I had to stumble upon this in frustration as I could find NOTHING online mentioning this tool Thunderbird includes a robust set of developer tools in the Tools -> Developer Tools -> Developer Toolbox menu.While the ''DOM Inspector'' plugin does not work in Thunderbird, it's not a big deal (see next line).Firefox remote debugging is red herring and does not work.Key take-aways that can save time and get you in the mindset for extension development: This article will lead you astray with respect to the current state of Thunderbird Developer Tools and point you to generic documentation that is Firefox centric. It also showed me how to get a debug version of the extension loaded for testing (with an important caveat I'll get to later). This took me through the basics of how to structure/layout and package an extension. Thunderbird Domain Age Monitor Extension Īfter fumbling around for a bit I found a high-level/basic introduction to building extensions: Building a Thunderbird extension: introduction.ThunderBird Event for Viewing a Message.Building a Thunderbird extension: introduction.Getting Started with Extension Development.Hopefully one or more of the pointers will save you time References If you are thinking about developing an extension for Thunderbird 60 and would like some pointers, read on for my choppy journey through Thunderbird extension development. This time I decided to double-down and fight my way through to develop a working (Alpha quality) plugin that accomplishes my design. With the poor state of Thunderbird add-on documentation it is a real struggle to get started with anything beyond the most basic 'hello-world' extension. I've had an idea kicking around in the back of my mind for the last few months to create a Thunderbird extension that will indicate if an email sender's domain was recently registered and alert me.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
Details
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |