1223127 - CUI create view api

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Firefox :: Toolbars and Customization, defect)

Description

[Shane Caraveo (:mixedpuppy)]

Add-ons that programmatically add a CUI widget must also manually create the view.  I'm using onBeforeCreated to do this:

onBeforeCreated: function(doc) {
  if (doc.getElementById("PanelUI-pocketView"))
    return;  
  let view = doc.createElement("panelview");
  view.id = "PanelUI-pocketView";  
  let panel = doc.createElement("vbox");
  panel.setAttribute("class", "panel-subview-body");
  view.appendChild(panel);
  doc.getElementById("PanelUI-multiView").appendChild(view);
}

This is prone to error and susceptible to upgrade issues down the road if CUI changes.  It would be great if there were an API to have CUI create the view for us, or even a simple flag on the widget class to indicate that the view needs to be created.

Comment 1

[:Gijs (he/him)]

With the demise of XPCOM add-ons, I don't think we'll do this anymore.