NotificationBox

NotificationBox MailExtension Experiment

The NotificationBox Experiment allows to show notifications inside Thunderbird.

Item	Value
Description	Experiment to show notifications inside Thunderbird
Status	Draft
Compatibility	Thunderbird 128
Tracking	bug 1674002

Usage

Add the NotificationBox Experiment to your add-on. Your manifest.json needs an entry like this:

"experiment_apis": {
    "NotificationBox": {
      "schema": "NotificationBox/schema.json",
      "parent": {
        "scopes": ["addon_parent"],
        "paths": [["NotificationBox"]],
        "script": "NotificationBox/implementation.js"
      }
    }
  }

Simple example

The NotificationBox.create() method supports multiple options, see the schema definition of the NotificationProperties type for details:

  await messenger.NotificationBox.create({
    windowId: tab.windowId,
    tabId: tab.id,
    priority: 9,
    label: "Custom NOTIFICATION",
    icon: "icon.png",
    placement: "bottom",
    style: {
      "color": "blue",
      "font-weight": "bold",
      "font-style": "italic",
      "background-color": "green",
    },
    buttons: [
      {
        id: "button1",
        label: "Button 1"
      }
    ]
  });