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Asked: 2026-05-31T16:00:06+00:00

In a Firefox add-on built with the Add-on SDK, how can I disable and

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In a Firefox add-on built with the Add-on SDK, how can I disable and re-enable JavaScript for a single tab?

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    The SDK itself doesn’t provide this functionality, you will have to work with the XUL directly. What you need to do is accessing the docShell property of the XUL <browser> element corresponding to the tab. The docshell has an allowJavascript property that lets you switch JavaScript on and off. Something like this should work:

    var window = require("window-utils").activeBrowserWindow;
var tabBrowser = window.gBrowser;
var browser = tabBrowser.selectedBrowser;   // or: tabBrowser.browsers[n]
browser.docShell.allowJavascript = false;

    Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem possible to take a Tab object and find the corresponding XUL element – you have to work with the XUL window from the start.

    Relevant documentation:

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