XUL School Tutorial

XUL School is a comprehensive add-on development tutorial, focusing on Firefox extension development. It is recommended that you read through all of it at least once. While Firefox changes rapidly, the content in this tutorial should be up to date and valid.

XUL School 是一个综合性的 add-on 开发手册, 它集中于 Firefox 附加组件的开发. 强烈建议你能从头到尾至少熟读一遍.  d在 Firefox 快速更新的同时, 这个手册的相关内容也应该更新并使之有效.

Introduction(简介)

• Introduction (简介)
• Getting Started with Firefox Extensions (从 Firefox 附加组件开始)
• The Essentials of an Extension (附加组件的基础)
• Setting Up a Development Environment (创建开发环境)
• JavaScript Object Management (Javascript 的 Object 管理)

Basic functionality (基本功能)

• Adding menus and submenus (加入菜单及子菜单)
• Adding Toolbars and Toolbar Buttons (加入工具栏及工具栏按钮)
• Adding events and commands (加入事件及命令)
• Adding windows and dialogs (加入窗口及对话框)
• Adding sidebars (加入其它选项/工具条)
• User notifications and alerts (用户通知及提醒)

Intermediate functionality (中级功能)

• Intercepting page loads (中断网页加载)
• Connecting to Remote Content (连接远程数据)
• Handling preferences (喜好)
• Local Storage (本地存储)

Advanced topics (高级论题)

• The Box Model (BOX 模型)
• XPCOM Objects (XPCOM 对象)
• Observer Notifications (观察者通知)
• Custom XUL Elements with XBL (用 XBL 风格化 XUL 元素)
• Mozilla Documentation Roadmap (Mozilla Documentation 路标)
• Useful Mozilla Community Sites (实用的 Mozilla 社区站点)

Appendices

• Appendix A: Add-on Performance
• Appendix B: Install and Uninstall Scripts (
• Appendix C: Avoiding using eval in Add-ons (
• Appendix D: Loading Scripts (
• Appendix E: DOM Building and HTML Insertion (
• Appendix F: Monitoring DOM changes (

The XUL School project was developed by Appcoast (formerly Glaxstar). The project is now published here following its sharing licenses. Its contents have been modified from the original source as necessary.

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