About:config entries

This is not the place to edit your configuration settings. This is a reference to the entries in about:config, where all user preferences can be viewed and modified. In most cases the list below doesn't state whether a given preference applies to all, or only some (and which), of Firefox, Thunderbird, Mozilla Suite, SeaMonkey, or even the now discontinued Sunbird: trial and error is often the only way to tell if some particular preference applies to your version of your application.

Users not already familiar with about:config entries should read the companion article, about:config, which describes how to modify values and work with the about:config list.

This article does not contain a complete list of all preferences. If you don't find an entry below for a given preference, check the Category:Preferences (multiple-page) listing, which includes many new preferences that have not been added here, as well as those preferences that have been migrated from sections of this article. Also check Mail and news settings for a listing of Thunderbird and Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey mail and news preferences. Alternative lists can be found here:

• the Preferential project
• Mozilla's embedding documentation

(For a comparison view of table and actual about:config settings, use the Fox Splitter (formerly Split Browser) extension or the new version of Fox-Splitter to show one above the other. Also, finding item documentation for a preference from within about:config can be sped up with the Prefsearch extension, which adds a context menu item to search Google for the selected preference item.)

Note: There is no indication in the table as to which items will take effect immediately, with a new window, or require restarting.

Spaces between the dots in preference names on this page exist purely for word-wrapping. They are actually not present and should not be thought as so. Editors of this page must take care to follow this convention in order to not force users to horizontally scroll this article.

Accessibility.

accessibility.* allows you to modify Find As You Type behavior, change how the [Tab] key works in web pages and XUL, turn on caret browsing, and tweak other accessibility-related features.

accessibility.* has been migrated to Category:Preferences.

Advanced.

advanced contains two prefs: Advanced.mailftp and Advanced.system.supportDDEExec.

advanced.* has been migrated to Category:Preferences.

Alerts.

alerts. contains three prefs, all related to the GUI: Alerts.slideIncrement, Alerts.slideIncrementTime, and Alerts.totalOpenTime.

alerts.* has been migrated to Category:Preferences.

App.

app.* allows you to modify application update behaviour.

app.* has been migrated to Category:Preferences.

Bidi.

Name	Type	Meaning of Values
bidi. browser. ui	Boolean	True: Activates bidi interface and keyboard unconditionally False: Only activates bidi interface and keyboard in bidi locales. (Default)
bidi. characterset	Integer	How the browser determines the character set to use 1 (default): Document-specified character set 2: Default character set
bidi. controlstextmode	Integer	How controls are used 1 (default): Logical 2: Visual (this is no longer supported and leads to strange side-effects, see bug 373319) 3: Container
bidi. direction	Integer	Select direction of text 1 (default): Left-to-right 2: Right-to-left
bidi. numeral	Integer	How numerals are displayed 0 (default): Nominal numerals 1: Regular context numerals 2: Hindi context numerals 3: Arabic numerals 4: Hindi numerals
bidi. support	Integer	Select provider of bi-directional support 1 (default): Mozilla 2: OS 3: Disable
bidi. texttype	Integer	Type of text 1 (default): Charset 2: Logical 3: Visual
bidi.edit.caret movement style
bidi.edit.delete immediately

Browser.

