Adapting XUL Applications for Firefox 1.5
This page contains a list of changes in Firefox 1.5, affecting XUL developers.
Specific Changes
- Tree Widget Changes
- International characters in XUL JavaScript (only affects extensions with JavaScript files containing non-ASCII characters)
- XMLHttpRequest changes
- XUL Changes for Firefox 1.5
- XPCNativeWrappers are on by default, and the behavior changed somewhat compared to 1.0.x
- A simpler method of Chrome Registration deprecates contents.rdf.
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For overlayed context menus: the function
gContextMenu.linkURL()has been renamed togContextMenu.getLinkURL(), andlinkURLis now a property. To use it in a backwards-compatible way:url = 'getLinkURL' in gContextMenu ? gContextMenu.getLinkURL() : gContextMenu.linkURL();