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Content.maxtextrun

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The title given to this article is incorrect due to technical limitations. The correct title is content.maxtextrun.

This article describes the preference content.maxtextrun. To add, delete, or modify this preference, you will need to edit your configuration — do not edit this article.

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Background

Rather than wait until a page has completely downloaded to display it to the user, Mozilla applications will periodically render what has been received to that point. Because the application must wait for a node to be completed before rendering it, very long text nodes can prevent the page from reflowing. To prevent the wait, Mozilla applications split text nodes to a length specified by this preference.

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Possible values and their effects

The maximum number of bytes in a text node. (Default: 8191)

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Caveats

  • This preference does not exist by default.
  • Values of 8192 and higher cause massive slowdowns in rendering text-heavy pages.[1]
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First checked in

2000-01-31 by Vidur Apparao

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Has an effect in

  • Netscape (all versions since 6.0)
  • Mozilla Suite (all versions since M13)
  • Phoenix (all versions)
  • Firebird (all versions)
  • Firefox (all versions)
  • Minimo (all versions)
  • SeaMonkey (all versions)
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Related bugs

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