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[Code Example] How to add a custom toolbar button

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Description

Create a small tutorial with some snippets on how to generate and add a custom toolbarbutton to our main Toolbar.

This example is useful to showcase how a developer can generate custom elements to dynamically load and append in the Thunderbird UI.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Use the main Toolbar and custom toolbarbutton described in the issue as the entry points. Create a small tutorial with snippets showing how to generate a custom element and dynamically append it in the Thunderbird UI; done means the documented example clearly demonstrates that workflow.

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Assessment

Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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