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This bootstrap addon shows how to add a menu item to the content context menu.
const {interfaces: Ci,utils: Cu} = Components;
Cu.import('resource://gre/modules/Services.jsm');
/*start - windowlistener*/
var windowListener = {
//DO NOT EDIT HERE
onOpenWindow: function (aXULWindow) {
// Wait for the window to finish loading
let aDOMWindow = aXULWindow.QueryInterface(Ci.nsIInterfaceRequestor).getInterface(Ci.nsIDOMWindowInternal || Ci.nsIDOMWindow);
aDOMWindow.addEventListener("load", function () {
aDOMWindow.removeEventListener("load", arguments.callee, false);
windowListener.loadIntoWindow(aDOMWindow, aXULWindow);
}, false);
},
onCloseWindow: function (aXULWindow) {},
onWindowTitleChange: function (aXULWindow, aNewTitle) {},
register: function () {
// Load into any existing windows
let XULWindows = Services.wm.getXULWindowEnumerator(null);
while (XULWindows.hasMoreElements()) {
let aXULWindow = XULWindows.getNext();
let aDOMWindow = aXULWindow.QueryInterface(Ci.nsIInterfaceRequestor).getInterface(Ci.nsIDOMWindowInternal || Ci.nsIDOMWindow);
windowListener.loadIntoWindow(aDOMWindow, aXULWindow);
}
// Listen to new windows
Services.wm.addListener(windowListener);
},
unregister: function () {
// Unload from any existing windows
let XULWindows = Services.wm.getXULWindowEnumerator(null);
while (XULWindows.hasMoreElements()) {
let aXULWindow = XULWindows.getNext();
let aDOMWindow = aXULWindow.QueryInterface(Ci.nsIInterfaceRequestor).getInterface(Ci.nsIDOMWindowInternal || Ci.nsIDOMWindow);
windowListener.unloadFromWindow(aDOMWindow, aXULWindow);
}
//Stop listening so future added windows dont get this attached
Services.wm.removeListener(windowListener);
},
//END - DO NOT EDIT HERE
loadIntoWindow: function (aDOMWindow, aXULWindow) {
if (!aDOMWindow) {
return;
}
var contentAreaContextMenu = aDOMWindow.document.getElementById('contentAreaContextMenu');
if (contentAreaContextMenu) {
var menuItem = aDOMWindow.document.createElement('menuitem');
menuItem.setAttribute('label', 'My Menu Item');
menuItem.setAttribute('oncommand', 'alert("hi")');
menuItem.setAttribute('id', 'myMenuItem');
contentAreaContextMenu.appendChild(menuItem);
}
},
unloadFromWindow: function (aDOMWindow, aXULWindow) {
if (!aDOMWindow) {
return;
}
var myMenuItem = aDOMWindow.document.getElementById('myMenuItem');
if (myMenuItem) {
myMenuItem.parentNode.removeChild(myMenuItem);
}
}
};
/*end - windowlistener*/
function startup(aData, aReason) {
windowListener.register();
}
function shutdown(aData, aReason) {
if (aReason == APP_SHUTDOWN) return;
windowListener.unregister();
}
function install() {}
function uninstall() {}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
- License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
- file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. -->
<RDF xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:em="http://www.mozilla.org/2004/em-rdf#">
<Description about="urn:mozilla:install-manifest">
<em:id>demo-contextmenu@jetpack</em:id>
<em:version>initial</em:version>
<em:type>2</em:type>
<em:bootstrap>true</em:bootstrap>
<em:unpack>false</em:unpack>
<!-- Firefox -->
<em:targetApplication>
<Description>
<em:id>{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}</em:id>
<em:minVersion>7.0</em:minVersion>
<em:maxVersion>10.0a1</em:maxVersion>
</Description>
</em:targetApplication>
<!-- Front End MetaData -->
<em:name>demo contextmenu</em:name>
<em:description>This bootstrap addon shows how to add a menu item to the content context menu.</em:description>
<em:creator>Noitidart</em:creator>
<em:iconURL/>
<em:icon64URL/>
<em:optionsType>2</em:optionsType>
</Description>
</RDF>
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This is a copy paste bootstrap addon that shows how to add menu items to the content area context menu.

Edit in loadIntoWindow and unloadFromWindow.

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need to rename to _template-ff-addon-BootstrapContentAreaContextMenu

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