // call of the o...

Reasons why FireFox would cause a Classic ASP + ASPNET MVC 2 site to consume maxi RAM + CPU on server?

I recently inherited a dinosaur Classic ASP site that has some fresh blood pumped in to it in the form of intertwined ASPNET MVC 2. I have duplicated the site on the same server (Windows 2008 R2, 4GB, quad core, vm) to setup a poor man's staging site. As we were trying to sort some legacy bugs in the Classic ASP admin module we noticed t...

Firefox extension: How can I set the cursor position?

I have a page with possibly several content-editable iframes (editors). Now I would like to use my custom Firefox extension to do the following: Setting the cursor to the end (or last HTML element) of the editor the cursor actually is in. I found many solutions to get the cursor's position, but I need one to set it. Any suggestions? ...

Google Visualization (PieChart/LineChart) Jquery Ajax Firefox issue

I have run into a bug with firefox and have searched all over and have not seemed to find the answer to an issue I have been having. My program works great in Chrome and IE, but the iframe charts are not working in firefox. I'm using a handler and then jquery.ajax to grab at the data and run the script. jQuery.ajax({ ...

Firefox / Chrome shows plain text from cgi script

I currently have an internal website that is running Apache. It is serving some cgi script webpages (perl code). Recently in Firefox and Chrome it is starting to show plain text version of the HTML code. In Internet Explorer it renders the cgi files as HTML, but in Chrome and Firefox it is rendered as plain text. In the perl code I h...

Memory leaks on Firefox addons

I have an addon, which is pretty big, and I need to understand some things... What causes memory leak on a Firefox addon? How can I find what is causing the leak? How can I fix the leak? The addon adds some elements on the page, request parts of the page and update the DOM. The memory increases each time I reload the page, and the me...

Long-running CGI script hangs

I have a CGI script that takes a few minutes to run. I want to keep it very simple. Currently, it prints some information about the process and then starts running it. When complete, it shows the result of the job. It works perfectly when I load it in telnet. However, Firefox doesn't show the header information until after the proce...

Firefox addon that tells you the css style used

Is there a firefox addon or is there a way to use firebug such that you can select some text on the website and it will tell you what styles are being used for that bit of text? At the moment if I select a bit of text that is styled using css imported from elsewhere I would have to go digging manually to find out what style is being u...

Flash fullscreen on startup in controlled environment?

I know it's not possible to get flash fullscreen for a regular user without user's interaction. However, I'm working on a kiosk, which is a closed Firefox environment. Is there a trick out there which does let you go fullscreen from code only? Maybe modified flash plugin, or a firefox plugin, anything? ...

Firefox reloads javascripts

Hello, I am a beginner web developer and here is my problem: In short: I keep getting similar message in Firebug for all the javascripts I include in the page: GET =1284615828481">http://localhost.:33085/Scripts/jquery.form.js?=1284615828481 200 OK 1.01s In details: I am loading a webpage using AJAX . This page contains references t...

How do i find out in which iframe my selection is to be found?

I have several iframes (editors) on my page. How do i find out in which iframe my current selection is to be found? In this editors i have valid html context. This looks like: <iframe id="dynmaical_id"> <head> ... </head> <body> <p> <span>Text</span> //cursor is set somewhere here </p> </body> <iframe> ...

How does Internet Explorer render tables?

How does Internet Explorer go about rendering HTML Tables versus the way Firefox or Chrome may render tables on a page? One thing I've noticed is that using a table with in a jQuery Accordion doesn't play well in IE, but works great in Firefox/Chrome. And since it is not an issue of the javascript being written incorrectly I was wonderi...

I can't use HTML select within Dojo Tooltip.

I need a Dojo tooltip with a drop-down-list. Unfortunately the tooltip closes when the cursor is moved over the drop-down-list, because the list overhangs the tooltip's div. Is there any workaround? Could the close-automatism be disabled temporarily? <div class="dojoPopupContainer dojoTooltip showComboBox" style="position: abso...

window.onbeforeunload support in Firefox

Hi guys, I am using window.onbeforeunload in my javascript. This works perfectly in IE but is not triggered in Firefox. I checked on different links in stackoverflow.... In it I read that window.onbeforeunload is not supported by firefox. Is this true? If yes, can you please tell me a different way to call app.deleteAccount(key) on cl...

Is there any Eclipse plugin for firefox extension creation?

I have starting creating my first firefox extension. I am following http://extensions.roachfiend.com/howto_bug.html But seems creating this without an IDE is very tedious task. Do we have any eclipse plugin for creating firefox extension? Or is there any tool for firefox extension creation? ...

X-FRAME-OPTIONS and Alternatives Ways to Embed Content in Firefox Addons

What I am wondering is if there is an alternative way to load and embed the content into pages using a Firefox Addon. I know I can load the content using things like io-service and scriptableinputstream to avoid the X-Frame-Options issue, but how can I then write that content into an iframe added to the DOM of the page, have it load prop...

Elliminate gap between last div and page end in firefox/opera/Safari

I have a web page with large div(for example white) and another div that is follows the previous one. The problem is that if white block is big enough and it height is almost or even bigger than the browser window(and scroll bars appear), the red block is in the bottom of the page there is still gap between red div and end of the window ...