Difference between revisions of "Firefox"
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==Shortcuts== | ==Shortcuts== | ||
===Keyboard=== | ===Keyboard=== | ||
+ | *Jump to address bar: <code>Ctrl+D</code> | ||
*Close Tab: <code>Ctrl+W || Ctrl+F4</code> | *Close Tab: <code>Ctrl+W || Ctrl+F4</code> | ||
*Restore Recently Closed Tab: <code>Ctrl+Shift+D</code> | *Restore Recently Closed Tab: <code>Ctrl+Shift+D</code> | ||
+ | *Reopen last closed tab: <code>Ctrl+Shift+T</code> | ||
*Close Window: <code>Ctrl+Shift+W || Alt+F4</code> | *Close Window: <code>Ctrl+Shift+W || Alt+F4</code> | ||
*New Tab: <code>Ctrl+T</code> | *New Tab: <code>Ctrl+T</code> | ||
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*Next Tab: <code>Ctrl+Tab || Ctrl+Page Down</code> | *Next Tab: <code>Ctrl+Tab || Ctrl+Page Down</code> | ||
*Previous Tab: <code>Ctrl+Shift+Tab || Ctrl+Page Up</code> | *Previous Tab: <code>Ctrl+Shift+Tab || Ctrl+Page Up</code> | ||
+ | *Automatically complete .org address: <code>Ctrl+Shift+Enter</code> | ||
+ | *Automatically complete .net address: <code>Shift+Enter</code> | ||
+ | *Page Down: <code>Spacebar</code> | ||
+ | *Page Up: <code>Shift+Spacebar</code> | ||
===Tips=== | ===Tips=== | ||
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''Note: You can also just create a soft link from wherever the Adobe install places the above two files.'' | ''Note: You can also just create a soft link from wherever the Adobe install places the above two files.'' | ||
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+ | ===Adobe Flash Player 64-bit plugin=== | ||
+ | *Download the latest version of <code>libflashplayer.so</code> (64-bit) from www.adobe.com | ||
+ | *Copy it to the following directory (or something like it): | ||
+ | /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/ | ||
+ | *Check that it is recognized in Firefox by entering the following "URL": | ||
+ | about:plugins | ||
+ | That should do it! | ||
==Getting the RealPlayer 10 or Helix Player plugin to work== | ==Getting the RealPlayer 10 or Helix Player plugin to work== | ||
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==Hidden pages== | ==Hidden pages== | ||
− | * about: | + | *<code>about:</code> |
− | * about:buildconfig | + | *<code>about:buildconfig</code> |
− | * about:cache | + | *<code>about:cache</code> |
− | * about:config | + | *<code>about:config</code> |
− | * about:plugins | + | *<code>about:plugins</code> |
− | * about:credits | + | *<code>about:credits</code> |
− | * about:Mozilla | + | *<code>about:Mozilla</code> |
+ | |||
+ | ==Hacks== | ||
+ | *Paste multiple lines to input boxes: | ||
+ | *#Type "<code>about:config</code>" in the location bar. | ||
+ | *#In the "<code>Filter</code>" field type "<code>singleline</code>". | ||
+ | *#You can set the value to <code>2</code> for <code>editor.singleLine.pasteNewlines</code>, which will allow pasting of multiple lines to input boxes. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==Extensions== | ||
+ | *[http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=07/05/31/1643208&from=rss Encrypt and sign Gmail messages with FireGPG] | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==External links== | ||
+ | *[http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux-amd64.html Mozilla Plugin Support on Linux (x86_64)] | ||
[[Category:World Wide Web]] | [[Category:World Wide Web]] |
Latest revision as of 07:15, 30 April 2010
Firefox is my primary browser. Of course, I have to use other browsers to test my designs.
Contents
Shortcuts
Keyboard
- Jump to address bar:
Ctrl+D
- Close Tab:
Ctrl+W || Ctrl+F4
- Restore Recently Closed Tab:
Ctrl+Shift+D
- Reopen last closed tab:
Ctrl+Shift+T
- Close Window:
Ctrl+Shift+W || Alt+F4
- New Tab:
Ctrl+T
- New Window:
Ctrl+N
- Select Tab (1 to 8):
Ctrl+(1 to 8)
- Select Last Tab:
Ctrl+9
- Bookmark All Tabs:
Ctrl+Shift+D
- Select Location Bar:
Ctrl+L || F6 || Alt+D
- Open Address in New Tab:
Ctrl+Enter
- Web Search:
Ctrl+E || Ctrl+K
- Next Tab:
Ctrl+Tab || Ctrl+Page Down
- Previous Tab:
Ctrl+Shift+Tab || Ctrl+Page Up
- Automatically complete .org address:
Ctrl+Shift+Enter
- Automatically complete .net address:
Shift+Enter
- Page Down:
Spacebar
- Page Up:
Shift+Spacebar
Tips
- To quickly find any word in a web page type
/word
it will highlight the word and pressCtrl+G
to "Find Again" that word again. - If you wish to remove an item from your Address Bar Drop down menu, highlight it without clicking and use
Shift+Delete
. - Clear your Download history to make the download manager more responsive: Tools | Options | Privacy.
