David Huynh wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to write a Firefox extension that adds an extra property to
> the "window" object that Web pages' scripts have access to. As you know,
> currently, scripts in Web pages can access such objects as
>
>     window
>     window.document
>     window.navigator
>     window.netscape
>     ...
>
> I'd like to add my own property onto this window object that all Web
> pages' scripts can access
>
>     window.foo
>
> I will provide the implementation of foo as necessary. I'm hoping that
> someone here can tell me how to do this. I've tried a number of methods
> (such as overloading the <browser> XBL binding), but I don't see how to
> do this cleanly from within an extension.
>
> The major issue is probably security. And I can't require every Web page
> that wants to use this object to be signed so that it can request
> privileges.
>
> Many thanks in advance!
>
> David


(I'm ignoring the .jseng copy of this exact same message)

One options is to do what window.sidebar does it at
http://bonsai.mozilla.org/cvsblame.cgi?file=mozilla/browser/components/sidebar/src/nsSidebar.js&rev=1.11#228
   I think.  I'm hoping whatever window.sidebar does is secure - so you
probably need to look at its nsIClassInfo impl too :)

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HTH HAND

Mook
mook dot moz; gmail.
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