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<p>I tried </p>
<pre> browser.tabs.onCreated.addListener(newTab);
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<p>and it worked, it ran newTab <br>
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<p>I tried </p>
<pre> browser.windows.onCreated.addListener(newWindow);
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<p>and it didn't work although these events look exactly the same.
What is the difference? <br>
</p>
Blessings
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 08/12/2018 00:50, Ben Bucksch wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:d9386bc5-0ad8-3101-228e-29e0fe647d71@beonex.com">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Given that you run in Thunderbird,
you can assume a modern JS engine, and you can also use
async/await for any function that returns Promises. Googling
"javascript async await" should give you plenty of
introductions.</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Essentially, something like this
should work:</div>
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<pre>async function foo() {
var myWindow = await browser.windows.getCurrent();
}</pre>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">HTH</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Ben<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Geoff Lankow wrote on 08.12.18 01:43:<br>
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<p>That's a <a
href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Using_promises"
moz-do-not-send="true">Promise</a>, Graeme. Almost all
browser.something.… methods return them.</p>
<p>GL<br>
</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 8/12/18 00:49, Graeme wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:ae732bce-873a-826c-43b6-bf69c9426e33@gmail.com">
<p>I've looked at the docs.</p>
<p>I actually found a lot of help in Owl... I have a "working"
extension and options that work. <br>
</p>
<p>Now I'm trying to get a listener working that will tell me
when a window opens, specifically a compose window... but
hey, any window would be a good start. <br>
</p>
<p>I found in docs, reference to the browser.windows API and a
function getCurrent(). I thought that would be a good test.
There's an event onCreated as well but when I tried <br>
</p>
<p>var MyWindow = browser.windows.getCurrent();</p>
<p>according to docs, MyWindow should be an array with a whole
lot of info. But when I put <br>
</p>
<p>console.dir(MyWindow);</p>
<p>I got <br>
</p>
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<prototype></span><span
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data-link-actor-id="server1.conn1.obj251"
class="objectBox objectBox-object"><span
class="objectTitle">Object</span><span
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<div class="node object-node lessen"><span
data-link-actor-id="server1.conn1.obj251"
class="objectBox objectBox-object"><span
class="objectRightBrace">What did I do
wrong? Is there a place to ask more
about how these API work? <br>
</span></span></div>
<br>
<div class="node object-node lessen"><span
data-link-actor-id="server1.conn1.obj251"
class="objectBox objectBox-object"><span
class="objectRightBrace">Blessings<br>
Graeme<br>
</span></span></div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/12/2018 06:00, Ben Bucksch
wrote:<br>
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<blockquote type="cite"
cite="mid:20f5c695-a720-3a75-55eb-e46c0f529df6@beonex.com">Graeme
wrote on 03.12.18 15:50: <br>
<blockquote type="cite"> <br>
I would really like to shift to [WebExtension for
Thunderbird] which seems the addon of the future but where
is there any help for this? <br>
<br>
Could someone do a summary of the conversion effort for
this one please? <br>
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<br>
<br>
First off, it's a completely different type of addon, so be
prepared to have to change a lot. <br>
<br>
For a general intro to WebExtensions, see the Firefox pages:
<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions</a>
<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/What_are_WebExtensions"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://developer.mozilla.org/docs/Mozilla/Add-ons/WebExtensions/What_are_WebExtensions</a>
<br>
<br>
However, the APIs are different between Thunderbird and
Firefox. Some Firefox APIs work in Thunderbird (just try
it), other Firefox APIs do not work, and Thunderbird has a
few specific APIs added. Here are some docs about the latter
ones: <br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://thunderbird-webextensions.readthedocs.io/en/latest/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://thunderbird-webextensions.readthedocs.io/en/latest/</a>
<br>
<br>
There are not many WebExtensions for Thunderbird yet, our
own Owl is one of the first that I know of, so you're in new
territory. Don't expect a smooth ride. But to be one the
pioneers can be exciting, too. <br>
<br>
HTH, <br>
<br>
Ben <br>
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