firefox

Which configuration properties are new in Firefox 3.6?

Hello! Now in beta-stadium, I suppose, Firefox 3.6 will not change much. I wonder, is there somewhere a list of new configuration properties (from version 3.5 to 3.6)? I mean those in about:config. ...

How to get image details from firefox webdriver?

Hello, I've got an image on a page rendered by Firefox via Webdriver, I can get its object (wd.find_element_by_xpath("id('main')/form/p[5]/img")), but how can I get its body either base64-encoded or just a location on my hard drive? PS: please don't suggest getting the src and fetching it with an external tool. I want the image I alread...

Access tab loading image using jetpack

Is it possible to access and trigger the tab loading image within a Firefox tab using jetpack? I want to create a jetpack that will trigger the tab loading image when it is performing a query but i'm not sure if this is even possible. ...

How to access Firefox cache from webdriver?

Hello, I'm able to access pages like about:cache-entry?client=HTTP&sb=1&key=(some URL) directly in Firefox, but when it renders the page, it certainly gets the data from some storage. How can I access the latter from Python Firefox Webdriver? ...

Firefox .post and jquery

Ok, basicly, I made a script (that one) that makes a .post to a php file, which then insert some info into a database to track link clicks. Works fine in IE8 and Opera 10, but, doesn't work in Firefox. It simply loads the link target without inserting into the database. It only works if I add an alert() or return false; something that pr...

What is the NS_ERROR_INVALID_POINTER error in Firefox?

While testing JavaScript code in Firefox 3.5 I sometimes get the following error: Component returned failure code: 0x80004003 (NS_ERROR_INVALID_POINTER) I've tried Googling it, but all I can find are solutions to specific problems in other people's code (ie. "if you do this differently then the error will not occur"). But what I'd lik...

How to reference external function in javascript callback?

This is for a dialog in a Firefox extension. How can I make the following code work, so that when the listener callback is called, it can reference external function onSave2(). I keep getting function onSave2() is not defined. Also, I noticed that when confirm is called I get this: Error: Component returned failure code: 0x80004005 (...

How to change firefox proxy from webdriver?

Hello, how can I access Firefox proxy settings from Python Webdriver and change them to make Firefox use modified proxy settings without needing to restart it? ...

How to debug firefox plugin?

I writing plugin for firefox and I need a way to debug it. Plugin written in javascript. So is there is a elegant way how I can debug it? ...

Accessing an iFrame's dom from a Firefox Extension

Hi all, I've spent a long time trying different things to get this to work but nothing does and documentation is not helping much. I'm trying to populate a form inside an iframe that I dynamically inject into a page. To inject that iframe I do: myObject.iframe = document.createElement("iframe"); myObject.iframe.setAttribute("src", dat...

Why does firefox round-trip to the server to determine whether my files are modifed?

I have some static content on my web site that I have set up caching for (using Asp.NET MVC). According to Firebug, the first time I open the page, Firefox sends this request: GET /CoreContent/Core.css?asm=0.7.3614.34951 Host: 127.0.0.1:3916 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.5) Gecko/20091102 Firefox/3...

Python Webdriver doesn't wait until the page is downloaded in Firefox when used with proxy

Hello, when I set the Firefox proxy with python webdriver, it doesn't wait until the page is fully downloaded, this doesn't happen when I don't set one. How can I change this behavior? Or how can I check that the page download is over? ...

How to strip all tags from wikipedia pages or make page more readable.

I want to strip all tags, remove the [show][Hide] stuffs from wikipedia, or is there some website that makes pages in more readable format. Please I am aware of the Wikipedia printable version, but I don't need any tags in that, as I have some other use. So please answer the original question only, about any website or webservice or c...

How can I catch an rtmp url the same way I do with http?

Hello I'd like to monitorize rtmp connections the same way I do with http In firefox for example Thank You!!!! ...

Does Firefox add any proprietary values when I add a border (like IE does with hasLayout)?

I have a doosie of a layout problem that looks like a browser bug. It manifests only in FF3 (haven't tested ff2). It only shows up on the first load of the page. If I resize the window it behaves properly. It goes away when I put a border on the problem element, and comes back when I take the border off. No other properties change. ...

jquery + jeditable, input field won't blur when double clicking on another editable area

Hi, I'm creating a small page where users can modify the name of categories and items with the help of jeditable/jquery. The script works but acts a little strangely in Firefox. If I double click on my editable span it will be replaced with the input field. It will then disappear if I focus on some other element EXCEPT another editable...

Closing Firefox browser by javascript

i'm using simple close browser javascript statement winodw.close(); but it doesn't work with any browser except IE. any help to close browser firefox or opera or chrome. thanks ...

Is there an add-on to view the CURRENT source of an HTML page after AJAX components have been triggered?

In Firefox (Windows) when you view source from the browser it will not update the source on a page if certain AJAX components have changed. An example is you navigate to the page and it fully loads. An AJAX component triggers and changes the source, but if you click view source after this event it will not register. If you download the...

css width, height for iexplorer working on firefox

in my style.css i have for example this, and it work fine in iexplorer but when i move to firefox the style is lost and i got the error shown below. #header { width: 900px; position: relative; height: 170px; padding: 0; font-size: 14px; color: #000; } ERROR: from error console in firefox (sorry my local conf is in spanish i dont...

Firefox opens a download dialog box when a page is opened.

When I try to open a page with following code on Firefox, Firefox opens a download dialog box. The same code works fine on IE and Maxthon. The same problem is happening on Safari browser also. <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"&gt; <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content...