Dom.disable window open feature.location
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Background
Web authors who use window.open()
to create new browser windows have the option of specifying which chrome features appear on the window (menu bars, toolbars, the status bar, etc.) and what window functionality is present (whether it’s resizable, whether it has scrollbars, etc.).
Oftentimes these parameters make a popup window less useful, or even obfuscate the popup’s contents and origin. This preference allows you to ignore the part of window.open()
calls that tries to hide the Location Bar.
Possible values and their effects
True
Ignore "location=no"
in the window features argument of window.open()
and prevent popups from hiding the Location Bar. (Default)
False
Allow popups to hide the Location Bar.
Caveats
- Setting this value to false may make website spoofing attempts more effective. For this reason, this preference defaults to true.
First checked in
2002-06-04 by Christopher Aillon
Has an effect in
- Mozilla Suite (all versions since 1.1 alpha)
- Mozilla Phoenix (all versions)
- Mozilla Firebird (all versions)
- Mozilla Firefox (all versions)
- SeaMonkey (all versions)
Related bugs
- Bug 22183 - UI spoofing can cause user to mistake content for chrome
- Bug 107949 - Add pref for ignoring window feature options on window.open()
Related preferences
- dom.disable_window_open_feature.close
- dom.disable_window_open_feature.directories
- dom.disable_window_open_feature.menubar
- dom.disable_window_open_feature.minimizable
- dom.disable_window_open_feature.personalbar
- dom.disable_window_open_feature.resizable
- dom.disable_window_open_feature.scrollbars
- dom.disable_window_open_feature.status
- dom.disable_window_open_feature.titlebar
- dom.disable_window_open_feature.toolbar