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==Adding a New Protocol== | ==Adding a New Protocol== | ||
To add a new protocol -- e.g. <code>wooz://</code> -- you add the following entries to <code>about:config</code>: | To add a new protocol -- e.g. <code>wooz://</code> -- you add the following entries to <code>about:config</code>: | ||
| − | network.protocol-handler.app.{{arg|protocol}} = | + | network.protocol-handler.app.{{arg|protocol}} = {{arg|path to executable}} |
network.protocol-handler.expose.{{arg|protocol}} = false | network.protocol-handler.expose.{{arg|protocol}} = false | ||
network.protocol-handler.external.{{arg|protocol}} = true | network.protocol-handler.external.{{arg|protocol}} = true | ||
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Protocol handlers appear in Settings (<code>about:preferences</code>) under "Applications", and can be edited or deleted from there. | Protocol handlers appear in Settings (<code>about:preferences</code>) under "Applications", and can be edited or deleted from there. | ||
==Links== | ==Links== | ||
| + | ===Reference=== | ||
| + | * MozKB: | ||
| + | ** [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.protocol-handler.app.%28protocol%29 network.protocol-handler.app.(protocol)]: main article | ||
| + | ** [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.protocol-handler.expose-all network.protocol-handler.expose-all]: setting this FALSE may result in Firefox asking permission to load "https" links on a per-domain basis, which isn't generally what we want. | ||
| + | ** [http://kb.mozillazine.org/Network.protocol-handler.expose.%28protocol%29 network.protocol-handler.expose.(protocol)] | ||
| + | ===Posts=== | ||
* '''2017-07-30''' [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1169576 I want to register a custom protocol handler in Firefox/Linux] @Mozilla Support | * '''2017-07-30''' [https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1169576 I want to register a custom protocol handler in Firefox/Linux] @Mozilla Support | ||
Revision as of 18:41, 29 April 2022
Adding a New Protocol
To add a new protocol -- e.g. wooz:// -- you add the following entries to about:config:
network.protocol-handler.app.<protocol> = <path to executable> network.protocol-handler.expose.<protocol> = false network.protocol-handler.external.<protocol> = true
...where in this case <protocol> would be wooz.
The value of the first line may be arbitrary, as Firefox will let you browse for the executable to use when handling a link.
(To add an item to about:config, search for it. The UI will give you the option to add or modify. [1])
Protocol handlers appear in Settings (about:preferences) under "Applications", and can be edited or deleted from there.
Links
Reference
- MozKB:
- network.protocol-handler.app.(protocol): main article
- network.protocol-handler.expose-all: setting this FALSE may result in Firefox asking permission to load "https" links on a per-domain basis, which isn't generally what we want.
- network.protocol-handler.expose.(protocol)
Posts
- 2017-07-30 I want to register a custom protocol handler in Firefox/Linux @Mozilla Support