Gecko.handlerService.schemes.(protocol).*.uriTemplate
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)
