Jetpack/Modules: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 10:10, 11 November 2011

This page lists some community-developed libraries not included in the SDK. Feel free to link to yours!

Prompts, by Mcepl. See function promptFileOpenPicker for a file picker prompt.
set new-tab page content, by @dietrich
module for interacting with Panorama, work in progress, by Mitcho.
Badged Widgets, by @dietrich
Extend the awesomebar, by @dietrich, or another implementation by Erik Vold (@erikvold)
Toolbar Buttons by Erik Vold (@erikvold), allows one to add normal buttons to toolbars, instead of widgets.
Menuitems by Erik Vold (@erikvold), allows one to easily add menu items to the main menus like 'File', 'Edit', 'Tools', etc..
XUL Hotkeys by Erik Vold (@erikvold), allows one to easily create XUL <key> elements
User Scripts by Erik Vold (@erikvold), allows one to compile user scripts (used by Scriptish and Greasemonkey) with their addon, or package.

Awesomebar Search - query the datasource that powers the Firefox awesomebar, by Dietrich (@dietrich)
Places Query Module - query your bookmarks and history, with a fantastical set of options (by @dietrich and @mak77)
Browser Commands - search for and execute browser commands (eg: reload, zoom, bookmark page, open URL), by Dietrich (@dietrich)
Custom protocol handler by Atul, or another implementation by Irakli (@gozala)
Sync for Panorama - show synchronized devices as dedicated groups in Panorama (by @ttaubert)
UserStyles by Erik Vold (@erikvold), allows one to add CSS to any page, including chrome URIs with user styles (used by Stylish) that they can include with their addon or package.

Actors Generators based implementation of scala like Actor's for writing calbackless async code. by Irakli (@gozala)
Promises Promises library by kriskowal
Experimental implementation of promises on top of ES Harmony Proxies by Irakli (@gozala)

QR code utilities, by Hernán Colmeiro (@peregrinogris)
Module for choosing and loading an external editor, by Dietrich (@dietrich), ported from the Ubiquity add-on
Socket API Lib implementing nodejs's Socket API by Irakli (@gozala)
Smarter console.log() that pretty-prints objects, by @ongaeshi (blog post)
Localization (l10n) by Erik Vold (@erikvold), allows one to localize their addon until a better method is introduced.

DirectoryWatcher: polls a directory, notifies listeners of events like file added, deleted, changed, etc.
IndexDB interface: provides a discrete module for sotring and accessing data in IndexDB, with tests!

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 * [http://j.mp/ifQZFp Extend the awesomebar], by @dietrich, [https://github.com/erikvold/awesomebar-jplib or another implementation] by Erik Vold (@erikvold)
 * [https://github.com/erikvold/toolbarbutton-jplib Toolbar Buttons] by Erik Vold (@erikvold), allows one to add normal buttons to toolbars, instead of widgets.
-* [https://github.com/erikvold/menuitems-jplib Menuitems] by Erik Vold (@erikvold), allows one to easily add menu items to the main menus like 'File', 'Edit', 'Tools', etc..
+* [https://github.com/voldsoftware/menuitems-jplib Menuitems] by Erik Vold (@erikvold), allows one to easily add menu items to the main menus like 'File', 'Edit', 'Tools', etc..
 * [https://github.com/erikvold/xulkeys-jplib XUL Hotkeys] by Erik Vold (@erikvold), allows one to easily create XUL [https://developer.mozilla.org/en/XUL/key <key>] elements
 * [https://github.com/scriptish/userscripts-jetpack-package User Scripts] by Erik Vold (@erikvold), allows one to compile user scripts (used by [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/scriptish/ Scriptish] and [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/ Greasemonkey]) with their addon, or package.