Using Selenium WebDriver in custom extension

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I am developing a Firefox extension and have a need to generate synthetic events. I want this events to be treated as 'native' events. However, the DOM APIs exposed by Firefox (createEvent, initEvent) aren't really behaving as native events. I realized Selenium solved the issue by adopting native events.

My question is, can I use webdriver.xpi standalone within my extension? My extension is JavaScript based. If yes, how? Has anyone done it before?

Any pointers will be highly appreciated.

possible duplicate of [Are events generated by Firefox extension 'trusted'?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11456705/are-events-generated-by-firefox-extension-trusted) — Wladimir Palant, Jul 12 '12 at 22:12
Agreed. My question here is a bit different, but the answer for the other question solves the problem I was trying to solve using Selenium's webdriver.xpi. — Sunil Agrawal, Aug 06 '12 at 17:38

score 0 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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Selenium is unnecessary:

You can use nsIDOMWindowUtils.sendMouseEventToWindow() instead of document.createEvent(). This method is meant for testing and will generate a native event as well.

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Are events generated by Firefox extension 'trusted'?

edited May 23 '17 at 10:25

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