Talk:Prism/Scripting

20after4 09:32, 10 November 2007 (PST) : I would like to suggest that webapp bundles support multiple security levels. I think that it's essential that we retain the ability to have system-level access from webapp javascript, however, that should not be the default mode. Perhaps a security sandbox could be turned on by default but overridden for certain bundles (with user's explicit permission, not by way of a click-through dialog that users would tend ignore)

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tylermenezes: The example method won't work in Prism 0.9, im my code or even in a blank webapp.js. Error is "missing : after property ID", on void log(aMsg); I can't do getBrowser() by itself, either. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, I'm new to this.

Scripting Usage

The scripting is a bit confusing. We could use some examples. XUL documentation is out there, but it's not very easy to jump into. Here's some examples using gmail - doesn't do much, but helps you get the idea.

 /* webapp.js */
 /*global host*/
 //Get things started
 function startup () {
   
   //Only Works if sidebar is on
   host.sidebar.add(null, "http://talkgadget.google.com/talkgadget/popout");
   host.sidebar.visible = true;
   
   //Lots of the same command
   //host.getBrowser().goHome();
   //host.getBrowser().loadURI(host.getBrowser().homePage);
   //host.getBrowser().loadURI('http://mail.google.com/mail/');
   
   var aImage = host.getResource("gmail.ico");
   var aTitle = "Gmail says";
   //Can't actually get contentDocument.title yet, because document hasn't loaded yet - but it won't break anything
   var aMessage = host.getBrowser().contentDocument.title;  
   host.showAlert(aImage, aTitle, aMessage);
 }
 function shutdown () {
   //If you need to clear up anything
   var aImage = host.getResource("gmail.ico");
   var aTitle = "Gmail says";
   var aMessage = host.getBrowser().contentDocument.title;
   host.showAlert(aImage, aTitle, aMessage);
 }
 function dropFiles (uris) {
   
 }