Toolbars

Toolbars, implemented using the XUL toolbar element, are containers for toolbar buttons and other user interface objects. The following articles provide details about implementing and working with toolbars.

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XUL School: Adding Toolbars and Toolbar Buttons: A helpful tutorial to creating toolbars and toolbar buttons.
Toolbar customization events: A look at the events that are sent during toolbar customization; you can use these to be kept aware of changes to toolbars.
Creating toolbar buttons: How to use overlays to add toolbar buttons to Mozilla applications.
Custom toolbar button: Another example of how to create a toolbar button, complete with a sample extension you can download and try.
Code snippets: Toolbar: Code snippets that are helpful when working with toolbars.

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