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Browser.urlbar.filter.javascript

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This article describes the preference browser.urlbar.filter.javascript. To add, delete, or modify this preference, you will need to edit your configuration — do not edit this article.

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Background

Bookmarklets create history entries which can then appear in the Location Bar’s autocomplete dropdown. To prevent this, the Location Bar will filter out any URL starting with “javascript:”. This option is toggleable via this preference.

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Possible values and their effects

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True

Filter out “javascript:” URLs from appearing in the Location Bar autocomplete dropdown. (Default)

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False

Allow “javascript:” URLs to appear in the dropdown.

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First checked in

2008-02-23 by Edward Lee

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Has an effect in

  • Firefox (nightly builds since 2008-02-23)
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Related bugs

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