xSidebar for Thunderbird

About this Add-on

xSidebar for Thunderbird ports the Firefox sidebar to Thunderbird. After installation there will be a sidebar in the Messenger, ViewMessage, and MessageCompose windows. These sidebars can be toggled open and closed with the F9 key, or from the View —> Sidebar menu. Once installed, Firefox sidebar extensions that use the Firefox API can be made to work in Thunderbird.

These resources cover the basics of creating a Firefox sidebar extension:
http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Creating_a_Firefox_sidebar
http://occidopagus.nl/firefox/emptysidebar/
http://kb.mozillazine.org//Creating_sidebar

Developer’s Comments

2010-07-21: xSidebarTIG v0.7:

* Minimum supported version is now Thunderbird 3.0.
* Compact styles for the addons sidebar updated for Thunderbird 3.0 and 3.1.

2008-18-13: xSidebarTIG v0.6:

* [fix] Fix session history error in browser.xml (disable history in our sidebar browser element).
* [fix] Theme splitter not oriented vertical in TB >= 2.0.
* [new] Added da-DK, pl-PL, sr-RS, and zh-CN locales from Babelzilla.
* [enh] Better support for tabmail UI in TB3.0b3.

2008-12-12: xSidebarTIG v0.5:

* [fix] Sidebar splitter not totally hidden on Thunderbrird startup.
* [fix] Nesting error which showed the splitter but not the persisted sidebar on application startup.
* [fix] xSidebar bug 17854 - xSidebar for Tb problem persisting visiblity on restart.
* [new] Added ca-AD and pt-BR locales from Babelzilla.
* [new] Added tr-TR, and uk-UA locales from Babelzilla.
* [new] Added tr-TR, uk-UA, cs-CZ, mk-MK and ru-RU locales from Babelzilla.
* [fix] xSidebarTIG broken on Shredder 3.0b1.
* Updated addon sidebar styles for Shredder 3.0b1.
* [fix] Sending from contacts sidebar fails if no message folder is focused/loaded.

2007-08-02: xSidebarTIG v0.4:

* [updated] Adapt more slim styles from userstyles.org for the Add-ons sidebar.
* [new] When the contacts sidebar is in messenger, hide non functioning context menu items and buttons.
* [new] When the contacts sidebar is in messenger, add context menu items to open the compose window with the highlighted address in the to, cc, or bcc field.
* [fix] fixed bustage on trunk due to the landing of the tabbed interface.
* [new] Added latest Babelzilla translations.

2007-03-20: xSidebarTIG v0.3:

* [fix] For *nix platforms change the toggleSidebar hotkey from F9 to F4.
* [new] Added a toolbarbutton for the Contacts sidebar.
* [fix] Fix load, unload and js errors in abContactsPanel.
* [new] Added sidebar-picker toolbar button to the sidebar.
* [new] Override Contacts Sidebar in message compose window.
* [fix] Improve compatibility with Contactssidebar Extension.

2007-01-04: xSidebarTIG v0.2:

[New] Extension and Theme managers (Thunderbird 1.5), and Addons manager (Thunderbird 2.0) in the sidebar.

2006-12-23: Initial release v0.1:

Based on the xSidebar code contributed to the sidebar in Moji 0.9a3.

Version Information

Version 0.7 Released Nov. 28, 2010 40.0 KiB Works with Thunderbird 3.0 - 3.1.*

What's new:
* Minimum supported version is now Thunderbird 3.0.
* Compact styles for the addons sidebar updated for Thunderbird 3.0 and 3.1.

Source code released under Custom License

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