Non-standard
This feature is non-standard and is not on a standards track. Do not use it on production sites facing the Web: it will not work for every user. There may also be large incompatibilities between implementations and the behavior may change in the future.
Returns a sidebar object, which contains several methods for registering add-ons with browser.
Example
window.sidebar.addPanel("Google", "http://www.google.com/", "");
Note: the third empty parameter is required!
Notes
The sidebar object returned has the following methods:
| Method | Description |
|---|---|
addPanel(title, contentURL, customizeURL) Obsolete since Gecko 23 |
Adds a sidebar panel. See Creating a Firefox sidebar for details on sidebars in Firefox 2 and later. |
addPersistentPanel(title, contentURL, customizeURL) Obsolete since Gecko 23 |
Adds a sidebar panel, which is able to work in the background. This only works in SeaMonkey or Firefox 1.x; Firefox 2 and later will just do addPanel(). |
AddSearchProvider(descriptionURL) |
Installs a search provider (OpenSearch). Adding OpenSearch search engines contains more details.Added in Firefox 2. |
addSearchEngine(engineURL, iconURL, suggestedTitle, suggestedCategory) Obsolete since Gecko 44 |
Installs a search engine (Sherlock). Adding Sherlock search engines contains more details. |
addMicrosummaryGenerator(generatorURL) Obsolete since Gecko 6 |
Installs a microsummary generator. |
IsSearchProviderInstalled(descriptionURL) |
Indicates if a specific search provider (OpenSearch) is installed. |
Specification
Mozilla-specific. Not part of any standard.