Bundled extension of the /r/toolbox moderator tools for reddit.com
Documentation: https://www.reddit.com/r/toolbox/w/docs
Thinking about contributing to toolbox? Awesome! Here is some information to get you started!
- Go to
chrome://extensions. - Check the "Developer mode" checkbox if it's not already checked.
- Click the "Load unpacked extension..." button.
- Load the
extensiondirectory.
Reload the extension when needed.
- Go to
about:debugging. - Click the "Load Temporary Add-on" button.
- Point to
extension/manifest.json.
Reload the addon when needed.
Note that it is not needed to use the build process for development purposes, all supported browsers can run the unpacked version of toolbox directly from the /extension directory
Building is relatively easy through nodejs with gulp.
Install gulp globally.
$ npm install --global gulp manifoldjsThen navigate to the root of the toolbox folder and install the dependencies
$ npm installTo build toolbox now simply run
$ gulpOr if you have followed these steps before and are on windows click the build.bat file.
This will create a zip file which can be used in both Chrome as well as Firefox versions that support web extensions.
All shared features settings and data are stored in subreddit wikis through versioned json. Third party applications can use this data to hook into toolbox features like usernotes.
Examples: