Split Browser Ver.0.6.2009110501 for Mozilla Firefox

What's this? ...abstract

This splits the content area of the browser window as you like. It will help you in various cases. For example, to compare multiple webpages, to show a calendar always, and so on.

You can split browsers over and over. Status of split browsers are saved, and automatically restored on the next startup.

This extension cannot work with Content Holder. You must uninstall it before you install this.

Download Links to XPI packages

• Download Latest Version (via HTTP) / Download Reviewed Version (via HTTPS, Mozilla Add-ons)
• Source Codes
• Subversion Repositories: Trunk, Branches, Tags

See the FAQ if you meet troubles. When you cannot find out solutions from the page, throw bug reports to board or by E-mail, please. And, the RSS is available for tracking latest versions.

Features & Screenshots This package provides following features.

Split example. After you split browser, new area becomes a tiny browser.

There is some ways to split window.

• Choose the "Split Browser to" menu in the context menu.
• Choose the "Load in Split Browser" menu in the context menu on link.
• Click popup-button on top/bottom/left/right edges of the content area.
• Drop links, bookmarks, tabs, etc. to popup-button on top/bottom/left/right edges of the content area while dragging.

You can split browser infinitely, as many as your RAM and your screen allow. Enjoy split and split to your heart's content!

Drag and drop is available to load links, bookmarks, and so on, into split browser. If you drag the toolbar of split browser, you can load the page in another split browser.

Split browsers can be closed by their closebox. "File" > "Close All Split Browser" closes all of them at once.

Version 0.3 or later includes tabbed browsing feature. You can open new tab in split browsers, by "New Tab" menu in the context menu in the toolbar of split browsers, or middle click links in them. (But this feature doesn't work with TBE or TMP. They are designed for environments without multiple "tabbrowser" widget.)

You can tile all of tabs as split browsers, and, gather split browsers to tabs. If the Multiple Tab Handler is available, you can tile tabs with selection.

API Information of programming interfaces for hackers.

// Step 1: Create new event which has detail of the command.
var newCmdEvent = document.createEvent('Events');
newCmdEvent.initEvent(
  'SubBrowserAddRequest?'
    + 'uri=' + encodeURIComponent('http://piro.sakura.ne.jp/') + ';'
    + 'position=top',
  true, true);

// Step 2: Create a wrapper event (XULCommandEvent) amd dispatch it.
var newEvent = document.createEvent('XULCommandEvents');
newEvent.initCommandEvent('SubBrowserAddRequestFromContent',
  true, true,
  window, 0, false, false, false, false,
  newCmdEvent
);
document.dispatchEvent(newEvent);

document.documentElement
        .setAttribute('_moz-split-browser-to', 'right');
var newSplitBrowser = window.open('http://www.google.co.jp/');
// This will be loaded as a new rightside pane.
document.documentElement
        .removeAttribute('_moz-split-browser-to');
window.open('http://www.google.co.jp/');
// This will be loaded as a new window or tab.

var newEvent = document.createEvent('Events');
newEvent.initEvent('SubBrowserRemoveRequestFromContent', true, true);
document.dispatchEvent(newEvent);

newSplitBrowser.close();

History There is the updating history and the list of known problems.

0.6.2009110501

• Works on Minefield and Firefox 3.6.
• Fixed: More safer code.
• it-IT locale is updated by Godai71.

0.6.2009050101

• Works on Shiretoko 3.5b5pre and Minefield.
• Supporting of Firefox 2 is dropped.
• Modified: Drag and drop to toolbar in split panes works like as to tab bar.
• Improved: For drag and drop of links, tabs and so on, the "Split" button keeps itself showing while you move the pointer.
• Improved: Tabs in split panes are shown in the tab previews of Minefield.
• Improved: Split panes are saved for each window.
• Improved: Now "Undo Close Pane" and "Recently Closed Panes" are available. You can reopen closed panes.
• Improved: Supports the private browsing mode of Shiretoko 3.5b5pre.

