Scripting an add bookmark link in Firefox

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Scripting an add bookmark link in Firefox

May 9th, 2006

Hello everyone - new member here!

I have a javascript function for creating an 'add bookmark' link on my pages. For firefox it uses window.sidebar.addPanel to add the bookmark

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function addBookmark(title, url) {
        if (window.sidebar) { // firefox
              window.sidebar.addPanel(title, url,"");
        } else if( document.all ) { //MSIE
                window.external.AddFavorite( url, title);
        } else {
               alert("Sorry, your browser doesn't support this");
        }
}

To call it I use

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<a href="javascript:addBookmark('astro','http://www.astroman.com')>Add bookmark</a>

The problem lies in the firefox part. A page bookmarked with this function opens in the firefox sidebar. (perhaps unsurprisingly given the name of the method).
Anyone know a way to prevent this or a function that does the job better ? windows.sidebar.addPanel is the only way I know of scripting an add bookmark link in Firefox

I'm using Firefox 1.5.0.3

Jamie