FireFox and adding favorites with Javascript

[Harris]

I use a function to open the Add Favorite window when a "Bookmark our site" link is clicked in MSIE.

function makelink(){
if(document.all)
window.external.AddFavorite(url,title)

As far as I know, this function only works in MSIE.

Is there a similar function I can use in FireFox?

What about Opera, Netscape, and Safari, etc.?

Thank you in advance for your help!

Harris

[dcrombie]

AFAIK only MSIE thinks that the website knows better than the user that they want to add a bookmark ;)

[jouwpagina]

I think it will not be possible in MSIE 7 either. It's so easy to cheat with this feature.

[Rambo Tribble]

However, the key combination, Ctrl+D, is pretty universal in its support.

[Harris]

Thank you for your answers!

Does anyone knew for certain that MSIE 7 will not support this function?

If this is true, I will need to modify the function so it will not fail in MSIE 7.

Also, I have read that Opera uses "Control T" instead of "Control D" for adding a bookmark.

Does anyone know if this is true?

Are there any other "major" browsers that do not use "Control D"?

Thank you for your help!
Harris

[Rambo Tribble]

Yes, Opera uses Ctrl+T.

[dcrombie]

Mac browsers use 'Apple + D' (and 'Apple + T' for Opera)

[jbot]

there isn't going to an MSIE7. version 6 was the last standalone browser. the next version will be even more tightly integrated into the OS (codename Longhorn), and when it comes out everything will change.

[Harris]

Thank you all for taking the time to answer!

Harris

[tomda]

Try this ;)
It will output different text depending of the browser (IE, Opera, Mozilla and others).

[code]
script type='text/javascript'>
<!--
var IEstring = "<a href='javascript:window.external.addFavorite"
IEstring += "(location.href,document.title);' title='Add to Favorites'>Favorites<\/a>" ;
var NSstring = "Click [Ctrl + D] ";
var OPstring = "Click [Ctrl + T]";
var OTHstring = "Bookmark this page!"
var whichString = OTHstring ;
var agt = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
var app = navigator.appName.toLowerCase();
var ieAgent = agt.indexOf('msie');
var nsAgent = app.indexOf('netscape');
var opAgent = app.indexOf('opera');
if (ieAgent!= -1) { whichString = IEstring; } else if (nsAgent!= -1){ whichString = NSstring; } else if (opAgent!= -1){whichString = OPstring; }
document.write(whichString)
-->
</SCRIPT>

[Harris]

Thank you very much!

How would you modify this so the Mac users would get "Command D" or "Command T" when they click the link?

Again, thank you very much?