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Old 09-03-2009   #1 (permalink)
Larry


 
 

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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Old 09-03-2009   #2 (permalink)
mr_unreliable


 
 

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

Larry wrote:
Quote:

> 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
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Old 09-03-2009   #3 (permalink)
Larry


 
 

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
Old 09-04-2009   #4 (permalink)
Jeff Richards


 
 

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

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

>
> 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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