- Type
about:cache?device=disk
in the address bar to view/save items that you have in your Firefox disk cache. - Type
about:cache?device=memory
in the address bar to view/save items that you have in your Firefox memory cache. - Drag any link to the Download Manager Window to add and download the link.
- If you accidentally delete a bookmark and want to recover it, open the "Bookmarks Manager" and use
Ctrl+Z
, or Edit | Undo. - Double Clicking empty space on the Tab Bar will open a 'New Ta'.
- Holding down the
Ctrl
key when you right click to "View Image" or "View Background Image" will open the image in a New Tab or New Window. - A bookmarks Folder's position can also be Dragged and Dropped but you must hold down the
Shift
key while Dragging. - To prevent a website from replacing/changing your rightclick context menu go to Tools>Options>content>Advanced on Firefox 2+.
- You can work offline in Firefox just go to File>Work Offline. This means that you can browse your previously visited pages even when you're offline.
- You can bookmark the current page by dragging the icon from the location bar to your Bookmarks folder. You can also drag it to the desktop to make an icon for that page.
- To stop animated gifs from moving, press the
ESC
key.
Getting the Java plugin to work
Note: The following is based on the Java FAQ from mozdev.org.
On Linux, Mozilla requires JRE 1.4.2 or later. You should try to get the latest version of the JRE 5.0 Update 5 full installer and use that instead.
Mozilla 1.4 and later, and Mozilla Firefox, are compiled with gcc 3.x. A gcc 3.x compatible version of the Java plugin must be used. JRE 1.4.2 and later contain a compatible plugin.
If you installed the Java Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 9, this plugin is /usr/java/jre1.5.0_09/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so
— and to install it for Mozilla (including Mozilla Firefox), do the following:
- Open a terminal
- Change to your Mozilla (or Mozilla Firefox) plugins directory (e.g.
/home/stine/.mozilla/plugins
or/usr/local/firefox/plugins
) - Issue the following command:
ln -s /usr/java/jre1.5.0_09/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so ./libjavaplugin_oji.so
Important! If you install your JRE in a different way (self extracting package, debian package, etc), libjavaplugin_oji.so
will quite likely be in a different location. Do not just blindly use the command listed above!
Note: In JRE 1.4.2, this file was in plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32
Important! Always make a symbolic link, as shown above, instead of copying the plugin. If you copy the plugin, your browser will crash every time you open a page containing a Java applet. You have been warned!
If you are using an older Linux distribution, you may need to install the gcc3 support libraries, as the gcc 3.2 version of the Java plugin requires libgcc_s.so.1
to operate. You may be able to find packages using Google.
If you are using an old or unofficial build of Mozilla (1.4a or later) or Mozilla Firefox, you can check which compiler was used by entering about:buildconfig
(see Hidden pages) in the location bar and pressing enter. You will see a line such as "gcc version 3.3.2
", which will show the compiler that was used. If gcc2.9x
was used, you need to use the ns7-gcc29
or ns610
plugin, not the ns7
or ns610-gcc32
plugin.
Getting the Adobe Flash Player plugin to work
- Download Flash Player 9.0.
- Decompress it, then copy
libflashplayer.so
to your Mozillaplugins
(e.g.,/usr/local/firefox/plugins
) directory andflashplayer.xpt
to your Mozillacomponents
(e.g.,/usr/local/firefox/components
) directory.
Note: You can also just create a soft link from wherever the Adobe install places the above two files.
Adobe Flash Player 64-bit plugin
- Download the latest version of
libflashplayer.so
(64-bit) from www.adobe.com - Copy it to the following directory (or something like it):
/usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/
- Check that it is recognized in Firefox by entering the following "URL":
about:plugins
That should do it!
Getting the RealPlayer 10 or Helix Player plugin to work
Note: You will need one of the following versions: RealPlayer 10.0, Helix Player MS1 or later.
- Install RealPlayer 10.
- Copy
nphelix.so
to your Mozilla plugins directory andnphelix.xpt
to your Mozilla components directory. - Make sure a symbolic link to the realplay script is in your PATH.
Note: If you installed the RealPlayer 10 RPM, these files are located in /usr/local/RealPlayer/mozilla.
Hidden pages
about:
about:buildconfig
about:cache
about:config
about:plugins
about:credits
about:Mozilla
Hacks
- Paste multiple lines to input boxes:
- Type "
about:config
" in the location bar. - In the "
Filter
" field type "singleline
". - You can set the value to
2
foreditor.singleLine.pasteNewlines
, which will allow pasting of multiple lines to input boxes.
- Type "