newbiegalore wrote:
> Hello everyone, I am trying to write a toolbar extension for firefox
> and am facing problems with stripping of URLs in the body of the web
> page. I would sure appreciate any pointers :-)
>
> The problem: the following code works prefect when put in a standalone
> web page but seems to freeze the browser window when put in the js
> file linked for my extension.
>

> function init(){
> var i = document.links.length;

In the web page 'document' refers to the web page document; in the
extension it refers to browser.xul (in a simple extension).

On Apr 15, 7:43*am, "John J. Barton"
wrote:
> newbiegalore wrote:
> > Hello everyone, I am trying to write a toolbar extension for firefox
> > and am facing problems with stripping of URLs in the body of the web
> > page. I would sure appreciate any pointers :-)
>
> > The problem: the following code works prefect when put in a standalone
> > web page but seems to freeze the browser window when put in the js
> > file linked for my extension.
>
> > function init(){
> > var i = document.links.length;
>
> In the web page 'document' refers to the web page document; in the
> extension it refers to browser.xul (in a simple extension).

Thanks to the people who replied back :-)

The problem has been solved and its solution is outlined at
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewto...339707#3339707