firefox

Closing xul wizard from overlay.js

While developing a firefox extension, I create a wizard window from overlay.js using: this.wizard = window.openDialog("chrome://firenow/content/wizard.xul", "","chrome, dialog, modal, resizable=no", params); this.wizard.focus(); How can I close the wizard from overlay.js? I should call its cancel() function but I can't get it working!...

Why does the DIV tag render differently in IE8 and Firefox?

Why do div tags render differently in IE8 and Firefox? Is there a way to have them rendered the same? This is a very general question, the reason I ask is I am fighting both browsers when using div tags, some elements are not rendering the same. ...

Developing own firefox add-on along with other add-on's

I would like develop on add-on for Firefox , which combine with other available add-on's and make new add-on which providing new features + existing add on feature tooo. ...

Reusing a tab in Firefox, TabOpen event, and beyond

Hi guys. I followed a tutorial on reusing tabs inside Firefox, and right now my extension does it well. However, I also need to reuse tabs that are opened from outside (from some application, start menu etc.). How do I do this? I tried adding an event listener for TabOpen event, but when I log the event.target.linkedBrowser.currentURI....

Add to browser favourites/bookmarks from javascript but for all browsers (mine doesn't work in CHROME)?

hi there, can anyone help, i am using the following for adding a bookmark to IE and firefox but its not working in CHROME and i don't get my error msg saying "not supported" either.. Anybody know of a good script to support ALL browsers or at least to come back and tell me its not supported, I have access to Jquery - maybe there is so...

JavaScript getter for all properties

Long story short: I'm in a situation where I'd like a PHP-style getter, but in JavaScript. My JavaScript is running in Firefox only, so Mozilla specific JS is OK by me. The only way I can find to make a JS getter requires specifying its name, but I'd like to define a getter for all possible names. I'm not sure if this is possible, but...

Firefox crashes rendering large html table (20,000+ rows)

I understand that rendering a table this large is pushing the limits of any browser. However, I was curious as to why a table that is significantly large (20,000+ rows) crashes Firefox, while all other browsers render it relatively quickly. I am using ASP.NET and writing the table html directly to the buffer with Response.Write. I initi...

Firebug - Apply Settings to IP Range

Hey guys, I realize this isn't strictly programming related, but since it has to do with a common development tool, I figured it was still appropriate. I am developing a website and my main access to the code is via a virtual machine whose IP address changes every 2-3 days. It is getting very annoying to have to re-apply settings for F...

Why can't an iframe set its parent's location.hash?

I have a window containing an iframe, containing an iframe, like so: +---------------+ | Top | | +-----------+ | | | Middle | | | | +-------+ | | | | | Inner | | | | | +-------+ | | | +-----------+ | +---------------+ Top and Middle are on the same domain, but Inner is on a different domain. I need Inner to communicate w...

Firefox not displaying the form

Hi, I'm using AJAX inside my JSF portlet. When the session expires, We are suppose to get the following message(this is the response of AJAX request when session expires) This page is used to hold your data while you are being authorized for your request. You will be forwarded to continue the authorization process. If this does not hap...

Firefox shows waiting cursor and "loading.." even after post request is complete

I have a form to upload a file.The <html> is as follows: <div id="divModalPopup" class="ui-dialog-content" style="height: 139px; width: 268px;"> <form method="post" action="upload.php" target="uploadframe" enctype="multipart/form-data"> Please choose a file to upload [only zip with shape files and no folders]: <input type="fi...

Firefox and Updatepanel

Hello. I have a problem with FireFox and ASP.NET UpdatePanel. I have in a form a checkbox and an UpdatePanel. When I check the checkbox, an asp:panel which is into the UpdatePanel should become visible. <asp:CheckBox ID="cbMoreOptions" runat="server" Text="plus d'options" AutoPostBack="True" OnCheckedChanged="cbOptions_CheckedChanged" /...

Is there an Ubuntu 9.04 OpenJDK equivalent of sun-java6-plugin?

Hi, I'm wondering if there exists an implementation of a firefox plugin for OpenJDK, or how one would get firefox to use OpenJDK's java for applets. I've searched endlessly, and I can't seem to find any good resources. Any ideas? ...

WEIRDEST ERROR EVER: ASP.NET and Firefox??

I've always thought that server-side code is unaffected by the browser requesting it, but I've just come across an exception: I have a button that when clicked, changes the button's CSS class (and those relative to it) and rebinds a GridView with new data. The function is this: Private Sub lbViewUnUsed_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByV...

Tooltips (title="...") won't show in Firefox

I have an element with a title attribute (ie, a tooltip), wrapped in some container: <div id="foo"> <input type="text" title="A tooltip" /> </div> and I attach a "mousemove" event listener on the container and stop event propagation: document.getElementById('foo').addEventListener( 'mousemove', function(e) { e.stopPropaga...

Delphi Form Drag Lockup

Make a Delphi 2007 application, TForm as main window. Run application. Try to drag the form using the caption bar. The debugger shows an unending stream of error messages, complaining it can't find some unnamed routine. Escape and Break don't work. 3 finger salute doesn't work. Clicking in some other window and then back to the Delph...

Flash & SWFObject2 stops flash audio in background tabs

I use SWFObject 2.2 to play sounds for an AJAX based game I have made. I used to use SWFObject 1, and everything worked fine, but when I updated my game, I updated to 2.2. Now, when users try to listen to music on Youtube or Pandora in another tab on Firefox while playing the game, they can't unless they have that tab selected. What i...

Django App CSS working in Safari 3, not in Firefox 3.

I'm working my way through a Django book and I just noticed something strange the other day. The CSS code works just fine in Safari 3 (on Mac and Windows) but not in Firefox 3 (Windows). I'm running the django dev web server and I can see the css file being called in the console when in Safari but not when using Firefox. Any idea on w...

window.onerror not firing in Firefox

I'm trying to create a javascript error logging infrastructure. I'm trying to set window.onerror to be my error handler. It works in IE 6, but when I run it in Firefox, it runs into some conflicting onerror method. var debug = true; MySite.Namespace.ErrorLogger.prototype = { //My error handling function. //If it's not in de...

Why does Firefox put a horizontal scrollbar on my div?

I've got a very simple test case: <html> <body> <div style="border:2px solid black; overflow: auto;"> x </div> </body> </html> When I render it, I get a horizontal scrollbar: I had been using FF 3.0.3 for Linux, and thought it might be a browser bug, so I upgraded to FF 3.5b4 (the latest release candidate). Still ...