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Talk:Thunderbird/Add-ons Guide 63: Difference between revisions
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'''Question''': Can I write an addon and use the API that are already there... or do I have to create everything? | '''Question''': Can I write an addon and use the API that are already there... or do I have to create everything? | ||
'''Answer''': | '''Answer''': You can use the API at https://thunderbird-webextensions.readthedocs.io/en/latest/. That page also provides a link to a document on Web Extensions Experiment with good explanations of details. Under the Address book API there is an example addon. | ||
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this doesn't work, although these events look exactly the same. What is the difference? | this doesn't work, although these events look exactly the same. What is the difference? | ||
'''Answer''': | '''Answer''': the windows API is different from the tabs API and so this doesn't work. You can add a listener to a new window with a WebExtensions Experiments addon. | ||