Name	Type	Meaning of Values
browser. active_color	String	The default color for active links as a hex code. Default is #EE0000.
browser. anchor_color	String	The default color for links as a hex code. Default is #0000EE Note: This can be changed in Firefox via "Tools → Options → Content / Fonts & Colors → Colors... → Link Colors → Unvisited Links" (Firefox 1.5 and above) and via "Edit → Preferences → Appearance → Colors / Link Colors → Unvisited Links" in Mozilla Suite and SeaMonkey.
browser. backspace_action	Integer	Determines the behavior of the backspace key 0: Goes back in history 1: Acts as Page Up 2 (and above): Does nothing Note: See bug 301248 (Mozilla Suite)
browser. blink_allowed	Boolean	True (default): Use of the blink tag or CSS's text-decoration: blink will result in blinking elements. False: Blinking is disabled.
browser. block. target_new_window	Boolean	True: Links with target set to _blank will open in the current tab instead of a new window. False: Links with target set to _blank will open in a new window. Note: No longer in use. Use browser.link.open_newwindow instead.
browser. bookmarks. added_static_root	Boolean	Keeps track of whether a root folder for system (imported) bookmarks has been created in bookmarks.html. True: The root folder has been created False (default until import complete): Create the root folder (unless we're using dynamic bookmarks - browser.bookmarks.import_system_favorites), and then set this pref to true.
browser. bookmarks. file	String	The full path and filename of your bookmarks file (bookmarks.html). In Windows, the path separator must be two backslashes (e.g. "C:\\Path\\To\\bookmarks.html") if the value is being set in user.js or prefs.js instead of within about:config
browser. bookmarks. import_system_favorites	Boolean	Determine the system bookmark strategy. True: Enable a "live view" of system bookmarks which is read-only False (default): Opposite of above. Note: Setting this to "true" will prevent "Imported IE Favorites" folder from being deleted where applicable (see bug 22642).
browser. bookmarks. livemark_refresh_seconds	Integer	The number of seconds between Live Bookmark checks. Values under 60 are assumed to be 60; the default is 3600 (1 hour).
browser. bookmarks. restore_default_bookmarks	Boolean	True: Overwrite the current bookmarks.html file with the default set of bookmarks. False (default): Do not reset bookmarks. Note: Firefox 1.5 and above only
browser. bookmarks. sort. direction	String	The order in which to sort bookmarks in the Bookmarks Manager descending (default): Unsorted natural: Alphabetically, A-Z ascending: Alphabetically, Z-A Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Bookmarks → Organize (or Manage) Bookmarks... → View"
browser. bookmarks. sort. resource	String	The RDF source to use when sorting the bookmarks in the Bookmarks Manager rdf:http://home.netscape.com/NC-rdf#Name (default) - by bookmark name rdf:http://home.netscape.com/NC-rdf#URL - by URL rdf:http://home.netscape.com/NC-rdf#ShortcutURL - by bookmark keyword rdf:http://home.netscape.com/NC-rdf#Description - by description rdf:http://home.netscape.com/NC-rdf#BookmarkAddDate - by bookmark creation date rdf:http://home.netscape.com/WEB-rdf#LastModifiedDate - by bookmark modification date rdf:http://home.netscape.com/WEB-rdf#LastVisitDate - by date of last visit Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Bookmarks → Organize (or Manage) Bookmarks... → View"
browser. cache. check_doc_frequency	Integer	How often to check the remote page for a newer version than what might be in the cache 0: Check once per browser session 1: Check every time I view the page 2: Never check (always use cached page) 3 (default): Check when the page is out of date (automatically determined)
browser. cache. disk. capacity	Integer	Amount of disk space allowed for the browser's cache (in KB). Default is 50000. Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Advanced → Network / Offline Storage" (Firefox3), Tools → Options → Advanced → Network / Cache" (Firefox 2) or "Tools → Options → Privacy → Cache (Firefox 1.5 and earlier); in Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey, via "Edit → Preferences → Advanced → Cache".
browser. cache. disk. enable	Boolean	True (default): Use disk cache, up to capacity specified in browser.cache.disk.capacity False: Disable disk cache (same effect as setting browser.cache.disk.capacity to 0)
browser. cache. disk. parent_directory	String	Full path to the parent directory of the Cache folder used for storing the browser's cache. In Windows, the path separator must be two backslashes (e.g. "C:\\Path\\To\\Parent\\Folder") if the value is being set in the user.js or prefs.js instead of within about:config.
browser. cache. disk_cache_ssl	Boolean	True (default): Cache content received via SSL False: Do not cache content received via SSL Note: See bug 531801 for more information
browser. cache. memory. capacity	Integer	Determines how the browser uses RAM for cache. -1 (default): Automatically set size of capacity as a percentage of physical RAM 0: disables the memory cache device entirely (n): Set the maximum RAM used to n KB.
browser. cache. memory. enable	Boolean	True (default): Use memory cache, up to capacity specified in browser.cache.memory.capacity (if set); otherwise, use a percentage of physical RAM (see bug 105344) False: Disable memory cache (same effect as setting browser.cache.memory.capacity to 0)
browser. chrome. favicons	Boolean	True (default): Load and display "favicons" residing in the current page's site root directory False: Opposite of the above Note: This should be set to the same value as browser.chrome.site_icons for legacy reasons.
browser. chrome. image_icons. max_size	Integer	If an image's height or width is greater than this number (in pixels), the image will not have a thumbnail placed in its tab (or the Location Bar). Setting it to 0 will prevent thumbnails from being used altogether. The default value is 1024 pixels. Note: Firefox 1.5 and above and SeaMonkey only.
browser. chrome. load_toolbar_icons	Integer	0 (default): Never load site icons/favicons when displaying bookmarks in menus (overrides browser.chrome.site_icons) 1: Load site icons/favicons when they've been cached 2: Always load site icons/favicons
browser. chrome. site_icons	Boolean	True (default): Load and display site icons specified by link element(s) in the web page False: Opposite of the above Note: This should be set to the same value as browser.chrome.favicons for legacy reasons.
browser. chrome. toolbar_style	Integer	Set toolbar style for browser 0: Pictures Only 1: Text Only 2 (default): Pictures and Text
browser. chrome. toolbar_tips	Boolean	Determines tooltip behavior for chrome elements. True (default): Show tooltips for toolbars and bookmarks. Display the name and URL for bookmarks False: Hide tooltips for chrome elements
browser. chromeURL	String	Location of browser's UI chrome; launched at browser startup. Default value is chrome://browser/content/
browser. display. background_color	String	The default color for the background of browser content as a hex code. This affects blank tabs, web pages whose backgrounds are not explicitly set, and XUL error pages. Default value is #FFFFFF. Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Content / Fonts & Colors → Colors... → Text and Background → Background " (Firefox 1.5 and above).
browser. display. focus_background_color	String	The default color for the background of focused elements as a hex code. Default value is #117722. Requires that browser.display.use_focus_colors be true
browser. display. focus_ring_on_anything	Boolean	True: Display the focus ring (normally only shown on links) on anything False (default): Display the focus ring on links only
browser. display. focus_ring_width	Integer	Determines the display of the focus ring around focused elements. 0: Hide focus ring 1 (default): Dots around focused elements will be displayed with a 1 pixel border (n): Display dots with a width of n pixels around focused elements
browser. display. focus_text_color	String	The default color for the text of focused elements as a hex code. Default value is #ffffff. Requires that browser.display.use_focus_colors be true
browser. display. force_inline_alttext	Boolean	True: Force broken images' alt text to be displayed inline False (default): Show an icon if rendering in Quirks Mode and there is no alt text, or if rendering in Quirks Mode and the image has a size specified.
browser. display. foreground_color	String	The default color for the foreground of browser content as a hex code. This affects web pages whose text colors are not explicity set and XUL error pages. Default value is #000000. Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Content / Fonts & Colors → Colors... → Text and Background → Text" (Firefox 1.5 and above).
browser. display. normal_lineheight_calc_control	Integer	Determine method of calculating line-height (leading) in layout -1: Uninitialized 0: Don't include external leading 1: Use what the font vendor provides 2 (default): Compensate leading if vendor's leading is insufficient
browser. display. screen_resolution	Integer	Firefox 1.5 only DPI of display device. Affects CSS absolute length units (e.g. pt, mm). -1 (default): Use the operating system's logical resolution or 96 DPI, whichever is greater 0: Force use of operating system's logical resolution (n): Assume screen DPI of n. Default DPI is 96. Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Content → Advanced → Display Resolution". See browser. screen_resolution for Firefox 1.0.x or layout. css. dpi for Firefox 2.0+.
browser. display. show_image_placeholders	Boolean	True (default): Show placeholders while image is loading False: Opposite of above
browser. display. use_document_colors	Boolean	True (default): Allow documents to specify colors to use False: Opposite of above Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Content / Fonts & Colors → Colors → Allow pages to chose their own colors, instead of my selections above" (Firefox 1.5 and above).
browser. display. use_document_fonts	Integer	0: Never use document's fonts 1: Allow documents to specify fonts to use 2: Always use document's fonts (deprecated) Note: In Firefox, this can be changed (between 0 and 1) via "Tools → Options → Content / Fonts & Colors → Advanced → Allow pages to chose their own fonts, instead of my selections above" (Firefox 1.5 and above). In SeaMonkey, the corresponding setting is Edit → Preferences → Appearance → Fonts → [√] Allow documents to use other fonts
browser. display. use_focus_colors	Boolean	True: Set colors on focused items according to preferences False (default): Do not set colors on focused items
browser. display. use_system_colors	Boolean	True: Use colors specified by OS to display documents False (default): Opposite of above Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Content / Fonts & Colors → Colors → Use system colors" (Firefox 1.5 and above).
browser. dom. document. all. disabled	Boolean	True: Disables emulation of IE's document.all collection False (default): Enable undetectable document.all support in quirks mode (see bug 248549)
browser. dom. global_scope_pollution. disabled	Boolean	True: Disable the more aggressive emulation of IE's "IDs directly accessible in the global scope" behavior. False (default): Automatically add IDs to the global (window) scope in quirks mode.
browser. dom. window. dump. enabled	Boolean	True: Enable JavaScript dump() output False: Opposite of the above
browser. download. defaultFolder	String	Holds the path of the default download directory determined from browser.download.folderList. Not set by default; set after the user configures their download options.
browser. download. dir	String	The last directory used for saving a file from the "What should (browser) do with this file?" dialog.
browser. download. downloadDir	String	Determines the directory to download to when browser.download.useDownloadDir is false. Appears to mirror browser.download.dir.
browser. download. folderList	Integer	Which of several internally-specified locations to use for the default download directory 0: the desktop 1 (default): the downloads folder 2: the last folder specified for a download Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Main / Downloads → Save files to... (Firefox 2 and above) or Downloads/Download Folder → Save all files to this folder" (Firefox 1.5).
browser. download. hide_plugins_without_extensions	Boolean	True (default): In the Download Actions dialog, remove entries where no file extensions are associated with a plugin. False: Opposite of the above.
browser. download. lastDir	String	Path to the last directory used for a download via "Save As."
browser. download. manager. alertOnEXEOpen	Boolean	True (default): warn the user attempting to open an executable from the Download Manager False: display no warning and allow executable to be run Note: In Firefox, this can be changed by checking the "Don't ask me this again" box when you encounter the alert.
browser. download. manager. closeWhenDone	Boolean	True: Close the Download Manager when all downloads are complete False (default): Opposite of the above Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Main / Downloads → Close it when all downloads are finished" (Firefox 2 and above) or Downloads / Download Manager → Close the Download Manager when all downloads are complete" (Firefox 1.5).
browser. download. manager. flashCount	Integer	Number of times to flash the Download Manager's taskbar entry when the DM is not in the foreground. Set to 0 to disable flashing. Default value is 2.
browser. download. manager. focusWhenStarting	Boolean	True: Set the Download Manager window as active when starting a download False (default): Leave the window in the background when starting a download
browser. download. manager. openDelay	Integer	If a download takes less than this number of milliseconds to complete, do not open the Download Manager window. Default value is 0 (always show Download Manager window).
browser. download. manager. retention	Integer	When to remove downloaded files' entries from the Download Manager 0: Upon successful download 1: When the browser exits 2 (default): Manually Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Privacy / History → Remember what I've downloaded" (Firefox 2 and above) or "Privacy → Download History → Remove files from the Download Manager" (Firefox 1.5).
browser. download. manager. showAlertInterval	Integer	Number of milliseconds after downloads complete to show the "completed" alert. Default value is 2000.
browser. download. manager. showAlertOnComplete	Boolean	True (default): popup window at bottom right corner of the screen will appear once all downloads are finished. False: the popup window will not appear.
browser. download. manager. scanWhenDone	Boolean	True (default): Scan files for viruses when they finish downloading False: Do not scan downloads for viruses
browser. download. manager. showWhenStarting	Boolean	True (default): Show Download Manager window when a download begins False: Opposite of the above Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Main / Downloads → Show the Downloads window when downloading a file" (Firefox 2 and above) or "Tools → Options → Downloads / Download Manager → Show Download Manager when a download begins" (Firefox 1.5)
browser. download. manager. skipWinSecurityPolicyChecks	Boolean	True: Bypass the Windows security check (ignore system security settings for executable file downloads). False: (default) Use Windows' security setting for executable file downloads ("Launching applications and unsafe files" setting in Internet Options). This blocks executable file downloads if the Windows setting is set to "Disable". Note: Added in bug 445158 for Firefox 3 (3.0.6, 3.1b2 and above). No longer used in Firefox 3.6 and above (removed in bug 504804).
browser. download. manager. useWindow	Boolean	True: Use the Download Manager window for downloads False: Opposite of the above Note: In Firefox, this is effectively the same as setting browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting to false; the Download Manager is used for downloads regardless of the setting. Note: This was removed in bug 439495 for Firefox 3.1.
browser. download. save_converter_index	Integer	The format to save web pages in 0: Web Page (Complete) 1: Web Page (HTML Only) 2: Text Note: In Firefox, this setting is remembered from the option you choose in the Save As dialog.
