Develop a simple Firefox addon

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Hi, i am new for Firefox addon development and just i started to work with firefox. I want to create a simple firefox addon. my requirement is, when a user selectting text on website and right click then there should be option in right click menu called send text, simply then i want to pass this selected text as a parameter into my website. that is all. as a beginner please help me. how to do this with Firefox add-on builder. have you any code sample.

Posted 9-Jul-13 7:20am

tharindutpd

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joshrduncan2012 9-Jul-13 13:32pm

Great question for google.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 9-Jul-13 13:36pm

Please start here: http://www.whathaveyoutried.com.
—SA

bbirajdar 9-Jul-13 13:36pm

try this click me

joshrduncan2012 9-Jul-13 13:38pm

Post it as answer and I'll +5 it.

bbirajdar 9-Jul-13 13:40pm

Hey Josh..Thanks :)

joshrduncan2012 9-Jul-13 13:41pm

I meant post as solution and I'll +5 it. :)

bbirajdar 9-Jul-13 13:46pm

Done :)

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bbirajdar · Answer 1 · 2013-07-09T07:45:00

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Dear OP

You are supposed to do the basic resource yourself. You need to try it first and if you face any specific difficulties, then come back to CP with your code, error messages and questions.

Codeproject does not encourage spoon feeding. You need to read the rules for asking questions on codeproject here[^]

This link will get you started how to develop firefox addon[^]

Posted 9-Jul-13 7:45am

bbirajdar

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joshrduncan2012 9-Jul-13 13:47pm

My +5. :) Nice!

bbirajdar 9-Jul-13 13:54pm

Thanks Josh :)