Custom Buttons²

[j_ten_man]

I was wondering if it was possible to determine which buttons were pressed when a user presses a button. Specifically I want to open a link in a new tab when a user is pressing ctrl and presses a button. I am thinking something along the lines of this.getAttribute('keypress') but that doesn't work. Any help would be great.

[jw25]

I'm not sure I understand what it is that you want in the new tab. If this code is used for the "cleftclick" mouse handler function a new tab will open when "Ctrl-left-click" is pressed.

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gBrowser.addTab('paste url here');

[j_ten_man]

I am confused as well. Where do I put that code? I create a new button and in the "Code" what do I put? If I just put that code then I don't have to press ctrl to open it in a new tab. Maybe there is a good walkthrough or tutorial about writing custom buttons. All I want is a real simple button that will open a link in the current tab if you click the button, and in a new tab if you are pressing ctrl when you press the button. I am not sure how to do this. Like I said, if there is a walkthrough or documentation on creating buttons, that would be useful because this forum is all over the place and it's tough to find how or what I can do in the button code.

[jw25]

If you check the extension options you will see the option to include the mouse handler functions in newly created buttons. To open a link in the current tab use the code:

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loadURI('paste url here');

The FAQ tab above will lead you to some tutorials.
Take a look at the code in this button to give you and idea of what I'm talking about.
Homepage/Bookmarks mgr/Homepage2

[j_ten_man]

Great. Thanks. I figured out that I need to put my code in the "Initialization" tab, and then that I needed this line:

this.setAttribute( 'onclick', 'gQuot( event, this )' ); // Calls the Golbal MouseClick handler gQuot

Here is the code I came up with:

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link = 'http://custombuttons2.com/forum';

this.leftclick   = function(evt){
   loadURI(link);
}

this.cleftclick   = function(evt){
   gBrowser.selectedTab =gBrowser.addTab(link);
}

this.setAttribute( 'onclick', 'gQuot( event, this )' );


[nicholas]

if all you want to do is to open a link, then the Make a Bookmark button may be what you need:
http://www.custombuttons2.com/forum/but ... -t888.html