Don't forget Mike Ratcliffe, I think he's the one who actually committed the patch!
For getting started extending Firebug, you'll want to have a look at Honza's excellent tutorials: http://www.softwareishard.com/blog/firebug-tutorial/extending-firebug-hello-world-part-i/ My inspector patch works like most other listeners in Firebug. You add a listener object which has function names which match the names of the events. For example: Firebug.Inspector.addListener( { "onInspectNode": function ( context, theNode) { // do something to theNode }, "onStopInspecting": function() { // stop messing with theNode } }); Mike On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 11:43 AM, ceyal <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > many many thanks about the patch!! (thanks to Mike Collins as well!) > this is exactly what I needed! > > the only thing is that I'm a beginner in XUL/JS and I just can't make > it work.. > . > would you do me huge favor and write me an example how can i use the > new events in my external addon > so i can get the HTML object/Xpath received by the inspector? > > thanks again! > Eyal > > On Dec 5, 3:08 am, John J Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Dec 4, 2:32 pm, ceyal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hi John, > > > thanks to you I've managed to create a Firebug extension that turn on > > > the inspector. :) > > > > You might be interested inhttp:// > code.google.com/p/fbug/issues/detail?id=2550 > > Issue 2550: Dispatch events to Inspector listeners so extensions > > can listen for inspect events. > > > > > maybe I'm not using the correct terminology but ... > > > I'm looking for a way to save the HTML object location (which the user > > > pressed on during the inspection) > > > so i can locate it in the future (something like recording the user > > > clicks....) > > > > > is it possible? > > > > You can use the html panel's getObjectPath() function. There are also > > some XPATH function in lib.js. > > > > In general this is an unsolved problem, since the DOM can change > > arbitrarily as soon as you release control of execution. > > > > jjb > > > > > thanks ALOT!! > > > Eyal > > > > > On Dec 4, 7:04 pm, John J Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > On Dec 4, 12:28 am, ceyal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > i meant CSS Selector (the path to the html element that the user > > > > > clicked on) > > > > > is there a way to catch the click and the CSS Selector? > > > > > > I thought a CSS Selector was a rule for finding elements, a query > that > > > > can match many elements. I did not know that elements have a CSS > > > > selector. > > > > > > In any case, Firebug's inspector gives the element itself. No path or > > > > selector is involved. > > > > > > jjb > > > > > > > i've considered creating a firebug extension but i want to create > my > > > > > own menu (without firebug's menu).... > > > > > > > On Dec 4, 3:48 am, John J Barton <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > On Dec 3, 2:44 pm, ceyal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > thanks a lot! > > > > > > > after executing the inspect function, > > > > > > > can i catch the user click on the page to get the CSS > Selection? > > > > > > > > Well you can listen for the click, but I don't know what a CSS > > > > > > Selection is so I can't help you there. > > > > > > > > (Have you considered creating a Firebug extension?) > > > > > > > > jjb > > > > > > > > > On Dec 4, 12:27 am, John J Barton <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 3, 12:29 pm, ceyal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > thanks John, > > > > > > > > > I know about the code, > > > > > > > > > the question is different - > > > > > > > > > > > I want to call firebug "inspect" function from ANOTHER > FireFox addon. > > > > > > > > > > If you overlay browser.xul, then you can all any Firebug > function that > > > > > > > > Firebug can call the same way we call it. So you could call > > > > > > > > Firebug.Inspector.toggleInspecting(FirebugContext); > > > > > > > > But the inspect feature is not a function that returns an > element. > > > > > > > > > > jjb > > > > > > > > > > > I believe I need Firebug API for this... or am i wrong? > > > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > > > > Eyal > > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 3, 9:51 pm, John J Barton < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 3, 9:54 am, ceyal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > > I want to develop a new FF add-on that will use some > features of > > > > > > > > > > > Firebug. > > > > > > > > > > > the basic idea is to activate the inspect element > function from > > > > > > > > > > > within my addon and receive the html element (which the > user has > > > > > > > > > > > clicked on) as a CSS Selection result. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone have any idea if this is possible and how? > > > > > > > > > > > > Sure its possible. The source is here: > http://code.google.com/p/fbug/source/checkout > > > > > > > > > > jjb > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > Eyal > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Firebug" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<firebug%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en.