0.5.2008112201

• Fixed: Works on Minefield 3.1b2pre again.
• Spanish locale is updated. (by tito)

0.5.2008101801

• Improved: Works on Minefield 3.1b2pre.
• Improved: On Minefield 3.1b2pre, split browsers and tabs can be moved without reloading, by drag and drop.
• Improved: Tabs and split browsers are more integrated. They can be moved by simple dragging, and they are cloned by dragging with Ctrl (or Command) key.
• Improved: Works with ReloadEvery 3.0.0. You can reload split browser automatically.
• Improved: Works with Tree Style Tab and Multiple Tab Handler more integratedly.
• Fixed: Find in pages works on Firefox 3.
• zh-CN locale is available. (by Vincent D)
• Firefox 1.5 is dropped.

0.4.2008061601

• Updated: ko-KR locale is updated.

0.4.2008050601

• Fixed: Keyboard shortcuts for "Bookmark This Page" works correctly on Firefox 3.
• Updated: Traditional Chinese locale is updated.

0.4.2008042801

• Fixed: Search results are loaded in split browsers correctly on Trunk.
• Fixed: Works with Second Search correctly.
• Fixed: "Close Other Tabs" of All-in-One Gestures works correctly.

0.4.2008030901

• Improved: Synchronized scroll can work only for vertical scroll.
• Fixed: Works with Google Docs.
• Works on Minefield 3.0b5pre.

0.4.2007120601

• Improved: Search result from the search bar can be loaded into split panes.
• Updated: Korean locale is updated. (by 박찬규)

0.4.2007120101

• Fixed: Now "Synchronize Scroll" ignores scrolling in background tabs.
• Updated: French locale is updated. (by Menet)
• Verified to work on Minefield 3.0b2pre.

0.4.2007113001

• Fixed: Now "Synchronize Scroll" ignores scrolling in other windows.

0.4.2007112701

• Improved: "Synchronize Scroll" button is available in the toolbar of split browsers.
• Modified: "Back", "Forward", "Reload" and "Stop" buttons in split browsers are shown with system icon in Linux.

0.4.2007112401

• Improved: Split browsers can be scrolled synchronously with other panes.

0.4.2007101002

• Fixed: Toolbar buttons work correctly.

0.4.2007101001

• Improved: "Open New Tab", "View Page Source", "View Page Info", "Bookmak This Page" and "Bookmark All Tabs" keyboard shortcuts work for the active pane.

0.4.2007100901

• Improved: "Back", "Forward", "Stop", "Reload" and "Close Tab" keyboard shortcuts work for the active pane.
• Added: Italian locale is available. (by Godai71@Extenzilla)
• Fixed: Wrong locale for French description is corrected.
• Updated: zh-TW, ko-KR and de-DE locales are updated.

0.4.2007092501

• French locale is updated.

0.4.2007092101

• Added: Spanish locale is available. (made by tito)
• Improved: Split popup buttons are shown with fade-in/out effects.
• Improved: You can show popup buttons only when you press "Shift" key.

0.4.2007070801

• Fixed: From the context menu, the focused browsing area is split correctly.
• Fixed: "Split" command duplicates only the current tab correctly.
• Fixed: Labels of "Tile Vertically" and "Tile Horizontally" are switched, in following locales: en-US, de-DE, fr-FR, hu-HU, ko-KR, and zh-TW.

0.4.2007070401

• Improved: Histories, scroll position and user typed values of forms are restored when you split the current page.

0.4.2007061801

• Improved: Scroll position and user typed values of forms in split browsers are stored/restored.
• Fixed: URI strings or links are loaded in new split browser correctly when it is dropped on the popup button of the content area.
• Fixed: Blank split browsers from tabs disappeared.
• Fixed: Korean locale is updated.

0.4.2007052102

• Updated: Hungarian locale is updated. (by Mikes Kaszmán István)

0.4.2007052101

• Fixed: The credit of hu-HU translator is corrected.

