Creating Applications with Mozilla

Appendix C. Programmer's Reference

This appendix is an easy-to-use reference that contains information about XUL elements, XBL elements, and event attributes. Details about how each element and event works within a Mozilla application are covered in the rest of the book; to learn how to use XUL or XBL, read Chapter 3 and Chapter 7.

Once you know how to use XUL and XBL, this reference allows you to look up all available tags and elements quickly. Each entry listed below includes a brief description of the element or event, its purpose, what attributes the element or event has, and what other related elements or events you can look at to get more information.

C.1. XUL Element Set

action -- Child element in a XUL template structure that draws content for matched data

arrowscrollbox -- Container box for scrolling contents

autorepeatbutton -- Provides arrows for a scrolling area

binding -- Child element in a XUL template that optionally matches in the data

bindings -- Substructure in a XUL template that collects the optional binding rules

box -- Generic container and layout element

broadcaster -- Notifies elements when a change occurs in the UI

broadcasterset -- Container for broadcaster elements

browser -- Web-content container

button -- A widget that activates some functionality when pressed

caption -- Provides heading for a groupbox element

checkbox -- Indicates a specified feature's on/off state

colorpicker -- Widget used to choose a color

column -- A column in a grid

columns -- ...