browser. download. show_plugins_in_list	Boolean	True (default): In the Download Actions dialog, display actions and filetypes associated with installed plugins. False: Opposite of the above.
browser. download. useDownloadDir	Boolean	True (default): Without asking a location, download files to the directory specified in browser.download.folderList False: Ask where to save every file Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Main / Downloads → Always ask me where to save files (Firefox 2 and above) or Downloads / Download Folder → Ask me where to save every file" (Firefox 1.5)
browser. enable_automatic_image_resizing	Boolean	True (default): When viewing an image not in a web page, the image will be resized to fit in the browser window if it is too large for the browser window. The image can be shown in its real size by left clicking on it. False: Images are always shown in their real size. Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Advanced → General → Resize large images to fit in the browser window (Firefox 1.0.x and 1.5)". UI removed in Firefox 2.0+.
browser. feedview. articleLength	Integer	Pref removed. Previously: The number of words per feed item to display. Default value is 50. Note: Feedview functionality was present for only a short while prior to Firefox 1.5 Beta.
browser. feedview. reloadInterval	Integer	Pref removed. Previously: Determines how often in seconds to reload the currently rendered feed. Default value is 0 (never reload). Note: Feedview functionality was present for only a short while prior to Firefox 1.5 Beta.
browser. feedview. showBar	Boolean	Pref removed. Previously: True (default): Display the options settings in feed view. False: Opposite of the above Note: Feedview functionality was present for only a short while prior to Firefox 1.5 Beta.
browser. feedview. showImage	Boolean	Pref removed. Previously: True (default): Display images embedded in feed items in-line. False: Opposite of the above. Note: Feedview functionality was present for only a short while prior to Firefox 1.5 Beta.
browser. feedview. showMenu	Boolean	Pref removed. Previously: True (default): Display a menu alongside rendered feeds with relevant functions False: Opposite of the above. Note: Feedview functionality was present for only a short while prior to Firefox 1.5 Beta.
browser. feedview. timerInterval	Integer	Pref removed. Previously: Determines how often to refresh the feed. Default value is 0 (no refresh). Note: Feedview functionality was present for only a short while prior to Firefox 1.5 Beta.
browser. feedview. externalCSS	String	Pref removed. Previously: Path to a custom CSS file to apply to feeds. Default value is an empty string. Note: Feedview functionality was present for only a short while prior to Firefox 1.5 Beta.
browser. fixup. alternate. enabled	Boolean	True (default): Try to fix up http://foo to http://(prefix)foo(suffix) False: Do not second-guess the user
browser. fixup. alternate. prefix	String	The prefix to prepend when attempting to fix an entered URL. Default is "www." (includes full stop). Requires browser.fixup.alternate.enabled be true.
browser. fixup. alternate. suffix	String	The suffix to append when attempting to fix an entered URL. Default is ".com". Requires browser.fixup.alternate.enabled be true.
browser. fixup. hide_user_pass	Boolean	True (default): When attempting to fix an entered URL, do not fix an entered password along with it (i.e. do not turn http://user:password@foo into http://user:password@(prefix)foo(suffix) but instead http://user@(prefix)foo(suffix)) False: Include entered password in fixed URL
browser. fixup. use-utf8	Boolean	Firefox 11 / SeaMonkey 2.8 and above only. See bug 647403. Default: false (but true on zh-TW localized builds).
browser. formfill. enable	Boolean	True (default): Save information entered in web page forms and the Search Bar False: Opposite of the above Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Privacy / History → Remember what I enter in forms and the search bar" (Firefox 2 and above) or "Tools → Options → Privacy → Saved Forms → Save information I enter in forms and the Search Bar" (Firefox 1.5)
browser. forms. submit. backwards_compatible	Boolean	True (default): Leave off mandatory Content-Transfer-Encoding header when submitting HTML forms False: Send header as the spec requires Note: Sending the header "used to cause Bad Things, including server crashes" according to comments in the Mozilla source (see bug 83065). Eventually this pref may disappear.
browser. frames. enabled	Boolean	True (default): Enables the display of HTML frames False: Opposite of the above; displays <noframes> content instead
browser. fullscreen. animateUp	Integer	Controls toolbar and tab strip animation while in Full Screen. 0: No toolbar and tab strip animation 1 (default): Animates only first collapse. 2: Animates each collapse.
browser. fullscreen. autohide	Boolean	Hides toolbar and tab strip when entering Full Screen. True (default): Shows toolbar and tab strip. False: Hides toolbar and tab strip
browser. goBrowsing. enabled	Boolean	True (default): If a normal DNS lookup times out, try hitting Google False: Opposite of the above Note: No longer used
browser. helperApps. alwaysAsk. force	Boolean	True: Always ask what to do with an unknown MIME type, and disable option to remember what to open it with False (default): Opposite of above
browser. helperApps. deleteTempFileOnExit	Boolean	True: Delete temporary files on exit. See comment 19 on bug 238789 (especially Mac) False (same as default unset): Opposite of above (keep the files)
browser. helperApps. neverAsk. openFile	String	A comma-separated list of MIME types to open directly without asking for confirmation. Default value is an empty string.
browser. helperApps. neverAsk. saveToDisk	String	A comma-separated list of MIME types to save to disk without asking what to use to open the file. Default value is an empty string.
browser. hiddenWindowChromeURL	String	The chrome:// URL for the hidden window. Used in Mac OS X for when the browser is running but has no windows open. Default value is chrome://browser/content/hiddenWindow.xul
browser. history. grouping	String	How to group entries in the history window (not applicable for Firefox's History sidebar). Default value is day.
browser. history_expire_days	Integer	Number of maximum days to remember visited pages in history. Default value is 9 for SeaMonkey and Firefox 2, 180 for Firefox 3. Note: In Firefox 2, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Privacy → History → Remember visited pages for the last ___ days". No UI for Firefox 3.
browser. history_expire_days_min	Integer	Number of minimum days to remember visited pages in history. Default value is 90. Note: In Firefox 3, this can be changed via “Keep my history for at least ___ days” under “Tools → Options → Privacy → History”
browser. history_expire_sites	Integer	Maximum number of websites to keep in history. Default value is 40000.
browser. jsannoyances. disabled	Boolean	The collective state of several other preferences; namely, dom.event.contextmenu.enabled, dom.disable_window_move_resize, dom.disable_window_flip, dom.disable_window_open_feature.status, and dom.disable_window_status_change. Used by the preferences dialog for tracking; changing the value of this preference manually does not change the tracked preferences. True: Consider all of the above preferences to be true (except dom.event.contextmenu.enabled, which is considered to be false) False (default): Opposite of the above Note: Firefox 1.5 and above only.
browser. link. open_external	Integer	Where to open links sent to the browser from an external application 2 (default in SeaMonkey): Opens external links in a new window 3 (default in Firefox): Opens external links in a new tab in the most recent window 1 (or anything else): Opens external links in current window Note: In Firefox 1.5, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Tabs → Open links from other applications in:"; in Firefox 2 and above, via “Tools → Options → Tabs → New pages should be opened in:” (same as browser.link. open_newwindow) and in SeaMonkey, via "Edit -> Preferences -> Navigator -> Tabbed browsing / Links from other applications -> Open links passed from another applications in". Pref removed from Firefox 3.5
browser. link. open_newwindow	Integer	Where to open links that would normally open in a new window 2 (default in SeaMonkey and Firefox 1.5): In a new window 3 (default in Firefox 2 and above): In a new tab 1 (or anything else): In the current tab or window Note: In Firefox 1.5, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Tabs → Force links that open new windows to open in:"; in Firefox 2 and above, via “Tools → Options → Tabs → New pages should be opened in:” (same as browser.link.open_external) and, in SeaMonkey, via "Edit -> Preferences -> Navigator -> Tabbed browsing / Link open behavior -> Open links meant to open a new window in".
browser. link. open_newwindow. restriction	Integer	Firefox and SeaMonkey only. Source: The Burning Edge. 0 (Default in Firefox 1.0.x and SeaMonkey): Force all new windows opened by JavaScript into tabs. 1: Let all windows opened by JavaScript open in new windows. (Default behavior in IE.) 2 (Default in Firefox 1.5 and above): Catch new windows opened by JavaScript that do not have specific values set (how large the window should be, whether it should have a status bar, etc.) This is useful because some popups are legitimate — it really is useful to be able to see both the popup and the original window at the same time. However, most advertising popups also open in new windows with values set, so beware.
browser. link. open_newwindow. ui	Integer	Determine which new window open options are available from the UI. No longer used in Firefox 1.0. Default value is 3.
browser. microsummary. enabled	Boolean	True (default): Allow the microsummary service to retrieve information for bookmarks with microsummaries. False: Prevent microsummary updates to bookmarks.
browser. microsummary. generatorUpdateInterval	Integer	Determines how often to check for updates to microsummary generators when generator updates are enabled. A non-negative integer, in seconds, determining the amount of time between microsummary generator update checks. If unspecified, updates occur weekly (7 * 86400 seconds apart).
browser. microsummary. requestTimeout	Integer	Determines how long to wait for a response until the connection is cancelled. A positive integer determining the number of seconds to wait until cancelling microsummary loads that take too long. Default value is 300.
browser. microsummary. updateGenerators	Boolean	True (default): Periodically check for updates to microsummary generators. False: Do not update microsummary generators.
browser. microsummary. updateInterval	Integer	Determines how often microsummaries’ target pages are re-fetched for new information. Number of minutes between microsummary updates for microsummaries that do not specify an update interval. Default is 30.
browser. offline	Boolean	Status of the "Work Offline" option True: Attempt to retrieve pages from cache. Do not make external connections to retrieve resources. False (default): Assume a connection is present and retrieve resources where necessary. Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "File → Work Offline"
browser. places. createdDefaultQueries	Boolean	True: A "Most Viewed" folder in the Bookmarks Toolbar Folder has been created already; do not create a new one. False (default): Create a "Most Viewed" folder in the Bookmarks Toolbar Folder, then toggle this preference to True.
browser. popups. showPopupBlocker	Boolean	True (default): Show an icon in the status bar when a popup has been blocked. False: Do not show an icon in the status bar when a popup has been blocked.
browser. preferences. advanced. selectedTabIndex	Integer	Determines which tab in the Advanced section of the preferences is visible. 0 (default): General 1: Update 2: Security
browser. preferences. animateFadeIn	Boolean	True (default in Mac OS X): When switching prefs panels, change the height of the window and fade the new panel in over about a second. False (default everywhere else): Do not animate switching pref panels Note: Firefox 1.5 and above only.
browser. preferences. instantApply	Boolean	True (default in all platforms but Windows): Changes to preferences are active immediately. The preferences window is not modal. Instead of "OK" and "Cancel" buttons, there is only a "Close" button. False: Changes to preferences occur after clicking "OK" button. The preference window is modal.   Applies to: Firefox 1.5 and above SeaMonkey 2 dated 20071028 and later, for preferences migrated to "new toolkit".
browser. preferences. lastpanel	Integer	Which part of the preferences window was displayed the last time it was closed. In Firefox: 0: General 1: Privacy 2: Web Features 3: Downloads 4: Advanced Note: In Firefox, this is determined by the section of "Tools → Options" you are viewing when you close the dialog.
browser. preferences. privacy. selectedTabIndex	Integer	Determines which tab in the Privacy section of the preferences is visible. 0 (default): History 1: Saved Forms 2: Passwords 3: Download History 4: Cookies 5: Cache
browser. related. autoload	Integer	Automatically load "What's Related" for a given URL 0: Always 1 (default): After first use (default) 2: Never Note: This is not used in Firefox (there is no "What's Related").
browser. related. disabledForDomains	String	A comma-separated list of domains for which "What's Related" is disabled. Default value is an empty string. Note: This is not used in Firefox (there is no "What's Related").
browser. related. enabled	Boolean	Setting for "What's Related" True (default): Enable False: Disable Note: This is not used in Firefox (there is no "What's Related").
browser. related. provider	String	The URL to retrieve "What's Related" data from. Default value is http://www-rl.netscape.com/wtgn? Note: This is not used in Firefox (there is no "What's Related").
browser. safebrowsing. dataProvider	Integer	The provider ID of the site used to get the web forgery list. Default value is 0. Note: This references the pref tree browser.safebrowsing.provider.*
browser. safebrowsing. enabled	Boolean	Whether to determine if a site is a web forgery or not. True (default): Check visited sites False: Do not check any sites Note: This can be changed in Firefox via "Tools → Options → Security / Tell me if the site I'm visiting is a suspected forgery".
browser. safebrowsing. provider. *	Tree	Tree containing provider information used in the safe browsing process. Note: There is currently only one default provider (Google); however, more may be added.
browser. safebrowsing. remoteLookups	Boolean	Method to determine if a site is a web forgery. True: Ask provider by sending a request False (default): Use internal list Note: This can be changed in Firefox via "Tools → Options → Security" radio buttons: * "Check using a downloaded list of suspected sites" (False) * "Check by asking ____ about each site I visit" (True). Note: When an internal list is used, it is updated about once an hour from the provider.
browser. safebrowsing. warning.infoURL	String	The FAQ URL for the Safe Browsing feature.
browser. screen_resolution	Integer	Firefox 1.0.x only DPI of display device. Affects CSS absolute length units (e.g. pt, mm). -1 (default): Use the operating system's logical resolution or 96 DPI, whichever is greater 0: Force use of operating system's logical resolution (n): Assume screen DPI of n. Default DPI is 96. Note: In Firefox 1.0.x, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → General → Fonts & Colors → Display Resolution". See browser. display. screen_resolution for Firefox 1.5.0.x or layout. css. dpi for Firefox 2.0+.
browser. search. basic. min_ver	String	Version number used to determine which search engine plugins should be installed/displayed. Default value is 0.0.
browser. search. defaultenginename	String	Default search engine plugin to use. Default value is Google.
browser. search. defaulturl	String	URL to prepend to search terms. Default value is http://www.google.com/search?lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=
browser. search. log	Boolean	True: Log debugging information about the search service to the JavaScript Console and stdout. False (default): Do not log debugging information. Note: Firefox 2.0 and above only.
