I have a firebug extension that helps our users debug our javascript
objects. In my panel, I have objects with Firebug.Rep subclasses for
them that represent these javascript objects. The objects are one-to-
one with DOM elements.
Now looking at the code for firebug 1.3 and now 1.4, I see a
limitation that is stopping me from using firebug's APIs.
So, I would like to use the ability to have firebug highlight the DOM
element using the inspector. I see this code in bindings.xml:
<handler event="mouseover"><![CDATA[
var object = Firebug.getRepObject(event.target);
if (object)
{
var rep = Firebug.getRep(object);
object = rep.getRealObject(object, FirebugContext);
if (object)
Firebug.Inspector.highlightObject(object,
FirebugContext);
}
]]></handler>
Then if I look at the code for the highlightObject, I see that it only
supports Element. If the object is not an element, it clears the
highlight.
Now I could return the DOM element from my rep's getRealObject(), but
that messes with the selection APIs as now the HTML element would be
selected instead of the JavaScript element.
I would love it if there was some way to have the highlighting work by
me providing the element in a way other than giving the element back.
Perhaps the bindings code that calls the inspector code could call a
new method that defaults to getRealObject to get the item to
highlight?
Something like this?
<handler event="mouseover"><![CDATA[
var object = Firebug.getRepObject(event.target);
if (object)
{
var rep = Firebug.getRep(object);
object = rep.getElement(object, FirebugContext);
if (object)
Firebug.Inspector.highlightObject(object,
FirebugContext);
}
]]></handler>
where:
Firebug.Rep = {
...
getElement: function(object, context)
{
return this.getRealObject(object, context);
}
What do you think?
As it stands now, I have to avoid using the _repObject functionality
and call the inspector highlightObject manually so that I can get the
functionality I desire.
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