You're right that this isn't currently easy to do. A more recent project, now also abandoned, was https://github.com/mozilla/positron You might see if that's a place to start.
-r On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 12:47 PM, cnico7 <nicolas.cazot...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to embed gecko or firefox in a native windows application. > The need is to be able to use gecko's rendering and javascript engines in > order to display web pages that are not correctly displayed with other > browsers (mainly for legacy reasons of the intranet web site). Those pages > are part of a desktop application deployed on windows 7. > > So I did some searches around this subject and I discovered it could be a > complex path to achieve it with recent gecko versions. > > Here is what I found : > * around 2000, an embedding solution was available through XPCOM as > described here : https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Gecko/Embedding_ > Mozilla > Unfortunately, this is obsolete and does not work any more from my > understanding. > * this blog post http://chrislord.net/2016/03/08/state-of-embedding-in- > gecko/ lists some old embedding possibilities. > Unfortunately, none of them seems to still be available. > * the servo project seems interesting but is to be shipped in years from > now. > > So here are my questions : > If I had the technical capabilities to contribute to a gecko embedding > solution, from what should I start investigating ? > Is EmbedLite (aka IPCLite) the good starting point or is there a better > path to embed gecko ? > If yes, is there a description of the API to use ? > > I had the idea of using firefox with marionette protocol in order to > interact with the engine and to use a custom plugin in order to hide all > the design (menus, tab bars,...). This idea has many drawbacks : it is slow > at launching time, it requires to improve marionette protocol in order to > intercept browsing events and hiding all ui elements with webextensions is > no more possible. > So my idea is clearly not a the good way. > > Any help would be appreciated. Even if I have not all the technical > knowledge of firefox internal, I am ready to work on it but I need the good > entry points to start. > > Thank you for reading me and for your answers, > > Regards, > _______________________________________________ > dev-platform mailing list > dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform > _______________________________________________ dev-platform mailing list dev-platform@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-platform