browser. search. openintab	Boolean	True: When performing a search from the Search Bar, open the results in a new tab. False (default): Open search results in the current tab/window. Note: Firefox nightly trunk builds only.
browser. search. order. (digit)	String	(digit) is used to weight the search engine specified by the value for sorting in the list of search engines.
browser. search. order. (name) (. digit)	String	Used for weighting search engine entry sorting. Points to .properties file.
browser. search. param. (name). (digit). ("custom" or "default")	String	Used for adding arbitrary variables to the search query of the (name) search plugin.
browser. search. selectedEngine	String	Name of currently selected search engine plugin
browser. search. selectedEngineInDialog	String	Name of currently selected search engine plugin in the search dialog (used when the Search Bar is hidden) Note: Firefox 1.5 and above only.
browser. search. showOneOffButtons	Boolean	True (default): field of unlabeled search icons covering viewing area when typing into search bar (introduced in Firefox 34) False: Restore pre Firefox 34 search engine drop-down selection and customization menu. Restart Firefox to effect change.
browser. search. update	Boolean	True (default): Automatically check for updates to search plugins. False: Opposite of the above. Note: Firefox 1.5 and above only.
browser. sessionhistory. cache_subframes	Boolean	True: Cache the content viewer (when browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers is greater than 0) for subframes False (default): Opposite of the above Note: Firefox 1.5 and above only.
browser. sessionhistory. max_entries	Integer	The maximum number of pages in the browser's session history, i.e. the maximum number of URLs you can traverse purely through the Back/Forward buttons. Default value is 50.
browser. sessionhistory. max_total_viewers	Integer	Determines the maximum number of content viewers to cache for "bfcache" (fast back/forward navigation). Default value is -1 (calculate based on available memory). All values less than 0 are equivalent. Note: Firefox 1.5 and above only. Supersedes browser.sessionhistory.max_viewers.
browser. sessionhistory. max_viewers	Integer	The number of content viewers to cache for "bfcache" (fast back/forward navigation). Default value is 3. Note: Deer Park/Firefox 1.5b1 only. Functionality has been replaced by browser.sessionhistory.max_total_viewers.
browser. sessionstore. max_concurrent_tabs	Integer	Firefox 4.0b7 and above; also SeaMonkey <0: All tabs may restore at the same time. =0: Only the current tab in each window will load ("load-on-demand" feature). >0: Number of tabs which may restore at the same time. Default value is 3.
browser. shell. checkDefaultBrowser	Boolean	Check the system default browser on startup. True (default): Check to see if the browser is set as default; if not, ask if the user wants it set that way False: Do not perform the check Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Main / System Defaults" (Firefox 2.0 and above) or "Tools → Options → General → Default Browser" (Firefox 1.5 and 1.0.x).
browser. startup. homepage	String	URL of homepage, or pipe (|)-separated list of URLs to open in tabs when going to the homepage In SeaMonkey (or at least in SeaMonkey 2 and above), this is the URL of your first or only homepage tab. If you have a multitab homepage, additional URLs are in browser.startup.homepage.1, browser.startup.homepage.2, etc. Note: This can be changed in Firefox via "Tools → Options → Main (Firefox 1.5 and 1.0.x: General) → Homepage" and in SeaMonkey via "Edit → Preferences → Browser → Home Page".
browser. startup. homepage. count	Integer	In SeaMonkey, the number of tabs of your multitab homepage, or 1 if you use a single-tab homepage.
browser. startup. homepage_override. 1	Boolean	Stub for browser.startup.homepage_override (used in Netscape 4.x). No longer used. Default value is false.
browser. startup. homepage_override. mstone	String	The last browser version (milestone) this profile was loaded with. If it differs from the current version, pref is changed to current version.
browser. startup. homepage_reset	String	If, during installation, the user requested that their homepage be reset, get the new homepage value from this location. Default value is resource:/browserconfig.properties
browser. startup. page	Integer	Page to open on browser startup 0: Blank 1 (default): Home (a.k.a. browser.startup.homepage) 2: Last (works in Firefox 2 and above; experimental in the latest nightlies of SeaMonkey 2.0b1pre; probably doesn't work in earlier versions). Note: This can be changed in Firefox via "Tools → Options → Main → Startup → When Firefox starts", and in SeaMonkey via "Edit → Preferences → Browser → Display on → Browser startup".
browser. tabs. autoHide	Boolean	Behavior for the tab bar when only one tab exists True (default): Hide the tab bar False: Always show the tab bar Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Tabs → Always show the tab bar" (Firefox 2 and above) or Tools → Options → Tabs → Hide the tab bar when only one web site is open (Firefox 1.5).
browser. tabs. closeButtons	Integer	(Firefox 2.0 and above) This preference controls how close buttons can be displayed on tabs. 0: Display a close button on the active tab only 1: (default) Display a close button on each tab 2: Don't display any close buttons 3: Display a single close button at the end of the tab bar (Firefox 1.x behavior) Note: Firefox 31 removed these choices, install tabs closebutton restored to restore these options.
browser. tabs. closeWindowWithLastTab	Boolean	(Firefox 3.5 and above) This preference controls whether closing the last tab, closes the window. True: Close window when closing last tab (default) False: Do not close the window when closing last tab (pre Firefox 3.5 behavior) Note: Changing to False prevents Firefox from closing the window when you close the last tab such as with Ctrl+W, and subsequently from closing Firefox itself when closing the last tab of the last Firefox window.
browser. tabs. forceHide	Boolean	Display of the tab bar True: Hide the tab bar False: Show tab bar normally Note: This is not used to enable/disable the tab bar. It's used internally to decide whether or not to show the tabbed bar.
browser. tabs. insertRelatedAfterCurrent	Boolean	(Firefox 3.6 and above) This preference controls where new tabs will be located. True (default): Open new tabs to the right of the parent tab. False: Restores pre Firefox 3.6 behavior where new tabs are opened at the far right of the tabs bar. Note: Bug 465673 -- tabs opened from links should appear next to the current tab (instead of at the end of the tabstrip)
browser. tabs. loadBookmarksInBackground	Boolean	Focus behavior of new tabs from bookmarks & history True: When you open a bookmark in a new tab then that tab will load in the background without taking focus from the current tab. False (default): When you open a bookmark in a new tab then that tab will become the current tab. Note: you likely want to set this to the same setting value as used in browser.tabs.loadInBackground (Bug 469456) Note: Firefox 1.0.x had a Tabs option for "Select New Tabs from Bookmarks or History"
browser. tabs. loadDivertedInBackground	Boolean	Determines behavior of pages normally meant to open in a new window (such as target="_blank" or from an external program), but that have instead been loaded in a new tab. True: Load the new tab in the background, leaving focus on the current tab False (default): Load the new tab in the foreground, taking the focus from the current tab. Note: Setting this preference to True will still bring the browser to the front when opening links from outside the browser. Note: target="_new" creates/reuses a window named "_new" and is frequently used by Google.   target="_blank" loads the designated document in a new, unnamed window [ [1]].
browser. tabs. loadFolderAndReplace	Boolean	True (default): When opening a folder of bookmarks in tabs, the existing tabs will be replaced by the new bookmark pages. False: Existing tabs will be preserved when loading a folder of bookmarks. The bookmark pages will be loaded in tabs that are appended to the current tabs. Note: This option was removed in Firefox 3 alpha 8.
browser. tabs. loadGroup	Integer	0: Append group to current tab set 1 (default): Replace current tab set with group Note: Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey only.
browser. tabs. loadInBackground	Boolean	Focus behavior for new tabs from links True (default): Do not focus new tabs opened from links (load in background) False: Opposite of above Note: bookmarks & history can be opened similarly with browser.tabs.loadBookmarksInBackground Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Tabs → When I open a link in a new tab, switch to it immediately" (Firefox 2 and above) or "Tools → Options → Tabs → Select new tabs opened from links" (Firefox 1.5).
browser. tabs. loadOnNewTab	Integer	Determines what will be displayed in a new tab -1: Browser startup page 0 (default): Blank page 1: Homepage 2: Last visited page Note: Does not work in Firefox (see bug 269664).
browser. tabs. onTop	Boolean	(Firefox 4.0 and above) Determines position of the Tabs Bar relative to the Location Bar. True (default): Tabs Bar above Location Bar False: Restores old behavior of Tabs Bar below Location Bar Note: bug 755593 will soon remove tabs-on-bottom mode. Once it is RESOLVED FIXED, this pref will no longer be effective.
browser. tabs. opentabfor. bookmarks	Boolean	Controls if a clicked bookmark will open in a new tab when middleclicked. Note: Pref removed (obsolete). Functionality proposed as enhancement request.
browser. tabs. opentabfor. middleclick	Boolean	Determines the behavior of a link when middle-clicked. True (default): Opens link in new tab False: Opens link in new window
browser. tabs. opentabfor. searchdialog	Boolean	Determines whether to create a new tab for the search results from queries entered in the search dialog (used when the Search Bar is hidden) Note: Firefox 1.5 and above only.
browser. tabs. opentabfor. urlbar	Boolean	Pref removed (unused). Previously: Determines the behavior of pressing Enter in the address bar or clicking the Go button. True (default): Open URL in new tab False: Open URL in current tab Note: Functionality proposed as enhancement request.
browser. tabs. opentabfor. windowopen	Boolean	Pref removed (obsolete).
browser. tabs. showSingleWindowModePrefs	Boolean	Determines whether to display "Single Window Mode" settings in preferences in Firefox 1.0.x (see bug 266759). Note: Preference is obsolete and has no effect in Firefox 1.5 and above True: Show "Force links that open in new windows to open in..." options under "Tools → Options → Advanced → Tabbed Browsing" (Firefox 1.0.x) False (default): Opposite of above
browser. tabs. warnOnClose	Boolean	True (default): The browser will prompt for confirmation when closing the browser when more than one tab is open. False: No warnings will be given when closing the browser with more than one tab. Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Tabs → Warn (me) when closing multiple tabs" (Firefox 1.5 and above).
browser. tabs. warnOnCloseOther	Boolean	True (default): The browser will prompt for confirmation when closing all other tabs from the tab context menu ("Close Other Tabs") False: Opposite of the above
browser. throbber. url	String	Indicates what URL to load when the throbber is clicked. Default value is http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/central.html
browser. trim_user_and_password	Boolean	Unused
browser. triple_click_selects_paragraph	Boolean	True (default): Select the entire paragraph under the mouse cursor when triple-clicking. False: Select the line under the mouse cursor when triple-clicking Note: This feature is currently only stable on trunk (1.9).
browser. turbo. enabled	Boolean	Pref removed (obsolete). Previously: Determined whether to load browser in "Turbo Mode" (aka "quick launch") (Windows/Mozilla Suite only) True: Load some Mozilla code into memory on Windows boot False (default): Load browser normally on program execution
browser. underline_anchors	Boolean	Determines default text-decoration of anchor elements. True (default): Underlines links False: Opposite of above Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Content → Fonts & Colors → Underline links"
browser. update. resetHomepage	Boolean	Determine whether to reset homepage during browser installation True: Reset homepage in browser.startup.homepage to value in browser.startup.homepage_reset False (default): Do not reset homepage
browser. urlbar. autoFill	Boolean	True: Enables inline autocomplete. False (default): Opposite of above.
browser. urlbar. autocomplete. enabled	Boolean	True (default) False
browser. urlbar. clickAtEndSelects	Boolean	True (default) False
browser. urlbar. clickSelectsAll	Boolean	True (default in non-Unix builds): Select the contents of the address bar when it is clicked False (default everywhere else): Opposite of above
browser. urlbar. default. behavior	Integer	Customizes the search behavior of the location bar, starting in Firefox 3.5 and SeaMonkey 2. See the linked article for values and UI.
browser. urlbar. doubleClickSelectsAll	Boolean	True: Select the contents of the address bar when it is double clicked False(default): Opposite of above
browser. urlbar. filter. javascript	Boolean	True (default): Filter out “javascript:” URLs from appearing in the Location Bar autocomplete dropdown. False: Allow “javascript:” URLs to appear in the dropdown.
browser. urlbar. formatting. enabled	Boolean	True (default): Format url in location bar to emphasize domain name. False: Don't fade non domain portions of url in location bar.
browser. urlbar. match. title	String	See Location Bar search
browser. urlbar. match. url	String	See Location Bar search
browser. urlbar. matchBehavior	Integer	Determines how to use word boundaries when searching for items in the Location Bar. 0 Search anywhere within available text, irrespective of word boundaries. 1 (default): Use word boundaries first when searching, then try matching anywhere 2: Use only word boundaries when searching for typed text 3: Match only the beginning of page URLs and titles
browser. urlbar. matchOnlyTyped	Boolean	Determines behavior of autocomplete in Location Bar. No longer used in Firefox 3.5 - replaced by browser.urlbar.default.behavior (see bugs 463483 and 463558) True: Only matches typing against URLs specifically typed into Location Bar False (default): Match against history
browser. urlbar. matchOnWordBoundary	Boolean	Determines behavior of autocomplete in Location Bar True (default): Use word boundaries when searching for typed text in the Location Bar autocomplete. False: Search anywhere within available text, irrespective of word boundaries. Obsoleted by browser. urlbar. matchBehavior.
browser. urlbar. maxRichResults	Integer	Determines how many entries should appear (at most) in the dropdown in Location Bar.
browser. urlbar. restrict. bookmark	String	See Location Bar search
browser. urlbar. restrict. history	String	See Location Bar search
browser. urlbar. restrict. tag	String	See Location Bar search
browser. urlbar. restrict. typed	String	See Location Bar search
browser. urlbar. search. chunkSize	Integer	Number of dropdowns to fetch at a time. Default is 1000.
browser. urlbar. search. timeout	Integer	Number of milliseconds to wait between fetching batches of dropdown items. Default is 100 (1/10th of a second).
browser. urlbar. showPopup	Boolean	True (default) False
browser. urlbar. showSearch	Boolean	True (default) False
browser. urlbar. trimURLs	Boolean	True (default): Trim "http://" prefix from url address displayed in location bar . False: Don't trim url in location bar.
browser. visited_color	String	The default color for visited links as a hex code. Default is #551A8B Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Content → Fonts & Colors → Visited Links"
browser. windows. loadOnNewWindow	Integer	Set what should be displayed in a newly created window -1: Browser Startup Page 0: Blank Page 1 (default): Your Homepage 2: Last Visited
browser. xul. error_pages. enabled	Boolean	True (default in Firefox 1.5 and above and SeaMonkey): The browser will use error pages. False (default in Firefox 1.0.x and below): The browser will use error alert boxes.
browser. zoom. full	Boolean	True (Default): Full page zoom False: Text zoom
browser. zoom. siteSpecific	Boolean	True (Default): Remember the zoom level on a per-site basis. False: The zoom level should be applied on the current tab only.

