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+<!-- contributed by Felipe Gomes [felipc@gmail.com] -->
+
+
+The `windows` module provides easy access to browser windows, their
+tabs, and open/close related functions and events.
+
+This module currently only supports browser windows and does not provide
+access to non-browser windows such as the Bookmarks Library, preferences
+or other non-browser windows created via add-ons.
+
+<api name="browserWindows">
+@property {List}
+An object that contains various properties and methods to access
+functionality from browser windows, such as opening new windows, accessing
+their tabs or switching the current active window.
+
+`browserWindows` provides access to all the currently open browser windows:
+
+ var windows = require("windows");
+ for each (var window in windows.browserWindows) {
+ console.log(window.title);
+ }
+
+ console.log(windows.browserWindows.length);
+
+Object emits all the events listed under "Events" section.
+
+####Examples####
+
+ var windows = require("windows").browserWindows;
+
+ // add a listener to the 'open' event
+ windows.on('open', function(window) {
+ myOpenWindows.push(window);
+ });
+
+ // add a listener to the 'close' event
+ windows.on('close', function(window) {
+ console.log("A window was closed.");
+ });
+
+<api name="activeWindow">
+@property {BrowserWindow}
+
+The currently active window. This property is read-only.
+
+**Example**
+
+ // get
+ var windows = require("windows");
+ console.log("title of active window is " +
+ windows.browserWindows.activeWindow.title);
+
+ anotherWindow.activate();
+ // set
+ windows.activeWindow == anotherWindow // true
+</api>
+
+</api>
+
+<api name="open">
+@function
+Open a new window.
+
+ var windows = require("windows").browserWindows;
+
+ // Open a new window.
+ windows.open("http://www.example.com");
+
+ // Open a new window and set a listener for "open" event.
+ windows.open({
+ url: "http://www.example.com",
+ onOpen: function(window) {
+ // do stuff like listen for content
+ // loading.
+ }
+ });
+
+Returns the window that was opened:
+
+ var widgets = require("widget");
+ var windows = require("windows").browserWindows;
+
+ var example = windows.open("http://www.example.com");
+
+ var widget = widgets.Widget({
+ id: "close-window",
+ label: "Close window",
+ contentURL: "http://www.mozilla.org/favicon.ico",
+ onClick: function() {
+ example.close();
+ }
+ });
+
+@param options {object}
+An object containing configurable options for how this window will be opened,
+as well as a callback for being notified when the window has fully opened.
+
+If the only option being used is `url`, then a bare string URL can be passed to
+`open` instead of specifying it as a property of the `options` object.
+
+@prop url {string}
+String URL to be opened in the new window.
+This is a required property.
+
+@prop [onOpen] {function}
+A callback function that is called when the window has opened. This does not
+mean that the URL content has loaded, only that the window itself is fully
+functional and its properties can be accessed. This is an optional property.
+
+@prop [onClose] {function}
+A callback function that is called when the window will be called.
+This is an optional property.
+
+@returns {BrowserWindow}
+</api>
+
+<api name="BrowserWindow">
+@class
+A `BrowserWindow` instance represents a single open window. They can be
+retrieved from the `browserWindows` property exported by this module.
+
+ var windows = require("windows").browserWindows;
+
+ //Print how many tabs the current window has
+ console.log("The active window has " +
+ windows.activeWindow.tabs.length +
+ " tabs.");
+
+ // Print the title of all browser windows
+ for each (var window in windows) {
+ console.log(window.title);
+ }
+
+ // close the active window
+ windows.activeWindow.close();
+
+ windows.activeWindow.close(function() {
+ console.log("The active window was closed");
+ });
+
+<api name="title">
+@property {string}
+The current title of the window. Usually the title of the active tab,
+plus an app identifier.
+This property is read-only.
+</api>
+
+<api name="tabs">
+@property {TabList}
+A live list of tabs in this window. This object has the same interface as the
+[`tabs` API](packages/addon-kit/docs/tabs.html), except it contains only the
+tabs in this window, not all tabs in all windows. This property is read-only.
+</api>
+
+<api name="activate">
+@method
+Makes window active, which will focus that window and bring it to the
+foreground.
+</api>
+
+<api name="close">
+@method
+Close the window.
+
+@param [callback] {function}
+A function to be called when the window finishes its closing process.
+This is an optional argument.
+</api>
+
+</api>
+
+<api name="open">
+@event
+Event emitted when a new window is open.
+This does not mean that the content has loaded, only that the browser window
+itself is fully visible to the user.
+@argument {Window}
+Listeners are passed the `window` object that triggered the event.
+</api>
+
+<api name="close">
+@event
+Event emitted when a window is closed.
+@argument {Window}
+Listeners are passed the `window` object that triggered the event.
+</api>