I am writting an Firefox add-on in XUL and I want to include another XUL file within my browser.xul. In PHP I would use something like this: include("anotherFIle.php"); but I don't know the equivalent in XUL. What is the best way to accomplish this?
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XUL has an iframe similar to the HTML iframe. However, if you are just trying to add in some UI elements into the pre-existing UI, then look at overlays.
pc1oad1etter
2010-09-28 13:46:27
I totally missed that the OP was talking about "including" it inside of "browser.xul". Overlay sounds correct.
Michael Paulukonis
2010-09-28 16:43:14
This was indeed the answer I was looking for, thanks.
Joshua
2010-09-29 18:30:01
A:
Raw file-includes ala PHP cannot be done in a lot of other languages. XUL is/isn't a imperative programming language so much as a markup language -- and includes just ain't gonnna fly.
You can use an iframe to include another html page, but I don't believe you can include local files, or other XUL.
See Using Remote XUL where you'll get this handy tip:
Support for remote XUL has long been a potential security concern; support for it was removed in Gecko 2.0. This also means you can't load XUL using file:// URLs.
XUL tutorial: content panels suggests that you can include XUL via iframe, but I don't see any working example.
Michael Paulukonis
2010-09-28 13:47:55