Config.

Name	Type	Meaning of Values
config. trim_on_minimize	Boolean	Windows-only. Determines how Windows handles memory for the browser when minimizing. Setting to False will often prevent delays when restoring the window (see bug 76831). True: Allow Windows to trim the working set when the browser is minimized False (default): Prevent Windows from trimming the working set
config. use_system_prefs	Boolean	True: Use preferences set by operating system (e.g. proxies, accessibility) False (default): Opposite of the above Note: Seems to be unused in Firefox 1.0
config. use_system_prefs. accessibility	Boolean	True: The system is configured with accessibility features; use them False (default): Opposite of the above Note: Seems to be unused in Firefox 1.0

Content.

content.* allows you to configure the frequency of certain events when parsing and rendering web pages.

content.* has been migrated to Category:Preferences.

DOM.

Name	Type	Meaning of Values
dom. allow_scripts_to_close_windows	Boolean	Determines which close() operations are legal. True: Any script may close any window False (default): Only windows opened via script may be closed via close().
dom. disable_image_src_set	Boolean	Determines whether scripts may change the .src member of image objects (effectively, whether images can be changed via JavaScript) True: Scripts may not modify .src of images False (default): Opposite of above Note: In Mozilla Suite, this can be changed via "Edit → Preferences → Advanced → Scripts & Plug-ins → Allow scripts to: Change images" and, in Firefox 1.0.x, via "Tools → Options → Web Features → Enable JavaScript / Advanced → Allow scripts to: Change images". This option has been removed from the UI in Firefox 1.5 [2]
dom. disable_open_click_delay	Integer	If a popup will be created as the result of a setTimeout() or setInterval() JavaScript call and the delay specified is smaller than this value (in milliseconds), handle the popup according to the current popup blocker settings. Default value is 1000.
dom. disable_open_during_load	Boolean	Determines popup blocker behavior True (default in Firefox): Block popup windows created while the page is loading False (default in Mozilla Suite): Allow popup windows Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Content (Web Features in Firefox 1.0.x) → Block Popup Windows" and, in Mozilla Suite, via "Edit → Preferences → Privacy & Security → Popup Windows → Block unrequested popup windows.
dom. disable_window_flip	Boolean	Determines whether windows can be focus()ed via non-chrome JavaScript. True (default in Mozilla Suite): Windows may not be set as active via JavaScript False (default in Firefox): Opposite of the above Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Content (Web Features in Firefox 1.0.x) → Enable JavaScript / Advanced → Allow scripts to: Raise or lower windows" and, in Mozilla Suite, via "Edit → Preferences → Advanced → Scripts & Plug-ins → Allow scripts to: Raise or lower windows".
dom. disable_window_move_resize	Boolean	Determines whether windows can be moved or resized via non-chrome JavaScript. True (default in Mozilla Suite): Windows may not be moved or resized via JavaScript False (default in Firefox): Opposite of the above Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Content (Web Features in Firefox 1.0.x) → Enable JavaScript / Advanced → Allow scripts to: Move or resize existing windows" and, in Mozilla Suite, via "Edit → Preferences → Advanced → Scripts & Plug-ins → Allow scripts to: Move or resize existing windows".
dom. disable_window_open_feature. *	Boolean	Webpage authors can disable many features of a popup window that they open. Setting these preferences to true will override the author's settings and ensure that that feature is enabled and present in any popup window. close: Prevents the close button from being disabled. directories: Prevents the bookmarks toolbar from being hidden. location: Prevents the address bar from being hidden menubar: Prevents the menubar from being hidden. minimizable: Prevents popup window minimization from being disabled. personalbar: Prevents the bookmarks toolbar from being hidden. resizable: Prevents popup window resizing from being disabled. scrollbars: Prevents the scrollbars on a popup from being disabled. status: Prevents the status bar from being hidden. titlebar: Prevents the title bar from being hidden. toolbar: Prevents the navigation toolbar from being hidden.
dom. disable_window_status_change	Boolean	Determines whether the text in the browser status bar may be set by non-chrome JavaScript. True (default in Firefox): JavaScript access to window.status is disabled False (default in Mozilla Suite): Opposite of the above Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Content (Web Features in Firefox 1.0.x) → Enable JavaScript / Advanced → Allow scripts to: Change status bar text" and, in Mozilla Suite, via "Edit → Preferences → Advanced → Scripts & Plug-ins → Allow scripts to: Change status bar text".
dom. event. contextmenu. enabled	Boolean	Determines whether the oncontextmenu event can be caught by non-chrome JavaScript (e.g., in an anti-right-click script). True (default): the opposite of below. False: Webpages will not be able to affect the context menu event, thus allowing to access the context menu all the time. Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Content (Web Features in Firefox 1.0.x) → Advanced → Allow scripts to: Disable or replace context menus" and, in Mozilla Suite, via "Edit → Preferences → Advanced → Scripts & Plug-ins → Allow scripts to: Disable or replace context menus".
dom. ipc. plugins. enabled	Boolean	Determines whether plugins will run in a separate "plugin-container" process. See Plugin-container and out-of-process plugins for details. Can be overridden for plugins specified by filename (bug 539063). True (default in Firefox 4 on Windows and Linux): Run plugins out-of-process, except for "blacklisted" plugins set in dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.<filename> with value false (see below). False (default in Firefox 3.6.x on Windows and Linux, and in Firefox 4 on Mac OS): Do not run plugins out-of-process, except for "whitelisted" plugins set in dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.<filename> with value true (see below). Note: First shipped in Firefox 3.6.4 for Windows and Linux only, with the plugins Adobe Flash, Apple QuickTime (Windows) and Microsoft Silverlight (Windows) whitelisted by default [3]
dom. ipc. plugins. enabled. <filename>	Boolean	Overrides dom.ipc.plugins.enabled (see above) for plugins specified by filename (plugin filenames can be found in about:plugins and must be specified in lowercase). True: Run the specified plugin in a separate "plugin-container" process. False: Do not run the specified plugin out-of-process (run within the browser process). Windows examples: Microsoft Silverlight: dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npctrl.dll Apple QuickTime: dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npqtplugin.dll Adobe Flash (listed as "Shockwave Flash"): dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.npswf32.dll NPAPI test plugin: dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.nptest.dll Linux examples: Adobe Flash (listed as "Shockwave Flash"): dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.libflashplayer.so NPAPI test plugin: dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.libnptest.so Mac examples: (Firefox 4) [4] Adobe Flash (listed as "Shockwave Flash"):dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.flash player.plugin Java: dom.ipc.plugins.enabled.javaplugin2_npapi.plugin
dom. ipc. plugins. enabled. timeoutSecs	Integer	Number of seconds before an out-of-process plugin is terminated, when the browser detects that the plugin or plugin script has stopped responding. [5] Default is 45 in Firefox 3.6.6 (increased from 10). Set the value to -1 to disable plugin hang detection, so that the browser does not terminate plugins that stop responding [6] [7] [8] Note: First shipped in Firefox 3.6.4 for Windows and Linux.
dom. max_chrome_script_run_time and dom. max_script_run_time	Integer	Determines the maximum amount of time in seconds a script can run (with chrome or content privileges, respectively). Default values are 20 and 10 respectively. Zero or negative values mean "forever". See the details pages for former behaviour (prior to 2006-07-27). 2012-08-21: New default for chrome is 0 (forever) on SeaMonkey and Thunderbird, except on Linux, see bug 482811
dom. min_background_timeout_value	Integer	See the "Inactive tabs" section of the window.setTimeout method's help.
dom. popup_allowed_events	String	A space-separated list of the events that are allowed to create popups. Default value is "change click dblclick mouseup pointerup notificationclick reset submit touchend". A presumably complete list of events from content/events/src/nsDOMEvent.cpp: Form events: select: change: input: submit: reset: Other events: keydown: keypress: keyup: mousedown: mouseup: click: dblclick: error:
dom. popup_maximum	Integer	The maximum number of simultaneously open popup windows. Default value is 20.

Editor.

These settings affect libeditor (i.e. Composer and Mail). Most have no effect in Firefox.

Name	Type	Meaning of Values
editor. background_color	Boolean	Determines background color for Thunderbird editor; other forks' behaviour unknown. #000000: Use black instead of white in editor. Works well in conjunction with .text_color, but if HTML mail is sent, it's odd to some folks.; an invert_display option would be more practical, but doesn't exist (yet).* preferences for content #FFFFFF (default)
editor. css. default_length_unit	String	Determines the default units for CSS rules. cm: centimeters em: ems (width of the capital letter "M" in typography, but line height in CSS) ex: ex (height of the lower-case "x") in: inches mm: milimeters %: percentage of parent element pc: picas (1/6th of an inch) px (default): pixels pt: points (1/72nd of an inch)
editor. htmlWrapColumn	Integer	The column at which HTML source wraps. Default value is 72.
editor. positioning. offset	Integer	The default offset, both X and Y, of absolutely positioned elements. Default value is 0.
editor. quotesPreformatted	Boolean	Originally meant to be a temporary preference to control the behavior of plaintext quotations inserted into email. True: Wrap quoted email text in a pre element False (default): Wrap quoted email text in a span element
editor. resizing. preserve_ratio	Boolean	Determines the behavior of resizing images in Composer. True (default): Preserve ratio of image while resizing False: Allow free resizing of height and width
editor. singleLine. pasteNewlines	Integer	Determines the behavior when pasting content containing newlines into single-line text boxes. 0 (default in Linux): Paste content intact (include newlines) 1 (default everywhere else): Paste the content only up to (but not including) the first newline 2: Replace each newline with a space 3: Remove all newlines from content 4: Substitute commas for newlines in text box 5: Remove all newlines and surrounding whitespace
editor. use_css	Boolean	Determines the preferred method of formatting content. True (default): Use CSS styling where appropriate False: Use non-CSS methods of styling content
editor. use_custom_colors	Boolean	Determines whether to use user-specified colors for content. No effect in Thunderbird. True: Use colors specified in editor.* preferences for content False (default): Use the default colors

Extensions.

This branch of preferences is usually used to hold settings for installed extensions, but there are a few that deal with extensions and themes in general.

Name	Type	Meaning of Values
extensions. {GUID}. description	String	Specify a custom description for the extension whose GUID is specified (see Localize extension descriptions for application).
extensions. autoDisableScopes	Integer	"Extension scopes" where newly installed addons are disabled by default (Gecko 7 and later since 2011-06-28, see bug 666437). This is an additive bit field: 1 = addons found in this profile (this bit is probably masked off) 2 = addons applying to all profiles of this user 4 = addons applying to all users of this application 8 = addons (e.g. plug-ins) applying to anyone on this computer Default varies among versions: Undefined (no disabling, as with 0), 10 (all except app-global and user-profile), 15 (all, but does not apply to some specific locations such as IIUC installdir/extensions/ and profiledir/extensions/)
extensions. checkCompatibility	Boolean	Undefined (default) or True: Check extension for browser compatibility on upgrade/install. False: Disable extension compatibility checking. Available in Firefox and Thunderbird 2.0, SeaMonkey 2.0, Sunbird 1.0b1. Note: Use with caution (see bug 330895). Note: In applications based on Gecko 1.9.2a and later, this preference is replaced by extensions.checkCompatibility.x.yy where x.yy should be replaced by the major and minor version numbers of the application, including the letter (a, b, pre) if present but not the 3rd and further numbers: e.g. extensions.checkCompatibility.2.1a for SeaMonkey 2.1a2pre or extensions.checkCompatibility.3.6 for Firefox 3.6.6.
extensions.checkUpdateSecurity	Boolean	Undefined (default) or True: Checks that extensions provide secure updates. False: Disable secure updates checking. Available in Firefox 3.0, Thunderbird 3.0, SeaMonkey 2.0. Note: Use with caution (see bug 378216).
extensions. disabledObsolete	Boolean	Indicates whether obsolete extensions have been disabled as a result of a change in the browser version.
extensions. dss. enabled	Boolean	True: Enable dynamic skin (theme) switching. False (default): Require a browser restart when switching themes. Note: Switching themes dynamically is buggy (see bug 226791).
extensions. dss. switchPending	Boolean	True: Non-dynamic theme switch pending a browser restart False (default): Opposite of the above
extensions. enabledAddons	String	A comma-separated list of add-on IDs for enabled add-ons. Don't change it in about:config, use the Add-ons Manager's [Enable] and [Disable] buttons instead.
extensions. enabledScopes	Integer	(Applies to Gecko 1.9.3 and later since 2010-04-07, see bug 555486) "Scopes" from which addons will be loaded (additive bit field): 1 = addons found in this profile (cannot be disabled) 2 = addons applying to all profiles of this user 4 = addons applying to anyone using this application 8 = addons (e.g. plug-ins) applying to anyone on this computer Default is Undefined, which means the same as 15 (addons from all scopes will be loaded unless disabled for some other reason) See also extensions. autoDisableScopes above.
extensions. getMoreExtensionsURL	String	Determines the URL used for the "Get More Extensions" link in "Tools → Add-ons → Extensions" dialog.
extensions. getMoreThemesURL	String	Determines the URL used for the "Get More Themes" link in "Tools → Add-ons → Themes" dialog.
extensions. ignoreMTimeChanges	Boolean	True: Prevent extensions system from using last-modified file metadata when determining whether an extension is new (and should therefore be registered) False (default): Opposite of the above Note: Nightlies only.
extensions. lastAppVersion	String	The last version of the browser to successfully load extensions. Used to determine whether or not to disable extensions due to possible incompatibilities.
extensions. logging. enabled	Boolean	True: Enables some extra extension system logging (can reduce performance) False (default): Opposite of the above Note: Nightlies only
extensions. reporter. hidePrivacyStatement	Boolean	True: The user has viewed and agreed to the privacy statement for the Report Broken Website tool, so don't show it again. False: Display the privacy statement when opening the Report Broken Website tool.
extensions. update. autoUpdate	Boolean	True: Automatically download and install available updates False (default): Opposite of the above Note: Not implemented
extensions. update. autoUpdateEnabled	Boolean	True (default): Allow automatic checking for updates at the specified interval False: Opposite of the above
extensions. update. count	Integer	The number of extension/theme/etc. updates available. Default value is 0.
extensions. update. enabled	Boolean	True (default): Allow checking for updates False: Opposite of the above Can be overridden on a per-extension basis by setting extensions.{GUID}.update.enabled.
extensions. update. interval	Integer	Determines how often to check the update URL for updates. In Firefox 1.0.x and below, default value is 604800000 (milliseconds in 1 week). In Firefox 1.5 and above, default value is 86400 (seconds in 1 day).
extensions. update. lastUpdateDate	Integer	When the last extension update occurred, in UNIX epoch format (seconds since 1970-01-01). Default value is 0.
extensions. update. notifyUser	Boolean	A flag for whether to show the software update dialog for extensions on startup. The application sets this pref to true after it checks for extension updates in the background and finds one or more updates available. On the next startup, the dialog is shown and the pref is immediately set to false. You would not normally change this pref manually, unless debugging startup and updates. Setting it to true will cause the dialog to open on next startup, but the dialog will close immediately if there is no update pending. Unset by default (until first background check). Introduced by the patch for bug 307358. Firefox / Thunderbird 2.x and later.
extensions. update. severity. threshold	Integer	The number of pending Extension/Theme updates you can have before the update notifier goes from low to medium severity. Default value is 5.
extensions. update. url	String	Determines the URL queried when polling for extension updates. Can be overridden on a per-extension basis by setting extensions.{GUID}.update.url. Default value is pulled from chrome://mozapps/locale/update/update.properties.

Font.

The majority of the font.* entries are of the form:

font.(font property).(font type).(language code)

The (font property) indicates that the value of the entry is one of the following:

name-list

A comma-and-space-delimited list of font names corresponding to the (font type) and (language code) (String)

name

A font name (String)

size

The font size, in pixels (Integer)

The (font type) indicates which CSS generic-family is being referenced in the value, or simply whether the font is fixed-width or variable-width. The (font type) is one of the following:

serif

(e.g. Times)

sans-serif

(e.g. Helvetica)

cursive

(e.g. Zapf-Chancery)

fantasy

(e.g. Western)

monospace

(e.g. Courier)

fixed

Any fixed-width font

variable

Any variable-width font

The (language code) is an ISO 639-2 value.

Other font.* entries are listed below.

Name	Type	Meaning of Values
font. default (. language code)	String	The default generic-family to use. If a language code is specified, the preference only applies to that language. serif (default): Serif sans-serif: Sans-serif
font. language. group	String	The user's language group. Pulled from the localized data at chrome://global/locale/intl.properties by default on installation.
font. size. nav4rounding	Boolean	Unused (obsolete). Previously: True: In Windows, adjust rounding of some pixel font sizes to match Netscape 4.x's (incorrect) rounding False (default): Display fonts normally
font. FreeType2.enable	Boolean	Attempt to use FreeType fonts.
font. FreeType2.printing	Boolean	Attempt to use FreeType fonts when printing using the PostScript printing system.

