Test for Firefox being hidden in OS X - macos

Question

Is there a way I test to see if Firefox windows are hidden in OS X via the "Hide Firefox" (Command-H) option? Enumerating using nsIWindowMediator says that the hidden attribute is false and the windowState is STATE_NORMAL for these hidden windows in OS X. Thanks!

Answer 1

Try console.log(window) or if you dont have access to thew indow object Services.appShell.hiddenDOMWindow.console.log(Services.wm.getMostRecentWindow('navigator:browser')) then in browser console go and click '[object ChromeWindow]' and then it will print all its enumerable and non-enumerable properties.
Maybe it will show something in here differently when it's hidden I'm not sure.

Answer 2

i dont know but heres a way that might help you figure out.
install this addon from github
and then in scratchpad in browser environment run Cu.import('chrome://cdumpjsm/content/cDump.jsm'); cDump(window,{depth:0}) when hidden, then save that file. then show the window then run cDump again, then diff the files

Answer 3

Ok at long last here is your solution. js-ctypes using objective-c:
Tested on OS 10.9
GitHubGIST :: Noitidart / _ff-addon-snippet-OSXHidden.js
Cu.import('resource://gre/modules/ctypes.jsm');
var objc = ctypes.open(ctypes.libraryName('objc'));
// types
var id = ctypes.voidptr_t;
var SEL = ctypes.voidptr_t;
var BOOL = ctypes.signed_char;
// constants
var nil = ctypes.voidptr_t(0);
//common functions
var objc_getClass = objc.declare('objc_getClass', ctypes.default_abi, id, ctypes.char.ptr);
var sel_registerName = objc.declare('sel_registerName', ctypes.default_abi, SEL, ctypes.char.ptr);
var objc_msgSend = objc.declare('objc_msgSend', ctypes.default_abi, id, id, SEL, '...');
//common selectors
var alloc = sel_registerName('alloc');
var init = sel_registerName('init');
var release = sel_registerName('release');
//now using docs here: https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/Cocoa/Reference/ApplicationKit/Classes/NSApplication_Class/index.html#//apple_ref/occ/instp/NSApplication/hidden
// pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init]
var NSAutoreleasePool = objc_getClass('NSAutoreleasePool');
var pool = objc_msgSend(objc_msgSend(NSAutoreleasePool, alloc), init);
// NSApp = [NSApplication sharedApplication];
var NSApplication = objc_getClass('NSApplication');
var sharedApplication = sel_registerName('sharedApplication');
var NSApp = objc_msgSend(NSApplication, sharedApplication);
// [NSApp isHidden]
var isHidden = sel_registerName('isHidden');
var objc_msgSend_returnBool = objc.declare('objc_msgSend', ctypes.default_abi, BOOL, id, SEL, '...'); //this is return value because `isHidden` returns a BOOL per the docs
var rez_isHidden = objc_msgSend_returnBool(NSApp, isHidden);
console.info('rez_isHidden:', rez_isHidden, rez_isHidden.toString(), uneval(rez_isHidden));
if (rez_isHidden == 0) {
console.log('Firefox is HIDDEN!');
} else if (rez_isHidden == 1) {
console.log('Firefox is showing.');
} else {
console.warn('rez_isHidden was not 0 or 1, this should never happen, if it did, objc should error and crash the browser');
}
// [pool release]
objc_msgSend(pool, release);
objc.close();
Credit to #arai for teaching me objc jsctypes! When no one else would the guy spoon fed me!!! More people should spoon feed each other!