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Create customized buttons on shortcut menu of Firefox and Opera
  1. #1


    Larry Guest

    Create customized buttons on shortcut menu of Firefox and Opera



    I'm not sure which newsgroup this question should go to since it involves
    elements of all.



    A few years ago I created a bunch of custom buttons on my IE 6 shortcut menu
    that did special tasks. I created the buttons by going to Registry at this
    address:

    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt

    and created new subkeys. (I forget the correct term so I'm calling them
    subkeys.). In each subkey I would insert the address of a particular html
    file on my computer. In the source code of each html file was script I had
    written that would run specified tasks on the active web page when I clicked
    the specified button on the short cut menu. For example, if I have a web
    page open, and have selected some text on that page, and click a certain
    custom button on the shortcut menu, it runs script which opens a new Word
    document and inserts into it the url and title of that webpage and the
    selected text, all in one step.

    My question is: is it possible to do the same kind of customization with
    Firefox and Opera? That is, add a button to the shorcut menu (right-click
    menu) which will run the script in the source file of a specified html file
    on my computer?

    Thanks,
    Larry



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  2. #2


    mr_unreliable Guest

    Re: Create customized buttons on shortcut menu of Firefox and Opera

    Larry wrote:

    > I'm not sure which newsgroup this question should go to since it involves
    > elements of all.
    >
    hi Larry,

    Mozilla sponsors a news server at news.mozilla.org.

    For example, you might try this ng: mozilla.support.firefox

    In addition, here is a suggestion from mozilla itself:

    <quote>
    For information about installing, running and configuring Firefox
    including a list of known issues and troubleshooting information,
    refer to: http://getfirefox.com/releases/
    </quote>

    And finally, if you want to sniff around on your own,
    type "about:config" into your (firefox) addressbar.
    What you see then is every config parameter installed
    on your system, and some that are not. Whatever you
    will do to install your button will appear in this
    config file.

    cheers, jw
    ____________________________________________________________

    You got questions? WE GOT ANSWERS!!! ..(but, no guarantee
    the answers will be applicable to the questions)

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  3. #3


    Larry Guest

    Re: Create customized buttons on shortcut menu of Firefox and Opera


    Thanks, I'll try that. But this is also a Windows/Registry issue, so I hope
    they can help with that..

    Also, I'm glad to hear that Firefox has newsgroups. Newsgroups are so much
    easier to use than Web discussion forums.



    hi Larry,

    Mozilla sponsors a news server at news.mozilla.org.

    For example, you might try this ng: mozilla.support.firefox

    In addition, here is a suggestion from mozilla itself:

    <quote>
    For information about installing, running and configuring Firefox
    including a list of known issues and troubleshooting information,
    refer to: http://getfirefox.com/releases/
    </quote>

    And finally, if you want to sniff around on your own,
    type "about:config" into your (firefox) addressbar.
    What you see then is every config parameter installed
    on your system, and some that are not. Whatever you
    will do to install your button will appear in this
    config file.

    cheers, jw



      My System SpecsSystem Spec

  4. #4


    Jeff Richards Guest

    Re: Create customized buttons on shortcut menu of Firefox and Opera

    "Larry" <larry328NOSPAM@xxxxxx> wrote in message
    news:OmVXggNLKHA.1376@xxxxxx

    >
    > Thanks, I'll try that. But this is also a Windows/Registry issue, so I
    > hope
    > they can help with that..
    >
    It might be a registry issue for IE, but not for Firefox or Opera.
    --
    Jeff Richards
    MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)



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