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Firefox 3 window focus and blur

Hello, $(window).blur(function(){ windowFocus = false; }).focus(function(){ windowFocus = true; }); The problem is that in firefox 3, when I create a new tab, it does not lose windowFocus. Where as in ff2, ie7 it does lose. In ff3 it only loses window focus when i select another program. Anyone have a solution to this problem? ...

Removing element from web page through firefox extension

I'm going to develop a firefox extension which adds a button beside the file input fields (the <input type="file"> tag) when a file is selected. The file overlay.js, which contains the extension's logic, manages the "file choose" event through this method: var xpitest = { ... onFileChosen: function(e) { var fileInput = ...

Integrated Windows Authentication in FireFox

Hello If my ASP.NET app is set up for ADFS using Windows Integrated Authentication, I know this will work in IE, but will it work in Firefox? I've seen some things on the web that indicate that there are problems, and you need to put a workaround in each client browser - http://codebetter.com/blogs/eric.wise/archive/2006/11/16/Note-to-...

Greasemonkey script to pause video playback on non-active tabs

Often when browsing in Firefox, I'll right click on a link, and open it in a separate tab to view later, and go on reading the current page. When the link is a Youtube script, however, playback starts immediately even though the tab isn't active. Other video players (like fora.tv and TED.com) don't start playback until you activate that ...

SVN Server with Apache can let me access my files anywhere! Firefox seems otherwise

I just installed Visual SVN Server and I just found that I can access my files using plain browsers like IE or Chrome. I can even stream an mp3 file from my home to my work that way... or access any files at home if i forward the port to the Visual SVN server... although i noted that IE 8 will show a red background for the current URL....

How do I disable images and Flash from loading when using Selenium with Firefox?

When running selenium tests through Selenium RC in Firefox 3, the instance of Firefox that launches to run the tests in always displays images even though I've setup Firefox 3 to not display images. Do anyone know how to disable the images from loading? I'd also like to disable flash from loading on the test pages as well. ...

Javascript breaking Firefox?

About 5 times over the past 6 months, in complex javascripts, I'll get an error in firefox only (IE6, 7, 8, Chrome, Safari, Opera are all fine) whereby nothing in my javascript happens. There will be no messages in the error console, and according to Firebug, all my scripts are totally blank. Force reloading and clearing the cache does ...

What programming language required to created a firefox plugin?

What are the minimum programming requirements to create a Firefox plugin? ...

Firefox back button works only the first time, not the second time

Hi, I have a website where you can search on stuff with dates and more. When I post the form I get to a result-page, when I hit the back button I go back to my search-page and will refill the values. This works in IE and FF. however, whatever I do, when I search and go back again the second time, the values are lost in Firefox, while I...

Fixed footer obscure firefox search match

I have a site with a fixed footer at the bottom of every page. The content area above the footer has a appropriate margin to ensure that content does not hide behind the footer when scrolling down. However, when a simple text search if performed in the browser (firefox) the search term is usually hidden behind the footer as the page nor...

Firefox Firebug Extension - Freeze Javascript Feature?

How can I freeze Javascript in firebug so that i can inspect the changes made by it in the html? If for example i have a jQuery rollover effect and i want to inspect the html code in that point in time. I believe Dreamweaver CS4 has this feature titled freeze javascript and live code. Is there a free equivalent either in Firebug or anot...

firefox cannot load HTML and tells to save "untyped binary data"

In our website,a media file is being played in the HTML when it loads with the help of flash. We encounter a problem in firefox when autoplay is enabled. It seems that when the HTML loads some binary data from streaming corrupts the HTML header and hence is not able to detect the MIME-TYPE and so asks to save UNTYPED-BINARY data. How d...

How can I load dll within FireFox xpi to local PC directory before extension install is complete

My FireFox extension has an external dll dependency for functioning. So I include that dll inside my xpi and copy that dll to the right directory in first run. But it does not work for me because I found my own dll (written in XPCOM C++) expects to see that external dll during install. So every time I have to manually put the external dl...

mix mash of code doesn't work in FF

I know this page is a mash of different things and breaks many rules but it's a short term solution till the new quiz system is made. I did this quiz system on another site and it worked but when bringing it over to this site FF3 (maybe others) have stopped submitting the code. I have since worked out it's because of the doctype. Can any...

Call page function from firefox extension

DUPLICATE: how-do-i-execute-a-page-defined-javascript-function-from-a-firefox-extension I'm really need call page-defined JS function from my FF extension. But i'm take error "function * is no defined" ...

Send Host header when accessing IP address in Firefox

This isn't really a programming question but more about programming and testing tools. Is there a way to get Firefox to send the header Host: mydomain.com when accessing a page at http://ip.address.goes.here/ so that Apache can route it to the correct VirtualHost? ...

Automating Firefox configuration settings

Hi All, During web development work, I need to be able to quickly switch various config settings in Firefox. In particular I need to be able to: 1) Switch off cookies 2) Switch off javascript 3) Switch my user agent (I have the user-agent switcher add-on installed) and then back again. Instead of doing this manually, it would be grea...

Implementing nsIProtocolHandler with Delphi

I'm trying to build an nsIProtocolHandler implementation in Delphi. (I've done an IInternetProtocol before with success, and want to have in FireFox what I've got in Internet Explorer.) Thanks to the d-gecko project, that somehow links the TInterfacedObject magic to the nsISupports magic, I'm able to make a DLL that provides an nsIModule...

FireFox capture autocomplete input change event

I'm trying to subscribe to change events on an input tag for an ajax auto complete form. These change events are not firing when the user clicks an autocomplete suggestion from FireFox. I've seen fixes for IE, but not FireFox. You can view this behavior here Steps to recreate: type any input in one of the boxes and click submit. Sta...

How to typecast a string to an xPath expression to return a nodeset w/out Javascript

In xPath I have a string that I need to evaluate as an expression to return a nodeset; is this possible without javascript? How? If it matters, I'm using Firefox. ...