Geo.

Name	Type	Meaning of Values
geo. enabled	Boolean	Is location aware browsing enabled. Default is true. See http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/geolocation/
geo. wifi. url	String	Which geolocation service provider to use. Default is https://www.google.com/loc/json

General.

Name	Type	Meaning of Values
general. autoScroll	Boolean	Status of the autoscroll option (middle-clicking on a web page produces a scrolling icon and will automatically scroll the page based on the pointer's relative location to the icon) True (default): Activate autoscroll False (default in *nix): Opposite of the above Note: This can be changed:    - in Firefox, via "Tools → Options → Advanced → General → Browsing → Use autoscrolling"    - in SeaMonkey, via "Edit → Preferences → Appearance → Content → Scrolling → Use autoscrolling"
general. config. filename	String	A .cfg file to parse and read for AutoConfig. Unset by default.
general. config. obscure_value	Integer	An integer to use when obscuring the AutoConfig file saved to and read from disk. Default value is 13 (effectively, ROT-13 the content).
general. config. vendor	String	A vendor ID associated with the AutoConfig file.
general. skins. selectedSkin	String	The current skin used by the browser. Default value is classic/1.0. Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Add-ons → Themes" (Firefox 2) or "Tools → Themes" (Firefox 1.5 and below)
general. smoothScroll	Boolean	Status of ths smooth scrolling option (scrolling on a web page moves page content pixelwise rather than line-by-line) True: Activate smooth scrolling False (default): Opposite of the above Note: This can be changed:    - in Firefox via "Tools → Options → Advanced → General → Browsing → Use smooth scrolling"    - in SeaMonkey via "Edit → Preferences → Appearance → Content → Scrolling → Use smooth scrolling"
general. startup. addressbook	Boolean	(default: false) Same as the following for the Address Book component.
general. startup. browser	Boolean	True (default): When launching Mozilla Suite or SeaMonkey, load the browser component False: Opposite of the above Note: This preference has little to no significance in Firefox as it is only a browser. It has no effect since Firefox 1.5.
general. startup. chat	Boolean	(default: false) Same as above for the ChatZilla component NOTE: In Safe Mode, ChatZilla is never started regardless of this pref.
general. startup. compose	Boolean	(default: false) Same as above for the Composer component.
general. startup. editor	Boolean	(default: false) Same as above for the Editor component.
general. startup. mail	Boolean	(default: false) Same as above for the Mail component.
general. startup. news	Boolean	(default: false) Same as above for the News component.
general. useragent. contentlocale	String	The content locale ISO 639-2 value specified in the User-Agent string
general. useragent. extra. (product name/version)	String	Allows an arbitrary number of strings to be added to the end of the User-Agent string. By default, general.useragent.extra.<product> is defined and set to <product>/<version>. See bug 274928 for more information. Note: Only Firefox 1.5 and above, Thunderbird 1.5 and above, SeaMonkey 1.1 and above.
general. useragent. locale	String	ISO 639-2 value representing the user's language for the User-Agent string
general. useragent. override	String	A complete User-Agent string to use in place of the default.
general. useragent. security	String	Security level of the browser in the User-Agent string N: No security U (default): Strong security I: Weak security
general. useragent. vendor	String	Vendor in the User-Agent string. Default value depends on browser (Firefox in Firefox 1.0). Note: No longer specified by default in Firefox 1.5.
general. useragent. vendorSub	String	Vendor substring in the User-Agent string. Default value depends on browser version (1.0 in Firefox 1.0) Note: No longer specified by default in Firefox 1.5.

Intl.

Name	Type	Meaning of Values
intl. accept_charsets	String	Currently unused. Previously: Character sets in which to accept data. Default value is iso-8859-1,*,utf-8.
intl. accept_languages	String	ISO 639-2 values of languages to accept. Default value is determined by localized information in chrome://navigator/locale/navigator.properties.
intl. charset. default	String	Determines the default character set. Default value is chrome://global-platform/locale/intl.properties
intl. charset. detector	String	Determines which locale URI sets how character set are detected in the browser
intl. charsetmenu. browser. cache	String	A comma-and-space-delimited list of cached character sets for the browser
intl. charsetmenu. browser. cache. size	Integer	Number of character sets to cache. Default value is 5.
intl. charsetmenu. browser. more*	String	A comma-and-space-delimited list of character sets to display in the character encoding menu Note: In Firefox, these menus are viewable via "View → Character Encoding → More Encodings"
intl. charsetmenu. browser. static	String	A comma-and-space-delimited list of character sets to always display in the character encoding menu. Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "View → Character Encoding → Customize List"
intl. charsetmenu. browser. unicode	String	A comma-and-space-delimited list of Unicode character sets to display in the character encoding menu Note: In Firefox, this menus is viewable via "View → Character Encoding → More Encodings → Unicode"
intl. charsetmenu. composer. cache	String	A comma-and-space-delimited list of cached character sets for Composer
intl. charsetmenu. mailedit	String	Determines the layout of the Character Coding menu in Mozilla Mail/News (message editor)
intl. charsetmenu. mailview. cache	String	A comma-and-space-delimited list of cached character sets for Mozilla Mail/News (main view)
intl. collationOption	String	A workaround to get correct column sorting in Mozilla Mail in Japanese builds of Linux. Default value is an empty string. Setting it to useCodePointOrder enables the workaround (see bug 18338).
intl. content. langcode	String	Default content language code
intl. fallbackCharsetList. (character set)	String	Determines the substitute character set if (character set) is unavailable.
intl. jis0208. map	String	Determines the map to use for JIS X 0208 CP932 (default in Windows): Use a CP932-compatible map IBM943 (default in OS/2): Use an IBM943-compatible map
intl. keyboard. per_window_layout	Boolean	True: Allow different windows to retain their own keyboard locale settings (see bug 186549) False (default): Opposite of the above
intl. locale. matchOS	Boolean	Determines how to decide locale True: Use the locale the OS is using False (default): Use the value set in general.useragent.locale.
intl. menuitems. alwaysappendaccesskeys	String	Specifies URI to determine if access keys are appended to menu items
intl. menuitems. insertseparatorbeforeaccesskeys	String	Specifies URI to determine if there is a space before the paranthesis of the accesskey in the menu's label (see bug 298712).

Javascript.

javascript.* has been migrated to Category:Preferences.

Layout.

layout.* allows you to modify selection behaviour, control spell checking in textareas, modify the appearance of unstyled XML, and change the way pages are layed out.

layout.* has been migrated to Category:Preferences.

Mail.

See Mail and news settings.

Mailnews.

See Mail and news settings.

Middlemouse.

middlemouse.* has been migrated to Category:Preferences.

Mousewheel.

mousewheel.* settings:

These fall into two groups: vertical and horizontal scrolling. The general form is:

• mousewheel.(modifier key).(type)
• mousewheel.horizscroll.(modifier key).(type)

Modifier key is one of: withaltkey, withcontrolkey, withmetakey, withnokey, or withshiftkey

Type is then one of:

action

integer value that determines the type of action:

• 0 - Scroll document by a number of lines (given by the numlines property)
• 1 - Scroll document by one page
• 2 - Move back/forward in history
• 3 - Make text larger/smaller
• 4 - Scroll document by a number of pixels (given by the numlines property)

numlines

number of lines to scroll by if action is set to value 0, or pixels if action is set to value 4; otherwise, this value is ignored.

sysnumlines

use system preferences to determine how many lines to scroll by

For example, to change (vertical) mousewheel scrolling to one page at a time -- set mousewheel.withnokey.action to 1

The above has been changed (when?). In Gecko 50, and possibly in some earlier versions, the settings are as follows (as described by current about:config defaults and comments in the source)

• a number of prefs similar to those described above, but with different "modifier" names, and horizontal and vertical prefs grouped under the modifier, as follows:
  • Modifiers:
    • .default.
      • with no modifier, or with more than one, the default settings are used
    • .with_alt.
    • .with_control.
    • .with_meta. (Command key on Mac)
    • .with_shift.
    • .with_win.
  • Types: (defaults are given in the above order of modifiers)
    • action (integer) (for vertical mouse direction) (defaults: 1 2 3 1 1 1)
      • 0: No action
      • 1: Scroll contents
      • 2: Back/Forward in history
      • 3: Zoom in/out
    • action.override_x (integer) (for horizontal mouse direction) (defaults: all -1)
      • -1: Use same setting as for vertical scrolling
      • 0 to 3: Use this setting, same meanings as above
    • delta_multiplier_x (integer) (defaults: all 100)
      • Value (in percent) multiplied by the delta value. Direction reversed if negative. Absolute value must be 100% or larger.
    • delta_multiplier_y (integer) (defaults: all 100)
    • delta_multiplier_z (integer) (defaults: all 100)
  • In particular, it is no more possible to scroll by whole pages independently of the browser content height. To make shift-wheel scroll by 5 times as much as with no modifier, set mousewheel.­with_shift.­delta_multiplier_y to the value 500 (meaning 500%).
• the following "individual" prefs:
  • mousewheel.acceleration.factor (integer, default 10)
    • factor to be multiplied for constant acceleration
  • mousewheel.acceleration.start (integer, default -1)
    • prefs for app level mouse wheel scrolling acceleration, number of mousewheel clicks when acceleration starts; acceleration can be turned off if pref is set to -1
  • mousewheel.min_line_scroll_amount (integer, default 5)
    • If line height is smaller than this value (in device pixels), each single scroll scrolls this height
  • mousewheel.system_scroll_override_on_root_content.enabled (boolean, default false)
  • mousewheel.system_scroll_override_on_root_content.horizontal.factor (integer, default 200)
  • mousewheel.system_scroll_override_on_root_content.vertical.factor (integer, default 200)
    • Prefs for override the system mouse wheel scrolling speed on the root content of the web pages. When mousewheel.­system_scroll_override_on_root_content.­enabled is true and the system scrolling speed isn't customized by the user, the root scrolling speed will be multiplied by these factors (expressed in hundredths, i.e. 200 means 2.00).
      NOTE: Even if mousewheel.system_scroll_override_on_root_content.enabled is true, the override isn't executed if Gecko detects that the user customized the system scrolling speed settings.
  • mousewheel.transaction.ignoremovedelay (integer, default 100)
    • mousewheel scroll transaction is held even if the mouse cursor is moved
  • mousewheel.transaction.timeout (integer, default 1500)
    • mousewheel scroll transaction period of time (milliseconds)

Network.

