Link add-on SDK panel to toolbar button

Question

The add-on SDK attaches panels to widgets as seen here. I would like to achieve the same effect using the add-on SDK with a toolbar button instead.

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Answer 1

Thanks for pointing me in the direction of arrow panels. Is there a way to place an HTML file in one rather than having to dynamically create XUL elements? The effect I'm trying to achieve is similar to the Pocket extension, which does one thing when the button part is clicked and another when the arrow is clicked. – willlma 7 hours ago

You have 900+ rep, you should know better. It is common knowledge to create another question topic rather then ask how to do something different in a comment especially after solution acceptance.

Nonetheless, this is what you do to accomplish the Pocket toolbarbutton effect. Based on code supplied by contributor above. Ask another question and I'll move this there and you can accept my solution there.

var doc = document;

var navBar = doc.getElementById('nav-bar')
var btn = doc.createElement('toolbarbutton');
btn.setAttribute('id', 'hylytit');
btn.setAttribute('type', 'menu-button');
btn.setAttribute('class', 'toolbarbutton-1');
btn.setAttribute('image', 'data:image/png;base64,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');
btn.setAttribute('orient', 'horizontal');
btn.setAttribute('label', 'Hylyt.it');
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var toolbarbuttonPanel = doc.createElement('panel');
toolbarbuttonPanel.setAttribute('id', 'toolbarbutton-panel');
toolbarbuttonPanel.setAttribute('type', 'arrow');
var toolbarbuttonLabel = doc.createElement('label');
toolbarbuttonLabel.setAttribute('value', 'toolbarbutton panel');
toolbarbuttonPanel.appendChild(toolbarbuttonLabel);
////
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var dropmarkerPanel = doc.createElement('panel');
dropmarkerPanel.setAttribute('id', 'dropmarker-panel');
dropmarkerPanel.setAttribute('type', 'arrow');
var dropmarkerLabel = doc.createElement('label');
dropmarkerLabel.setAttribute('value', 'dropmarker panel');
dropmarkerPanel.appendChild(dropmarkerLabel);
////

navBar.appendChild(btn);

var mainPopupSet = document.querySelector('#mainPopupSet');
mainPopupSet.appendChild(dropmarkerPanel);
mainPopupSet.appendChild(toolbarbuttonPanel);

btn.addEventListener('click',function(event) {
    console.log('event.originalTarget',event.originalTarget);
    if (event.originalTarget.nodeName == 'toolbarbutton') {
        dropmarkerPanel.openPopup(btn);
    } else if (event.originalTarget.nodeName == 'xul:toolbarbutton') {
        toolbarbuttonPanel.openPopup(btn);
    }
}, false);

Answer 2

You can create a Toolbarbutton and Panel using the Addon SDK and some Jetpack modules. Try toolbarwidget-jplib and browser-action-jplib by Rob--W.

You can easy add a button to the toolbar and style the panel whatever you want with css / html:

var badge = require('browserAction').BrowserAction({
    default_icon: 'images/icon19.png', // optional
    default_title: 'Badge title',      // optional; shown in tooltip
    default_popup: 'popup.html'        // optional
});

Answer 3

Panels don't have an onCommand method see MDN - Panels Article

You can make your panel stylized, give it type arrow like panel.setAttribute('type', 'arrow') and then to attach to your button. I didn't give it type arrow below.

Heres the working code. Copy paste to scratchpad and set Environment > Browser then run it.

var doc = document; //to put this back in sdk do const doc = require('sdk/window/utils').getMostRecentBrowserWindow().document;

var navBar = doc.getElementById('nav-bar')
var btn = doc.createElement('toolbarbutton');
btn.setAttribute('id', 'hylytit');
btn.setAttribute('type', 'menu-button');
btn.setAttribute('class', 'toolbarbutton-1');
btn.setAttribute('image', ''); //i made this image blank because i dont have the image and im running from scratchpad
btn.setAttribute('orient', 'horizontal');
btn.setAttribute('label', 'Hylyt.it');

var panel = doc.createElement('panel');

btn.addEventListener('command', function(event) { //moved this below var panel = doc.createElement because panel needs to be crated before we write this function
  //if (event.button===0) btnClick();
  //console.log(TAG+'button clicked'); //what is TAG? its undefeined for me
    panel.openPopup(btn);
}, false);

panel.setAttribute('id', 'search-panel');
/*
panel.addEventListener('command', function(event) {
    console.log(TAG+'dropdown clicked'); //what is TAG? its undefeined for me
}, false);
*/
var label = doc.createElement('label');
label.setAttribute('control', 'name');
label.setAttribute('value', 'Article List');
var textbox = doc.createElement('textbox');
textbox.setAttribute('id', 'name');
panel.appendChild(label);
panel.appendChild(textbox);
btn.appendChild(panel);
navBar.appendChild(btn);