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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Firefox 3 allows web pages to register themselves as protocol handlers. This allows, for example, all links starting with <code>mailto:</code> to be sent to a webmail provider, or all links starting with <code>webcal:</code> to be sent to an online calendar site. The information on these registrations is kept in [[mimeTypes.rdf]] | Firefox 3 allows [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web-based_protocol_handlers web pages to register themselves as protocol handlers]. This allows, for example, all links starting with <code>mailto:</code> to be sent to a webmail provider, or all links starting with <code>webcal:</code> to be sent to an online calendar site. The information on these registrations is kept in [[mimeTypes.rdf]] | ||
A set of preferences exists to “seed” the list of registered content handlers. Information from these preferences is copied into mimeTypes.rdf every time the browser sees a new version of content handlers. This preference is an enumerated preference: all preferences whose names start with ''gecko.handlerService.schemes.'' are read to generate the list of handlers. (For example: '''gecko.handlerService.schemes.webcal.0.name''' and '''gecko.handlerService.schemes.webcal.0.uriTemplate''' describe one handler for the <code>webcal:</code> protocol.) | A set of preferences exists to “seed” the list of registered content handlers. Information from these preferences is copied into mimeTypes.rdf every time the browser sees a new version of content handlers. This preference is an enumerated preference: all preferences whose names start with ''gecko.handlerService.schemes.'' are read to generate the list of handlers. (For example: '''gecko.handlerService.schemes.webcal.0.name''' and '''gecko.handlerService.schemes.webcal.0.uriTemplate''' describe one handler for the <code>webcal:</code> protocol.) | ||
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==Related preferences== | ==Related preferences== | ||
* [[gecko.handlerService.defaultHandlersVersion]] | |||
* [[gecko.handlerService.schemes.(protocol).*.name]] | * [[gecko.handlerService.schemes.(protocol).*.name]] | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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* [http://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox3/ContentManagement:Handlers Firefox 3/ContentManagement:Handlers (Mozilla Wiki)] | * [http://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox3/ContentManagement:Handlers Firefox 3/ContentManagement:Handlers (Mozilla Wiki)] | ||
* [http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#custom-handlers HTML 5 - 4.10.2 - Custom protocol and content handlers] | * [http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#custom-handlers HTML 5 - 4.10.2 - Custom protocol and content handlers] | ||
* [http://starkravingfinkle.org/blog/2008/04/firefox-3-web-protocol-handlers/ Firefox 3 - Web Protocol Handlers (Mark Finkle’s blog)] | |||
* [http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web-based_protocol_handlers Web-based protocol handlers (Mozilla Developer Center)] | |||
[[Category:Preferences]] | [[Category:Preferences]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:21, 30 April 2008
Background
Firefox 3 allows web pages to register themselves as protocol handlers. This allows, for example, all links starting with mailto: to be sent to a webmail provider, or all links starting with webcal: to be sent to an online calendar site. The information on these registrations is kept in mimeTypes.rdf
A set of preferences exists to “seed” the list of registered content handlers. Information from these preferences is copied into mimeTypes.rdf every time the browser sees a new version of content handlers. This preference is an enumerated preference: all preferences whose names start with gecko.handlerService.schemes. are read to generate the list of handlers. (For example: gecko.handlerService.schemes.webcal.0.name and gecko.handlerService.schemes.webcal.0.uriTemplate describe one handler for the webcal: protocol.)
This preference determines the URI template for a content handler for a given protocol. Similar to bookmark keywords, the value can contain the string %s that is replaced with the rest of the link. If the value were http://example.com/?process=%s and the link were to protocol:sample-value, then the browser would be directed to http://example.com/?process=sample-value.
Possible values and their effects
A string used to generate the URI for a web-based protocol handler. If the string %s is present in the value, it is replaced with the rest of the link.
By default, the following preference and value exist:
- gecko.handlerService.schemes.webcal.0.uriTemplate
- http://handler-test.mozilla.org/webcal?url=%s
First checked in
Has an effect in
- Mozilla Firefox (trunk builds after 2007-09-06)
