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Chromebug is a tool for debugging XUL applications (like Firefox and Thunderbird) with Firebug-like capabilities. It is very useful for developing add-ons (extensions).

Chromebug is a tool for XUL applications like Firefox and Thunderbird.

It brings Firebug-like debugging capabilities to the whole browser/application, and is very useful for developing add-ons (extensions).

For more information, see the Chromebug wiki page and the Chromebug blog entries.

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Equivalent of Firebug for Thunderbird

When I build a newsletter and send it to myself as a test, I would like to be able to analyze the resulting HTML in my email client (Thunderbird). Is there a tool similar to Firebug but for Thunderbird? I found one called "DOM Inspector" but it is…
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Move the cursor with the right arrow between two uneditable span inside an editable div

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How to debug a Firefox extension with Chromebug?

I'm trying to debug my Firefox add-on with Chromebug, but I can't see the error trace or log trace. I've configured a dedicated profile and set about:config parameters according to this Mozilla tutorial. I've installed Firebug and Chromebug with…
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How to use Chromebug to debug Thunderbird 9 extensions

I'm running Thunderbird 9, trying to write my first extension. I've been to http://getfirebug.com/wiki/index.php/Chromebug_User_Guide which says that I need to install exactly the same version of Chromebug and Firebug. The problem is, Chromebug…
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Chromebug - debug firefox extension with "components" folder

I want to debug some Firefox extensions. I tried with two debugging tools - Chromebug and JavaScript Debugger (Venkman). One of the extensions has the following structure: components folder content folder platform folder resource…
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Inspecting firefox with firebug

Using ColorZilla I found an interesting feature. If I pick a color from firefox (bars,tabs or anything else of the browser) and then go to: ColorZilla > Inspect Last Element > In Firebug Then I can see the markup,css,js that firefox uses in the…
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requestFullscreen is not returning a promise

I'm facing an unexpected behavior and wanted to be sure i'm not missing something before i'm filling a bug. I've played with requestFullscreen on chrome and firefox and noticed it's not returning a promise like stated in the spec. Example for…
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View chrome source in Firefox

It would be extremely helpful for developing Firefox extensions if I could see the source of, e.g., chrome://browser/content/browser.xul with overlays applied. Is there a way to do this? Chrome List and "View Source" show only the base structure,…
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How to get the stack trace from errors in a FireFox extension?

Is there a convenient way to do this for my extension? I know I can use FireBug to get traces for exceptions which happen in content, but I don't think it works for chrome (does it?). I couldn't get ChromeBug to work when I last tried it.
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Can't print from website after Chrome version 108.0.5359.125

There is a printing problem after the latest version of Chrome. Since each content in the table is of a certain length, it says "Loading preview" and eventually shows an error.
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Debug javascript of firefox extension in Firebug

I'm trying to debug my firefox extension in Firebug. When there is error in the code, Firebug pauses on the code and I can jump to the code that caused error. The problem is when I want to set breakpoint in the code and trace it, it should…
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Debugging tools for Firefox extension development

I am debugging a FF extension for a client (3500 lines). I have a separated development profile with just firebug && extension developer extensions to work. 1.- I had developed a couple of extensions for FF some time in the previous 2 years. I…
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How to get Chromebug to ouput logging messages to Chromebug console while debuging Firefox Extension

I'm new to both javascript and firefox extension writing so I need a really explicit answer. I'm writing a firefox extension that will inspect and modify GET requests from the browser before the page is loaded. I need to debug my code and installed…
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iFrame in Firefox hidden window with a contentWindow.history?

I'm trying to run a hosted script with content privileges in my Firefox extension. To do this, I create a content iframe in the hidden window pointed at a html file that pulls the script. This script requires the 'history' be available, but the…
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