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Browser in a sidebar

Posted by figital on 2009-10-09 09:48
OS: All / Any

Is there a quick way to open a sidebar containing an input box (or wonderbar) for a URL and then below that a basic instance of Gecko? I might even want more than one sidebar like this running simultaneously.

Initially I might use one for tasks and the other to avoid switching back to a browser window. I don't like mapping code files to URLs ... usually it's not a good correlation.

re: browser
toddw | Fri, 2009-10-09 10:51

You can use the browser preview (View->Preview in Browser) to launch a browser window (which will open a separate pane for the browser window by default). This browser window has a URL bar that you can type into.

There is no sidebar that provides a browser frame - though you could easily add one by writing a Komodo extension.

Cheers,
Todd

re: browser
figital | Fri, 2009-10-09 10:58

Thanks Todd ... I'll use that shortcut and looks like a good excuse to finally try putting together an XPI.