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preference="browser.toolbars.showbutton.home"/> | preference="browser.toolbars.showbutton.home"/> | ||
The <preferences> element must be a direct child of the <prefpane>, with the <preference>s as its children. 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 | The <preferences> element must be a direct child of the <prefpane>, with the <preference>s as its children. 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! | ||