On Dec 4, 2:32 pm, ceyal <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi John, > thanks to you I've managed to create a Firebug extension that turn on > the inspector. :)
You might be interested in http://code.google.com/p/fbug/issues/detail?id=2550 Issue 2550: Dispatch events to Inspector listeners so extensions can listen for inspect events. > maybe I'm not using the correct terminology but ... > I'm looking for a way to save the HTML object location (which the user > pressed on during the inspection) > so i can locate it in the future (something like recording the user > clicks....) > > is it possible? You can use the html panel's getObjectPath() function. There are also some XPATH function in lib.js. In general this is an unsolved problem, since the DOM can change arbitrarily as soon as you release control of execution. jjb > thanks ALOT!! > Eyal > > On Dec 4, 7:04 pm, John J Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Dec 4, 12:28 am, ceyal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > i meant CSS Selector (the path to the html element that the user > > > clicked on) > > > is there a way to catch the click and the CSS Selector? > > > I thought a CSS Selector was a rule for finding elements, a query that > > can match many elements. I did not know that elements have a CSS > > selector. > > > In any case, Firebug's inspector gives the element itself. No path or > > selector is involved. > > > jjb > > > > i've considered creating a firebug extension but i want to create my > > > own menu (without firebug's menu).... > > > > On Dec 4, 3:48 am, John J Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Dec 3, 2:44 pm, ceyal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > thanks a lot! > > > > > after executing the inspect function, > > > > > can i catch the user click on the page to get the CSS Selection? > > > > > Well you can listen for the click, but I don't know what a CSS > > > > Selection is so I can't help you there. > > > > > (Have you considered creating a Firebug extension?) > > > > > jjb > > > > > > On Dec 4, 12:27 am, John J Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > On Dec 3, 12:29 pm, ceyal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > thanks John, > > > > > > > I know about the code, > > > > > > > the question is different - > > > > > > > > I want to call firebug "inspect" function from ANOTHER FireFox > > > > > > > addon. > > > > > > > If you overlay browser.xul, then you can all any Firebug function > > > > > > that > > > > > > Firebug can call the same way we call it. So you could call > > > > > > Firebug.Inspector.toggleInspecting(FirebugContext); > > > > > > But the inspect feature is not a function that returns an element. > > > > > > > jjb > > > > > > > > I believe I need Firebug API for this... or am i wrong? > > > > > > > thanks, > > > > > > > Eyal > > > > > > > > On Dec 3, 9:51 pm, John J Barton <[email protected]> > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > On Dec 3, 9:54 am, ceyal <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > I want to develop a new FF add-on that will use some features > > > > > > > > > of > > > > > > > > > Firebug. > > > > > > > > > the basic idea is to activate the inspect element function > > > > > > > > > from > > > > > > > > > within my addon and receive the html element (which the user > > > > > > > > > has > > > > > > > > > clicked on) as a CSS Selection result. > > > > > > > > > > Does anyone have any idea if this is possible and how? > > > > > > > > > Sure its possible. The source is > > > > > > > > here:http://code.google.com/p/fbug/source/checkout > > > > > > > > jjb > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > Eyal > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en.