Name	Type	Meaning of Values
network. auth. use-sspi	Boolean	True (default in Windows): Use SSPI instead of GSSAPI for Kerberos-based authentication False: Opposite of the above Note: Firefox 1.5 and above only.
network. autodial-helper. enabled	Boolean	Help Windows NT, 2000, and XP dialup a RAS connection when a network address is unreachable. True (default): Launch dialer (if one is configured) when address is unreachable False: Display error message
network. automatic-ntlm-auth. allow-proxies	Boolean	Enable automatic use of the operating system's NTLM implementation to silently authenticate the user with their Windows domain logon with proxy servers. (See Integrated Authentication for more information) True (default): Automatically authenticate with proxy servers False: Prompt for authentication
network. automatic-ntlm-auth. trusted-uris	String	A comma-and-space-delimited list of URIs with which to automatically authenticate via NTLM (Windows domain logon). Default value is an empty string. (See Integrated Authentication for more information)
network. cookie. alwaysAcceptSessionCookies	Boolean	Determines whether to accept session cookies (kept for the duration of the browser session, then removed) if network.cookie.lifetimePolicy is 1. True: Accept session cookies without prompting False (default): Prompt before accepting session cookies
network. cookie. blockFutureCookies	Boolean	True: Allow sites to set cookies unless the user has removed cookies set by the site False (default): Removed cookies do not affect future cookie acceptance.
network. cookie. cookieBehavior	Integer	Determines how the browser should handle cookies. 0 : Enable all cookies (default) 1: Allow cookies from originating server only 2: Disable all cookies 3: Use P3P policy to decide (Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey only) Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Privacy → Cookies → Allow sites to set cookies / for the originating web site only" (Firefox 1.5 and below) or "Tools → Options → Privacy / Cookies → Accept cookies from sites" (Firefox 2); or, in Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey, via Edit -> Preferences -> Privacy & Security -> Cookies / Cookie Acceptance Policy. Note: The option to limit cookies to the originating server was removed from the UI in Firefox 2.
network. cookie. denyRemovedCookies	Boolean	Seemingly unused.
network. cookie. disableCookieForMailNews	Boolean	Determines how Mozilla Mail/News should handle cookies. True (default): Reject all cookies in Mozilla Mail/News False: Accept cookies normally
network. cookie. enableForCurrentSessionOnly	Boolean	True: Delete all cookies at the end of the browser session False (default): Opposite of the above Note: This setting is deprecated in favor of network.cookies.lifetimePolicy (setting that to 2 is the equivalent of this preference set to True)
network. cookie. lifetime. days	Integer	Determines the number of days to keep cookies if network.cookie.lifetimePolicy is 3. Default value is 90.
network. cookie. lifetimePolicy	Integer	Determines how browser sets cookie lifetimes. 0 (default): Use supplied lifetime 1: Ask before accepting 2: Accept for session only 3: Cookies last for the number of days specified in network.cookie.lifetime.days Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Privacy → Cookies → Keep Cookies:" (Firefox 1.5 and below) or via "Tools → Options → Privacy / Cookies → Keep until:" (Firefox 2).
network. cookie. maxNumber	Integer	Determines the maximum amount of cookies to be stored. Valid range is from 0-65535 (RFC 2109 and RFC 2965 require this to be at least 300). Default value is 1000.
network. cookie. maxPerHost	Integer	Determines the maximum amount of cookies to be stored per host. Valid range is from 0-65535 (RFC 2109 and RFC 2965 require this to be at least 20). Default value is 50.
network. cookie. p3p	String	Determines the browser's P3P handling. An 8-character string. Default value is ffffaaaa. Each position in the string may be one of the following: f: Flag the cookie d: Accept the cookie, but downgrade it to a session-only lifetime a: Accept the cookie r: Reject the cookie The character positions are as follows: 1st position: First party cookies from sites with no policy 2nd position: Third party cookies from sites with no policy 3rd position: First party cookies from sites that collect personal information without permission 4th position: Third party cookies from sites that collect personal information without permission 5th position: First party cookies from sites that collect personal information only with permission 6th position: Third party cookies from sites that collect personal information only with permission 7th position: First party cookies from sites that don't collect personal information 8th position: Third party cookies from sites that don't collect personal information Note: P3P functionality is not present in Firefox and will probably be removed from Mozilla Suite (see bug 225287).
network. cookie. p3plevel	Integer	Security level of filtering for cookies 0: Low (use afafaaaa) 1 (default): Medium (use ffffaaaa) 2: High (use frfradaa) 3: Custom (use value in network.cookies.p3p) Note: P3P functionality is not present in Firefox and will probably be removed from Mozilla Suite (see bug 225287).
network. cookie. prefsMigrated	Boolean	Indicates whether some cookie preferences — previously stored in deprecated preferences — have been migrated to current preferences. True: Consult current preferences for cookie prefs False (default): Read deprecated preferences, update current preferences, then set this preference to true
network. dir. format	Integer	How to format directory listings (e.g., from FTP servers) 1: Raw — exactly what comes off the network 2 (default): HTML 3: application/http-index-format (requires code to parse/display that is not present by default in Firefox; it is present in the Mozilla application suite)
network. dns. disableIPv6	Boolean	Determines whether to perform IPv6 name lookups (see bug 68796) True (default in OS X): Do not perform lookups False (default in all others): Opposite of the above
network. dns. ipv4OnlyDomains	String	A comma-separated list of domains for which DNS lookups are for IPv4 addresses only (see bug 68796). Default value is .doubleclick.net.
network. dnsCacheEntries	Integer	Determines the maximum number of entries to keep in the DNS cache. Default value is 20.
network. dnsCacheExpiration	Integer	Determines the maximum number of seconds to cache resolved DNS entries. Default value is 60.
network. enableIDN	Boolean	Determines whether to use IDN (International Domain Name) support in the browser True (default): Enable IDN support False: Opposite of the above Note: In Firefox 1.0, this preference did not "stick" (see bug 261934). Fixed in 1.0.1.
network. enablePad	Boolean	Determines whether the browser is allowed to perform proxy autodiscovery True: Autodiscovery enabled False (default): Opposite of the above
network. ftp. anonymous_password	String	Password to use when connecting to anonymous FTP servers. Sent instead of "[email protected]" if advanced.mailftp is true. Not set by default.
network. ftp. idleConnectionTimeout	Integer	Time in seconds until an idle FTP connection is dropped. Default value is 300.
network. hosts. nntp_server	String	Pref to be removed (obsolete). Previously: News server for Mozilla Mail/News. Default value is news.mozilla.org.
network. hosts. pop_server	String	POP (incoming mail) server for Mozilla Mail/News. Default value is mail.
network. hosts. smtp_server	String	SMTP (outgoing mail) server for Mozilla Mail/News. Default value is mail.
network. http. accept-encoding	String	Comma-separated list of encoding types to accept from server. Sent with HTTP requests in Accept-Encoding header. Default value is gzip, deflate. Note: compress is not a supported encoding (see bug 196406).
network. http. accept. default	String	Comma-separated list of MIME types to accept from server. Sent with HTTP requests in Accept header. Default value is text/xml,application/xml,application/xhtml+xml,text/html; q=0.9,text/plain;q=0.8,image/png,*/*;q=0.5. (The space is actually not present and was only inserted to make it wrap.)
network. http. connect. timeout	Integer	Pref removed (unused). Previously: determines how long to wait for a response until registering a timeout. Default value is 30.
network. http. default-socket-type	String	Determines the socket type to be used for normal HTTP traffic. Default value is an empty string, indicating a normal TCP/IP socket type.
network. http. keep-alive	Boolean	Determines whether to use HTTP Keep-Alive connections. If more than one request is made, the browser attempts to reuse open connections that have been kept alive. True (default): Send Connection: keep-alive header and Keep-Alive header based on contents of network.http.keep-alive.timeout False: Opposite of the above (recommended in case of problems) Note: This preference is effectively obsolete, as all connections are considered keep-alive in HTTP/1.1.
network. http. keep-alive. timeout	Integer	Requested timeout for Keep-Alive connections in seconds. Default value is 300.
network. http. max-connections	Integer	Determines the maximum number of simultaneous HTTP connections. Default value is 30. Valid values are between 1 and 65535 inclusive.
network. http. max-connections-per-server	Integer	Determines the maximum number of simultaneous HTTP connections that can be established per host. If a proxy server is configured, then the server is the proxy server. Default value is 15. Valid values are between 1 and 255 inclusive.
network. http. max-persistent-connections-per-proxy	Integer	If network.http.keep-alive is true, and if a proxy server is configured, then a new connection will only be attempted if the number of active persistent connections to the server is less than this preference. Default value is 8. Valid values are between 1 and 255 inclusive.
network. http. max-persistent-connections-per-server	Integer	If network.http.keep-alive is true, and if a proxy server is not configured, then a new connection will only be attempted if the number of active persistent connections to the server is less than this preference. Default value is 6. Valid values are between 1 and 255 inclusive.
network. http. phishy-userpass-length	Integer	A number between 0 and 255. Warn the user if we load an URL containing a userpass field (e.g., http://user:[email protected]/) unless its length is less than this threshold. Default value is 1.
network. http. pipelining	Boolean	Determines whether to use HTTP/1.1 pipelining. True: Enable pipelining False (default): Disable pipelining Note: Pipelining is not well-supported by some servers and proxies. Things may break — use with caution.
network. http. pipelining. firstrequest	Boolean	Pref removed (unused)
network. http. pipelining. maxrequests	Integer	Determines the maximum number of HTTP requests in the pipeline (sent sequentially without waiting for a response). Values greater than 8 are assumed to be 8; values less than 1 are assumed to be 1. Default value is 4.
network. http. proxy. keep-alive	Boolean	Determines whether to use HTTP Keep-Alive connections when a proxy server is configured. If more than one request is made, the browser attempts to reuse open connections that have been kept alive. True (default): Send Connection: keep-alive header and Keep-Alive header based on contents of network.http.keep-alive.timeout False: Opposite of the above (recommended in case of problems) Note: This preference is effectively obsolete, as all connections are considered keep-alive in HTTP/1.1.
network. http. proxy. pipelining	Boolean	Determines whether to use HTTP/1.1 pipelining when a proxy server is configured. True: Enable pipelining False (default): Disable pipelining Note: Pipelining is not well-supported by some servers and proxies. Things may break — use with caution.
network. http. proxy. version	String	Determines which HTTP version to use when a proxy server is configured. Default value is 1.1, though 1.0 is recommended for some finnicky proxies (such as the Junkbuster proxy).
network. http. redirection-limit	Integer	Determines how many consecutive HTTP redirects the browser will follow. Default value is 20. Setting it to 0 will stop all redirects from occuring. Note: These are header-based redirects, not (for example) <meta http-equiv="refresh"> HTML-based redirects.
network. http. request. max-start-delay	Integer	Determines amount of time (in seconds) to suspend pending requests, before spawning a new connection, once the limit on the number of persistent connections per host (network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server) has been reached. However, a new connection will not be created if max-connections (network.http.max-connections) or max-connections-per-server (network.http.max-connections-per-server) has also been reached. Default value is 10.
network. http. request. timeout	Integer	Pref removed (unused). Previously: HTTP-specific network timeout. Default value is 120.
network. http. sendRefererHeader	Integer	Determines when to send the Referer HTTP header. 0: Never send the referring URL 1: Send only on clicked links 2 (default): Send for links and images
network. http. sendSecureXSiteReferrer	Boolean	Determines how to handle Referer HTTP header when navigating between secure (HTTPS) hosts. True (default): Send referring URL normally (default for compatibility reasons, see bug 141641) False: Send no referring URL
network. http. use-cache	Boolean	Determines whether to enable caching of HTTP documents. True (default): Enable caching False: Opposite of the above
network. http. version	String	Determines which HTTP version to use. Default value is 1.1.
network. IDN_show_punycode	Boolean	Determines how to display IDN hostnames in the Location Bar (see bug 282270). True (default): All IDN (UTF-8) domain names will be normalized to punycode. False: Display IDN domain names in UTF-8 Note: Addresses may be input as UTF-8 regardless of this setting.
network. IDN. blacklist_chars	String	If a domain name contains any of the characters in this preference's value, display the domain in punycode, overriding network.IDN_show_punycode and network.IDN.whitelist (see bug 301694). See here for a complete list of characters in the default preference. Note: Firefox 1.5 and above only.
network. IDN. whitelist. (TLD)	Boolean	When network.IDN_show_punycode is false, these preferences are checked against the top-level domain of any IDN domain name. If there is a whitelist entry for the top-level domain and the entry is set to true, then the IDN is shown as intended. Otherwise, it is shown in punycode. By default, the top-level domains ac, at, br, ch, cl, cn, de, dk, fi, gr, hu, info, io, jp, kr, li, lt, museum, no, se, sh, th, tm, tw, and vn are whitelisted (set to true). Note: Firefox 1.5 and above only.
network. image. imageBehavior	Integer	Determines when images should be loaded. 0 (default): Load all images 1: Load images from same (originating) server only 2: Do not load any images Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Web Features → Load Images / for the originating web site only" In Firefox 1.5 and above, this preference has been renamed to permissions.default.image.
network. image. warnAboutImages	Boolean	Pref unused (feature disabled). Previously: Determines whether to prompt the user before loading an image. True: Load no images until user confirms False (default): Load images normally
network. manage-offline-status	Boolean	(Applies to Firefox 3.5 and above) Determines whether Firefox is allowed to automatically set itself to offline mode in response to certain Web sites, or if the network connection is interrupted. (See bug 620472 and this and following messages for more information.) True (implicit default in Firefox 3.5 and 3.6): Allows automatically setting offline mode. False (default in Firefox 4): Prevents automatically setting offline mode. True in SeaMonkey 2.0 and above but SeaMonkey and Thunderbird have a separate offline manager as part of MailNews.
network. negotiate-auth. allow-proxies	Boolean	True (default): Allow SPNEGO by default when challenged by a proxy server. (See Integrated Authentication and bug 266485 for more information.) False: Opposite of the above
network. negotiate-auth. delegation-uris	String	A comma-and-space-delimited list of sites for which the browser may delegate user authorization to the server. (See Integrated Authentication for more information.) Default value is an empty string.
network. negotiate-auth. gsslib	String	Path to a specific GSSAPI library. Allows the browser (e.g.) to load different Kerberos implementations at the user's request. Default value is an empty string. Note: See bug 295109 for more information.
network. negotiate-auth. trusted-uris	String	A comma-and-space-delimited list of sites that are permitted to engage in SPNEGO authentication with the browser. (See Integrated Authentication for more information.) Default value is an empty string.
network. negotiate-auth. using-native-gsslib	Boolean	True (default): Use the GSS lib that comes standard with the host operating system False: Use the GSSAPI library specified in network.negotiate-auth.gsslib.
network. ntlm. send-lm-response	Boolean	Determines whether or not the LM hash will be included in response to a NTLM challenge. Servers should almost never need the LM hash, and the LM hash is what makes NTLM authentication less secure. True: Send the LM hash False (default): Opposite of the above Note: Does not affect network.automatic-ntlm-auth.* settings. See bug 250961 for more information.
network. online	Boolean	Indicates whether the user is currently online. Used for enabling/disabling various options in the UI. True (default): User is online False: Opposite of the above
network. prefetch-next	Boolean	Determines whether to use link prefetching. True (default): Silently prefetch hinted documents and store in the cache False: Disable all link prefetching
network. protocol-handler. app. (protocol)	String	The path and program to run for the specified protocol. Note: To set up a new protocol, it must be registered. See here for more information.
network. protocol-handler. expose-all	Boolean	Determines whether to expose (enable) all protocol handlers. This preference overrides more specific preferences, e.g. network.protocol-handler.expose.mailto. True: Try to open link clicks in browser first, then fail over to system handlers False: Do not expose all protocol handlers
network. protocol-handler. expose. (protocol)	Boolean	Determines whether to expose (enable) the specified protocol handler. These preferences are overridden by network.protocol-handler.expose-all. True: Try to open link clicks in browser firsst, then fail over to system handlers False: Do not expose this protocol handler
network. protocol-handler. external-default	Boolean	Determines the default action for unlisted external protocol handlers True (default): Try to load False: Opposite of the above
network. protocol-handler. external. (protocol)	Boolean	Determines whether to allow external protocol handlers to catch links with these protocols True: Allow external handler to handle link False (default): Prevent external handler from handling this link
network. protocol-handler. warn-external-default	Boolean	Determines whether to warn the user before loading an unlisted external handler True (default): Warn the user False: Opposite of the above
network. protocol-handler. warn-external. (protocol)	Boolean	Determines whether to warn the user before loading this protocol's external handler True: Warn the user False (default): Opposite of the above
network. proxy. autoconfig_url	String	The automatic proxy configuration URL used by the browser to determine a proxy server. Used when network.proxy.type is 2. Default value is an empty string. Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Advanced → Network (Firefox 1.5 and 1.0.x: General) → Connection Settings... → Automatic proxy configuration URL"
network. proxy. failover_timeout	Integer	Determines how long to wait until re-contacting an unresponsive proxy server. Default value is 1800 (30 minutes).
network. proxy. (protocol)	String	A manually configured proxy for the given protocol. Default value is an empty string. Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → General (Firefox 2.0+: Advanced → Network) → Connection Settings... → Manual proxy configuration"
network. proxy. (protocol)_port	Integer	The port for the manually configured proxy for the given protocol. Used when network.proxy.type is 1. Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → General (Firefox 2.0+: Advanced → Network) → Connection Settings... → Manual proxy configuration"
network. proxy. no_proxies_on	String	A comma-and-space-delimited list of hosts for which the specified proxies should not be used. (See No proxy for for syntax.) Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → General (Firefox 2.0+: Advanced → Network) → Connection Settings... → Manual proxy configuration → No Proxy for"
network. proxy. share_proxy_settings	Boolean	Determines whether to use the same proxy server for all protocols. True: Use one proxy for all protocols False (default): Opposite of the above Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → General (Firefox 2.0+: Advanced → Network) → Connection Settings... → Manual proxy configuration → Use the same proxy for all protocols"
network. proxy. socks_remote_dns	Boolean	True: Perform all DNS lookups on remote proxy server (see bug 134105) False (default): Perform all DNS lookups client-side
network. proxy. socks_version	Integer	Determines which version of SOCKS to use with the server specified in network.proxy.socks. Default value is 5. (The only other valid version is 4.)
network. proxy. type	Integer	Determines how the browser uses proxies. 0 (default): Direct connection to the Internet (no proxy used) 1: Manual proxy configuration (use values in network.proxy.*) 2: Autoconfiguration by URL (use value in network.proxy.autoconfig_url) 3: Same as 0 for compatibility reasons (see bug 115720) and will be reset to 0 4: Auto-detect proxy settings for this network
network. security. ports. banned	String	A comma-separated list of port numbers to disable in addition to the ports already disabled by default. (See Mozilla Port Blocking for more information.)
network. security. ports. banned. override	String	A comma-separated list of port numbers to enable, overriding the default port blocking. (See Mozilla Port Blocking for more information.)
network. standard-url. encode-utf8	Boolean	Determines how URLs are encoded and sent True: Always encode and send URLs as UTF-8 False (default in Firefox 1.0.x): Opposite of the above Note: This was True for a short time before Firefox 1.5, causing trouble with some international websites (see bug 284474)
network. standard-url. escape-utf8	Boolean	Determines whether URLs with UTF-8 characters are escaped per the spec True (default): Escape UTF-8 characters False: Send URLs as they are

