Hey Everyone,
I don’t know if this is the right place to ask this question, but is it easy to write a plug-in that clicks on a button with a certain ID? Every few seconds. Where should I start? 
Yes, it couldn’t be easier. It’s just a setInterval command.
function clickButton() {
document.querySelector("#identifier").click();
}
const milliseconds = 2000; // 2 seconds
setInterval(clickButton, milliseconds);
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Is there a small tutorial where I can start with in the first place :)?
For writing a FF plugin?
Here’s a tutorial on creating bookmarklets that can help.
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Yes
Thank you, but did I miss the link?
No, that was my error. It’s still in the clipboard though.
Well it’s a large topic… ^^ but the MDN would certainly a good place to start:
The API is the same as for chrome extensions AFAIK, so you might check out those docs as well:
(Being more of a chromium guy I have mostly consulted the latter myself, and they’re pretty good IMO – check the “Getting Started” tutorial.)
That said, I second @Paul_Wilkins’s suggestion to start with bookmarklets instead – a bookmarklet basically is to an extension as a shell script is to a full blown application. Another idea might be writing some simple user scripts for extensions such as grease / tamper monkey.
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As @m3g4p0p says, the API is the same as for Chrome extensions.
Be sure to stay away from any XUL -based tutorials (XUL is Mozilla’s XML-based language for building user interfaces), as XUL-based extensions have been deprecated and will likely not run in a current version of FF.
Yeah, second that. I wrote an (admittedly rather old) tutorial on Tampermonkey that will get you going, should you decide take that route.
But if it absolutely has to be a browser extension, check this out:
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This is kinda Awsome. I fixed the click thingy, with the basic tutorial .
What if I want to have a simple menu where I can hang actions on. For example, click on a button with a specific ID?
Okay Found it in the documentation
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