Firefox sidebar help needed

I'd like to try making a Firefox sidebar that holds a hierarchical menu of tags, where clicking on a tag in the sidebar sticks it in the appropriate tag input box on the diary entry page.

Mozilla has a "Creating an Empty Sidebar" page on its support wiki, but that's outdated (v1.0). I'm running 2.0 and most everybody else is running 1.5.

Are there any Firefox extension jocks out there that can help me out? I'd like just a basic empty sidebar; I think I can code up the innards that fills it up and talks to the main window, but that first step is the hardest.

Thanks.

•  I wish I could help you

  I don't even know how to get it to appear. It only happens when I'm typing really fast and bingo, a sidebar pops up on the left side. (Is that what you're talking about?)

  by Margot on Thu Dec 21, 2006 at 07:20:30 PM PDT

  •  Yes

    in Firefox got to View->Sidebar you'll see Bookmarks and History. Each has a keystroke associated with it. You probably hit one of those by accident. It's possible to add sidebars to that menu. Look at Tools->Add-ons to get more.

    by The Centerfielder on Fri Dec 22, 2006 at 05:25:22 AM PDT

    •  Thank you,

      now I know not to press 'control' and 'B' at the same time.
      I'd try asking for advice on an open thread after the holiday season.  I think people are just too busy/stressed/etc. right now.

      by Margot on Fri Dec 22, 2006 at 05:47:23 PM PDT