0.4.2007052001

• Fixed: Broken behavior of "Split horizontally" and "vertically" disappeared.
• Fixed: Selected tabs can be tiled horizontally or vertically correctly if it works with Multiple Tab Handler.
• Fixed: "Tile tabs" feature closes tabs correctly even if TMP is available.
• Fixed: Some buttons are available correctly in the menu of "Split" button.
• Improved: Custom events to control split browser from web pages are available.
• Updated: French locale is updated. (by menet)
• Added: Hungarian locale is available. (by Mikes Kaszmán István)

0.4.2007051501

• Improved: New toolbar buttons, "Split(menu)", "Tile" and "Gather" are available.
• Improved: There is a new API. Scripts in webpages can split the content area.
• Improved: Tabs opened instead of new windows are shown in split browsers correctly.
• Improved: Shift-Click on relaod buttons reload without cache.
• Fixed: The toolbar of split browsers stay editable if the URL bar is focused.
• Fixed: Toolbar icons are shown at correct places.
• Modified: Internal operations to show/hide main menu is changed.
• Improved: Works on Minefield. (maybe)

0.4.2007050701

• Improved: Tab Clicking Options is supported.
• Updated: French locale is updated. (by Menet)
• Updated: zh-TW locale is updated.（by Alan CHENG）
• Fixed: Syntax errors in XUL and CSS codes are corrected.

0.4.2007050602

• Improved: Tabs can be tiled as multi-row automatically.
• Fixed: "Align" are replaced to "Tile" in English locale.

0.4.2007050601

• Improved: You can tile tabs horizontally or vertically as split browsers. And, you can gather all of split browsers to tabs.
• Improved: "Split" menu is available in the menu bar.
• Improved: You can hide additional menu items in the context menu on tabs.

0.3.2007042601

• Improved: Works with All-in-One Gestures.

0.3.2007042501

• Improved: Works with Multiple Tab Handler and Informational Tab.

0.3.2007041801

• Improved: The icon is available for "Split" menus.
• Improved: Navigation buttons can be shown in toolbars of split browsers permanently.
• Improved: Works with Firebug. (maybe)
• Fixed: Google Notebook Extension popup is redrawed when left tabs of the current are closed.
• Fixed: Wrongly blank "window.content" disappeared.
• Modified: ScrapBook toolbar and Sidebars shown by MultiSidebar are moved to outside of the content area.

0.3.2007041101

• Fixed: Works with Google Notebook Extension.
• Fixed: The hack for the ScrapBook takes effect only for the ScrapBook, not other extensions.

0.3.2007032902

• Improved: Works with ScrapBook, Grab and Drag. (maybe)
• Fixed: Toolbars of split-browsers are shown even if the window is opened with no toolbar.
• Fixed: Leaked memory for closed split-browsers disappeared. (maybe)

0.3.2007032901

• Fixed: Error on startup disappeared.

0.3.2007030901

• Fixed: zh-TW locale is available. (manifest file is updated correctly.)

0.3.2007030801

• Fixed: Option dialog works correctly.
• Improved: The content area is made maximized correctly for maximized windows when there is any split browser.
• Added: zh-TW locale is available. (made by Alan CHENG)
• Updated: German locale is updated. (by ReinekeFux)
• Updated: Korean locale is updated. (by 박찬규/sushizang)

0.3.2007020401

• Improved: Changes of some options are applied immediately.
• Improved: Options of tabbed browsing are hidden if TBE or TMP is available.
• Fixed: Split browsers are not collapsed wrongly if you set their toolbar can be collapsed.
• Updated: French locale is updated. (by Menet)

0.3.2007020301

• Modified: Icons are updated. (inspired by kiwidesign)
• Improved: Auto-focus feature to focus to split browsers by mouseover is available. (require you change the setting)
• Improved: You can show "Collapse" and "Expand" button on the toolbar of split browsers.
• Modified: Implementations of the feature to collapse/expand browsers are updated.

