Firefox/Projects/AddonUI

Design and implement a way for addons to integrate into Firefox UI in a way that plays nice with themes, allows maximum customizability, and eases implementation for addon developers.

Status

IN FLIGHT Spec complete, implementation in progress

Team:

• Design: Boriss
• Lead: Dietrich

Bugs:

• bug 568932 - Jetpack piece
• bug 574688 - Firefox piece

Goals

• Remove the status bar
• Implement the Add-on bar
• Allow add-on placement customization through the toolbar infrastructure

Spec

Firefox

• Add-on bar is a XUL toolbar, hidden by default
• Presence of add-ons makes the bar visible
• Status bar is initially integrated in a backwards-compatible way into the Add-on bar, possibly removed.
• Size/text+icon mode integrated into customization palette

Jetpack

• Widgets are XUL toolbar buttons
• Default location for a widget is the Add-on bar
• Widgets respect the sizing/text+icon settings of the Add-on bar
• Widgets have a "placement" property, which is the id of their default toolbar
• The default "placement" value is the id of the Add-on bar

Statusbar Feature Relocation

• Status-bar status text is gone, not getting replaced. (bug 586718)
• Hover on link moved to location bar. (bug 541656, bug 587908)
• Progress meter moved to the location bar in some fashion (bug 578028)
• Download monitor is gone. The download button+panel would be in the navbar (bug 564934)
• Security button is gone, the security information is performed by larry.
• Popup blocker is gone, there are notifications. Would like to get arrow panels.

Open Issues