This section describes how to use the Scripts & Plugins preferences
panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:
Open the &brandShortName;Edit menu and choose Preferences.
Under the Advanced category, click Scripts & Plugins. (If no
subcategories are visible, double-click Advanced to expand the list.)
The Scripts & Plugins preferences panel allows you to control how
JavaScript and plugins are used:
Enable JavaScript for:
Browser: Select this to turn on JavaScript for web
pages opened in the browser.
Allow scripts to: Select these tickboxes to control
how JavaScript can be used:
Move or resize existing windows: Allows open windows
to be resized or moved.
Raise or lower windows: Allows windows to be placed
under or on top of other windows.
Hide the status bar: Allows the status bar to be
hidden.
Change status bar text: Allows status bar text to be
changed, such as in scrolling text in the status bar.
Change images: Allows images to be changed or
animated, such as in image rollovers (images that change when the mouse
cursor is placed over them).
Disable or replace context menus: Allows right-click
menus or, if you're using a one-button mouse,
Ctrl-click menus to be replaced or disabled by
webpages.
Enable Plugins for: Tick this tickbox to control how
plugins are used:
Mail & Newsgroups: Allows plugins to be used in
Mail & Newsgroups.
When additional plugins are required: Tick this
tickbox if you want to be informed whenever a web site requires additional
plugins:
Display a notification bar at the top of the content
area: When a web site requires a plugin which is not installed,
a notification bar will be displayed above the web site content area.
From the bar you will be able to download and install the missing
plugin.
This section describes how to use the Keyboard Navigation preferences
panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:
Open the &brandShortName;Edit menu and choose Preferences.
Under the Advanced category, click Keyboard Navigation. (If no
subcategories are visible, double-click Advanced to expand the list.)
The Keyboard Navigation preferences panel allows you to control how you use
the keyboard to navigate in web pages:
Tab Key Navigation: Select which elements
should be taken into account when using the Tab key on a page:
Links: If ticked, pressing Tab or
Shift+Tab moves between links.
Buttons, radio buttons, tickboxes, and selection
lists: If ticked, pressing Tab or
Shift+Tab moves between buttons, radio buttons,
tickboxes, and selection lists.
Browse With Caret: Select if and how caret browsing should be used:
Use caret browsing: If ticked, caret browsing will
be enabled by default when you load a web page.
Use the F7 shortcut to toggle caret browsing: If
ticked, the F7 shortcut will toggle caret browsing on or off. Otherwise
&brandShortName; will not use the shortcut and the below option will
have no effect.
Warn me before turning on caret browsing: If ticked,
&brandShortName; will issue a warning dialogue if the caret browsing
mode is about to be entered, allowing you to choose whether to proceed
or not. (There is no warning when leaving caret browsing mode.)
This section describes how to use the Find As You Type references
panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:
Open the &brandShortName;Edit menu and choose Preferences.
Under the Advanced category, click Find As You Type. (If no
subcategories are visible, double-click Advanced to expand the list.)
The Find As You Type preferences panel allows you to control how you use
the keyboard to search for text in web pages:
Find automatically when typing within a web page: If
ticked, typing text in a web page automatically activates Find As You Type
and locates the text you typed (if it exists in the page). Choose whether
you want typing to find any text in the page or links only. If unticked,
you must choose Find Links As You Type or Find Text As You Type from the
Edit menu before typing the text you want to find.
Play a sound when typed text isn't found: If
ticked, Find As You Type plays a sound when the typed text isn't
found in the web page.
Clear the current search after a few seconds of
inactivity: If ticked, the search will be cancelled after a few
seconds of keyboard inactivity.
Show the find toolbar during find as you type: If
ticked, the find toolbar will open when Find As You Type is activated and
what you type will be entered into the toolbar search field. If unticked,
the find toolbar will not be opened and the search string will be displayed
in the status bar. Note that international text entry will not work in this
mode.
This section describes how to use the Cache preferences panel. If
you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:
Open the &brandShortName;Edit menu and choose Preferences.
Under the Advanced category, click Cache. (If no subcategories are
visible, double-click Advanced to expand the list.)
The Cache preferences panel allows you to adjust the &brandShortName; memory
and disc cache:
Let &brandShortName; manage the size of my cache: Select
this to let &brandShortName; apply a heuristic based on the space available
on your hard disc in order to determine your cache size. (This is the
default.)
Use up to [__] MB of disc space for the cache: Type in
the amount of disc cache you want to allocate for &brandShortName;. The disc
cache is saved to your hard disc (drive) and can be used again, even if you
have restarted your computer. (The default is 1024 MB. This preference is
ignored if the above tickbox is selected.)
Clear Cache: Click this to clear the disc cache.
Cache Folder Location: Shows the current location of the
disc cache folder
Choose Folder: Click this to choose a folder
location for the disc cache.
Compare the page in the cache to the page on the
network:
Every time I view the page: Select this if you want
&brandShortName; to compare a web page to the cache every time you view
it.
When the page is out of date: Select this if you
want &brandShortName; to compare a web page to the cache when the page
is determined by the server to have expired.
Once per session: Select this if you want
&brandShortName; to compare a web page to the cache once for each time
you start &brandShortName;.
Never: Select this if you do not want
&brandShortName; to compare cached information to the network.
Prefetch web pages when idle, so that links in web pages
designed for prefetching can load more quickly: Select this to
decrease the time it takes to load web pages when you click a link in a web
page that uses prefetching. For more information about Link Prefetching, see
the online
Link
Prefetching FAQ.
This section describes how to use the Proxies preferences panel. If
you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:
Open the &brandShortName;Edit menu and choose Preferences.
Under the Advanced category, click Proxies. (If no subcategories are
visible, double-click Advanced to expand the list.)
The Proxies preferences panel allows you to set up &brandShortName; to use a
proxy:
Before you start: Ask your network administrator if you
have a proxy configuration file or for the names and port numbers of the
proxy.
Direct connection to the Internet: Choose this if you
don't want to use a proxy.
Automatically discover the proxy configuration: Choose
this if you want &brandShortName; to automatically detect and configure the
proxy settings, using the WPAD protocol.
Automatic proxy configuration URL: Choose this if you
have a proxy configuration file or URL, then enter the configuration
URL.
Reload: Click this to reload the configuration file.
Manual proxy configuration: Choose this if you
don't have a proxy location (URL), or the automatic proxy discovery
was unable to setup the proxy settings correctly.
Proxy: Enter the name or numeric IP address of
the proxy server.
No Proxy for: Type the domains and/or IP addresses
that you do not want to use a proxy for. Separate each entry with a
comma. (Example: .mozilla.org, .net.nz, 192.168.1.0/24.)
Advanced Proxy Preferences
If you want to use different proxies for different protocols or need to use
a SOCKS proxy:
HTTP Proxy, SSL Proxy,
FTP Proxy: Enter the name or numeric IP address
of the proxy server. Type the port in the Port fields.
Note: If you're using the same settings
for all types of proxies, click on Use HTTP Proxy settings
for all protocols.
SOCKS Proxy: Enter the name or numeric IP address
of the proxy server. Enter the port number in the Port field.
SOCKS v4, SOCKS v5: When entering a SOCKS Proxy,
select SOCKS v4 or SOCKS v5, depending on what version
of SOCKS is used for the proxy.
Use for resolving hostnames: Select this to
use the SOCKS Proxy for resolving hostnames. This is
recommended for SOCKS v5 proxies.
This section describes how to use the HTTP Networking preferences panel. If
you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:
Open the &brandShortName;Edit menu and choose Preferences.
Under the Advanced category, click HTTP Networking. (If no subcategories
are visible, double-click Advanced to expand the list.)
The HTTP Networking preferences panel is used to configure HTTP-based
networking:
Direct Connection Options, Proxy Connection Options:
Choose the HTTP version and options for direct and proxy connections.
Use HTTP 1.0: Choose this to use the original
version of HTTP, standardised in 1996.
Use HTTP 1.1: Choose this to use the new version of
HTTP, which offers performance enhancements, including more efficient
use of HTTP connections, better support for client-side caching,
multiple HTTP requests (pipelining), and more refined control over
cache expiration and replacement policies.
Enable Keep-Alive: Select this to keep a connection
open to make additional HTTP requests, increasing speed.
Enable Pipelining: Select this to
enable pipelining, which allows for more than one HTTP request to be
sent to the server at once, reducing delays loading web pages.
Note: Pipelining is only available with
HTTP 1.1.
User Agent String:
The identifier sent by &brandShortName; to all web sites is used for
statistics about web site usage but also sometimes to expose certain
features only to known browsers (a practice known as "sniffing").
Advertise Firefox compatibility: If this is enabled,
&brandShortName; will identify itself as both &brandShortName; and also
compatible with Firefox. This allows web sites that check for certain
browsers rather than certain functionality to work with &brandShortName;.
This section describes how to use the Software Installation preferences
panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:
Open the &brandShortName;Edit menu and choose Preferences.
Under the Advanced category, click Software Installation. (If no
subcategories are visible, double-click Advanced to expand the list.)
The Software Installation preferences panel is used to enable add-on
installation and updates. The Add-on Manager allows you to view and manage
all your installed extensions and themes.
Add-ons:
Allow web sites to install add-ons and updates:
Select this if you want to allow web sites to install add-ons and
updates to be used with &brandShortName;. You will be prompted before
each installation.
Allowed Web Sites: Click this link to open the
Data Manager tab, where you can view and edit the list of web sites
that you want to allow to install software
Automatically check for updates:Select this to
be notified when a new version of one of your installed add-ons is
available. Choose whether you want &brandShortName; to do a
daily or a weekly check for new
versions.
Automatically download and install the update:
Select this if you want &brandShortName; to automatically download
and install updates for you when they become available. The download
will happen in the background, with low priority. After the download
has finished the update to the add-on will be installed
automatically the next time you start &brandShortName;.
Personalise Add-on recommendations: Select this to
be offered suggestions for add-ons in the "Get Add-ons" tab
of the manager:
Note that this function involves sending a list of your
currently installed add-ons to the add-on web site.
Disabling this option will also suppress contacting the add-on
site periodically for any new information about installed add-ons,
but won't affect automated updates.
Manage Add-ons: Click this link to open the Add-on
Manager in a new browser tab.
&brandShortName;:
Automatically check for updates:Select this to be
notified when a new version of &brandShortName; is available. Choose
whether you want &brandShortName; to do a daily or
a weekly check for new versions.
Automatically download and install the update:
Select this if you want &brandShortName; to automatically download
and install updates for you when they become available. The download
will happen in the background, with low priority. After the download
has finished the update to &brandShortName; will be installed
automatically the next time you start it.
Warn me if this will disable any of my add-ons:
Select this to be notified if an automatic update will disable any
of your installed add-ons. In that case you will be shown a list
of incompatible add-ons and you can choose whether you want to
download and install the update or not.
Note: You can use Check for Updates from the
&brandShortName;Help
menu to manually initiate the search for a &brandShortName; update.
The label of the menu item will change when an
update is being downloaded or ready to be applied.
Show Update History…: Click this to open the Update
History dialogue box which shows a list of &brandShortName; updates that
have been installed, including the update type (e.g. Security Update),
time of installation and installation status. The Details link next to
each update takes you to a web page that contains further information
regarding the update.
This section describes how to use the Mouse Wheel preferences panel. If
you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:
Open the &brandShortName;Edit menu and choose Preferences.
Under the Advanced category, click Mouse Wheel. (If no subcategories
are visible, double-click Advanced to expand the list.)
The Mouse Wheel preferences panel allows you to control how the mouse wheel
on your mouse (in between your mouse buttons) is used in &brandShortName;.
Modern mice may have two wheels or a button that can be used to switch the
scroll direction of the wheel. The behaviour for the vertical wheel function
is set in the upper panel Vertical scrolling while the
horizontal mode is controlled by the lower panel Horizontal
scrolling.
Select No modifier key or select a key that you want to use
along with the mouse wheel. Use the tickboxes below to configure mouse
wheel behaviour:
Scroll the document by: Choose this to scroll the
document by the number of lines (or characters for horizontal movement)
typed in the field.
Use system default: Choose this to use your
system's default setting—the number of lines (characters)
you may have previously entered will be overridden. Read your
system's documentation to find out where to change the
system default mouse wheel/scroll settings.
Scroll a page up (left) or a page down (right):
Choose this to scroll up or down one page at a time. This setting allows
faster, but less accurate scrolling through a page with your mouse
wheel.
Move back and forwards in the browsing history:
Choose this to use the mouse wheel to navigate back or forwards to
previous pages you've visited.
Make the text larger or smaller: Choose this to use
the mouse wheel to increase or decrease the size of text on a web page.
This setting can help you better read a page, or make text fit on the
screen.
Note: Each modifier key can be assigned to a different
function.
If your mouse does not have a mode for horizontal scrolling, any setting
in the lower panel Horizontal scrolling will be ignored.
DOM Inspector is an optional Web development
component. This section describes how to use its preferences panel.
If you are not already viewing it, follow these steps:
Open the &brandShortName;Edit menu and choose Preferences.
Under the Advanced category, click DOM Inspector. (If no subcategories are
visible, double-click Advanced to expand the list.)
When you select an element, DOM Inspector can automatically highlight it by
flashing it or its border:
Blink Selected Element: Tick this option to enable the
highlighting of an element that you select. By default, a flashing border
will appear around the element.
Border Colour: Select the colour of the border around
the element.
Border Width: Enter the width of the border around
the element.
Blink Duration: Enter the length of time
(in milliseconds) for which you want the flashing to occur.
Blink Speed: Enter the time interval
(in milliseconds) between the flashes.
Invert Colour: Tick this option to paint the
selected element with the inverted border colour. This will cause the
whole element—including its border—to flash.