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// <prefpane id="navigator_pane">! | // <prefpane id="navigator_pane">! | ||
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Preferences handling required some complicated hack-arounds, this has changed. | Preferences handling required some complicated hack-arounds, this has changed. | ||
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</preferences> | </preferences> | ||
The <preferences> element must be a direct child of the <prefpane>, with the <preference>s as its children. (Usually, it | The <preferences> element must be a direct child of the <prefpane>, with the <preference>s as its children. (Usually, it's the first child of the <prefpane>, so that the <preference>'s constructor can init any elements watching this pref. Note the order of initialization code below, though.) Each <preference> needs the attributes ''name'' (with the name of the preference in ''prefs.js'' etc.) and ''type'' with its type, see [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Preferences_System:preference DevMo for details]. Since preference names are unique by default, the ''id'' attribute should be set to the pref name as well. | ||
The former ''prefstring'' attribute on an element must be replaced by a ''preference'' attribute, which contains the ''id'' of the respective <preference>. | The former ''prefstring'' attribute on an element must be replaced by a ''preference'' attribute, which contains the ''id'' of the respective <preference>. | ||
All reading/writing of preferences is handled by the backend, there is usally no need to instantiate preference interface/service! | All reading/writing of preferences is handled by the backend, there is usally no need to instantiate preference interface/service! | ||
====Call Order for Initialization Code==== | |||
<div style="font-size:smaller; direction: rtl;">''Page maintained by [mailto:mnyromyr@tprac.de Karsten Düsterloh]''</div> | <div style="font-size:smaller; direction: rtl;">''Page maintained by [mailto:mnyromyr@tprac.de Karsten Düsterloh]''</div> | ||