0.3.2007013102

• Updated: French locale is updated. (by Menet)

0.3.2007013101

• Fixed: Unexpected "jumping" behavior of narrowed split browsers disappeared.
• Modified: Style rules for focused split browsers are modified.
• Improved: New toolbar buttons to collapse/expand/close all of split browsers are available.
• Added: Korean locale is available. (by 박찬규/sushizang)
• Added: Icon for the add-on manager is available.

0.3.2007012601

• Improved: Double-click or middle-click collapse/expand a split browser, on its toolbar.
• Modified: Always toolbars are shown in collapsed split-browsers.
• Improved: The toolbar of focused split-browser is highlighted.
• Improved: Text-zoom feature is available for split browsers, by "Ctrl-+", "Ctrl--" or Ctrl-wheel-scroll, if the browser is focused.
• Improved: You can find terms in split browsers, if they are focused.

0.3.2007012303

• Updated: German locale is updated. (by ReinekeFux)
• Updated: French locale is updated. (by Menet)

0.3.2007012302

• Fixed: "Split Tab to" works correctly.

0.3.2007012301

• Improved: Split Browser saves the state, which tab is selected.
• Improved: "Split Tab to" feature duplicates tab with session histories.
• Improved: A new option is available, to close tab after it is opened in split browser.
• Improved: You can move and rearrange split browsers by drag and drop on their toolbar.
• Improved: Drag-and-drop of links, bookmarks, etc. with Ctrl-key loads them in split browser even if you dropped them out of popup-buttons.
• Fixed: The option works correctly, to show tabs in split browser always.

0.3.2007012002

• Improved: "Split Tab" menuitem is available for any tabbrowser.
• Fixed: Error from "Split Tab" feature disappeared.
• Updated: French locale is updated. (by Menet)

0.3.2007012001

• Improved: Tabbed browsing in split browser is available. (But this feature is disabled in environments TBE or TMP is installed, because they are designed for single "tabbrowser" in a window.)
• Improved: "Close" and "Collapse" are available in the context menu on the toolbar of split browsers.
• Fixed: A stupid mistake, "Left" and "Right" are wrongly switched in some locales, are corrected.

0.2.2007011701

• Fixed: Unexpected spaces in popup-buttons disappeared.
• Fixed(partial): In Linux, dropped links, etc. to popup-buttons are loaded in new split browser. (But they cannot accept dropping links from the browser itself yet.)
• Added: German locale is available. (made by ReinekeFux)
• Improved: French locale is updated. (by Menet)

0.2.2007011501

• Improved: "Split Tab to" menu is available for the context menu on tabs. (Some codes are quoted from Mozilla Zine Forum)
• Modified: "Go" buttons are shown like as the Go-button in the main toolbar of Firefox 2.
• Fixed: Features which observe drag-and-drop actions maybe work with this extension correctly. (Conflict with Drag de Go is solved.)
• Added: French language pack is available. (made by Menet)

0.2.2007011402

• Fixed: Collapsed browsers are expanded automatically when a split browser beside it is closed.

0.2.2007011401

• Improved: Session histories of split browsers are saved and restored.
• Improved: The title of the page is shown in the toolbar of tiny browsers. If you point the bar, "Back", "Forward", and other buttons become available.
• Fixed: Buttons doesn't popup if the pointer through pointer over edges of content area.
• Fixed: Broken order of tiny browser and splitter disappeared.

0.1.2007011402

• Fixed: Popup-buttons are hidden after a delay correctly.
• Style rules are updated.

0.1.2007011401

• Modified: Popup-buttons are shown only on middle of top/bottom/left/right edges of content area.
• Improved: Drag-and-drop action is available for popup-buttons.
• Fixed: Style rules are updated. In some environments, a progressmeter is shown behind the location bar in tiny browser.

0.1.2007011301

• Released.