News.

See Mail and news settings.

NGLayout.

NGLayout stands for Next Generation Layout Engine. These preferences are largely low-level tweaks and debug options for how content appears in the browser.

Name	Type	Meaning of Values
nglayout. compatibility. mode	Integer	Force a compatibility mode instead of autodetecting. 0 (default): Use supplied DTD 1: Standards compliance mode 2: Quirks mode
nglayout. debug. checksum_xul_fastload_file	Boolean	True (default): Verify that the checksum of the XUL Fastload file hasn't changed since that file was last written to disk False: Don't bother verifying the checksum
nglayout. debug. crossing_event_dumping	Boolean	True: In debug-enabled builds, output information about NS_MOUSE_ENTER/EXIT-related events to stdout when Caps Lock is on and nglayout.debug.event_dumping is true False (default): Opposite of the above
nglayout. debug. disable_xul_cache	Boolean	True: Prevent Mozilla from caching any chrome-level XUL components (XUL, JavaScript, CSS). False (default): Cache XUL components for better performance.
nglayout. debug. disable_xul_fastload	Boolean	True: Disable XUL Fastload caching the in-memory compiled XUL to file (xul.mfl, xul.mfasl) False (default): Enable XUL Fastload (see bug 112064)
nglayout. debug. enable_xbl_forms	Boolean	True: Use XBL form controls False (default): Opposite of the above
nglayout. debug. event_dumping	Boolean	True: In debug-enabled builds, output event-related information to stdout when Caps Lock is on False (default): Opposite of the above
nglayout. debug. invalidate_dumping	Boolean	True: In debug-enabled builds, output information about invalidated objects/elements to stdout when Caps Lock is on False (default): Opposite of the above
nglayout. debug. motion_event_dumping	Boolean	True: In debug-enabled builds, output information about NS_MOUSE_MOVE-related events to stdout when Caps Lock is on and nglayout.debug.event_dumping is true False (default): Opposite of the above
nglayout. debug. paint_dumping	Boolean	True: In debug-enabled builds, output information about paint events to stdout when Caps Lock is on False (default): Opposite of the above
nglayout. debug. paint_flashing	Boolean	True: In debug-enabled builds, flash painted elements/objects when Caps Lock is on False (default): Opposite of the above
nglayout. events. dispatchLeftClickOnly	Boolean	Determines whether to dispatch left-click events only to content in the browser (chrome/XUL is exempt from the effects) True (default): Dispatch only left-click events to browser content False: Dispatch both left- and middle-click events
nglayout. initialpaint. delay	Integer	Determines time in milliseconds to wait before an initial reflow attempt during page rendering. Default value is 250 (PAINTLOCK_EVENT_DELAY). Synchronize with content.notify.interval for best performance.

Places.

The Places module manages bookmarks and history management system through sqlite. See also Places Expiration.

By default, Firefox calculates an appropriate maximum number of pages to store in the history based on the systems's available memory (etc.); history is not based on a length of time.

Name	Type	Meaning of Values
places.history.expiration.interval_seconds	Integer	Minimum number of seconds between expiration steps. Default is 180 seconds.
places.history.expiration.max_pages	Integer	The maximum number of pages that may be retained in the database before starting to expire. This preference does not exist by default, and must be created by hand in about:config with right-clicking (context-clicking) New > Integer. Default value is calculated on startup and put into the places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages preference. If this preference does not exist, places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages is used instead.
places.history.expiration.transient_current_max_pages	Integer	READ ONLY: The calculated value for places.history.expiration.max_pages. You cannot change this value, and it will be used in the absence places.history.expiration.max_pages. It is helpful a helpful starting point for setting places.history.expiration.max_pages.

Plugin.

Name	Type	Meaning of Values
plugin. default_plugin_disabled	Boolean	True (default): When a plugin is needed, prompt the user False: Don't prompt the user to install needed plugins
plugin. disable_full_page_plugin_for_types	String	MIME types that would normally be opened with a plugin, except that the action has been changed in the Firefox Download Actions window. Resetting this preference changes the download action back to the plugin.
plugin. expose_full_path	Boolean	True: In about:plugins and navigator.plugins, reveal the full path to plugin files False (default): Show only the plugin filename
plugin. override_internal_types	Boolean	True: Allow plugins to override internal imglib decoder MIME types in full-page mode False (default): Opposite of the above
plugin. scan. 4xPluginFolder	Boolean	Controls the scanning of the Navigator 4.x directory for plugins. When this preference is missing, the default is to pickup popular plugins such as Flash, Shockwave, Acrobat, and Quicktime. If set to true, ALL plugins will be picked up and if set to false the scan will not happen at all.
plugin. scan. (Plugin)	String	Name of plugin to scan for, with a minimum version specified. By default, this preference exists for Acrobat (5.0), QuickTime (5.0), SunJRE (1.3), and WindowsMediaPlayer (7.0).
plugin. scan. plid. all	Boolean	True (default): Locate plugins by the directories specified in the Windows registry for PLIDs (currently HKLM\Software\MozillaPlugins\xxxPLIDxxx\Path) False: Opposite of the above

Print.

Name	Type	Meaning of Values
print. always_cache_old_pres	Boolean	True: Cache old presentation when going into Print Preview False (default): Opposite of the above
print. extend_native_print_dialog	Boolean	True (default): Extend the native dialog with information on printing frames. False: Opposite of the above Note: Firefox 1.5 and above only.
print. postscript.enabled	Boolean	True (default): Enable the the Postscript printing system on Linux, Unix, or VMS. False: Disable the system.
print. postscript.cups.enabled	Boolean	True (default): Enable CUPS support within the Postscript printing system. False: Do not try to access CUPS.
print. print_edge_(position)	Integer	Determines the distance from the (position) edge of the page to measure the margin. Default value is 0.
print. print_extra_margin	Integer	Determines an extra gap or margin in twips (90 twips is 1/8 of an inch) around the content of the page for Print Preview only. Default value is 90 (1/8").
print. print_(footer or header)(position)	String	At the given position in the header or footer, print one of the following: &T: Title of the document &U: URL &D: Date/time &P: Page number &PT: Page number "of" total pages (any string): A literal string with the above substitutions made
print. printer_list	String	Manually supplied list of printers for the Postscript printing system on Linux, Unix, or VMS.
print. save_print_settings	Boolean	True (default): Save the print settings after each print job False: Opposite of the above
print. show_print_progress	Boolean	True (default): Show the progress dialog when printing False: Opposite of the above
print. use_global_printsettings	Boolean	True (default): Every browser window uses the same print settings False: Each browser window uses its own settings, and changes in one window don't affect the others
print. use_native_print_dialog	Boolean	True (default): Use the native print dialog False: Use the OS print dialog Note: Windows-only
print. whileInPrintPreview	Boolean	True (default): Allow printing while in Print Preview screen False: Opposite of the above

Privacy.

Name	Type	Meaning of Values
privacy. item. cache	Boolean	True (default): Clear the cache when using the Clear Private Data feature (Firefox 1.5 and above only) False: Do not clear the cache Note: This can be changed via "Tools → Options → Privacy → Settings..." (Firefox 1.5) or "Tools → Options → Privacy / Private Data → Settings..." (Firefox 2.0 and above).
privacy. item. cookies	Boolean	True: Delete all cookies when using the Clear Private Data feature (Firefox 1.5 and above only) False (default): Opposite of the above Note: This can be changed via "Tools → Options → Privacy → Settings..." (Firefox 1.5) or "Tools → Options → Privacy / Private Data → Settings..." (Firefox 2.0 and above).
privacy. item. downloads	Boolean	True (default): Clear history of downloaded files when using the Clear Private Data feature (Firefox 1.5 and above only) False: Opposite of the above Note: This can be changed via "Tools → Options → Privacy → Settings..." (Firefox 1.5) or "Tools → Options → Privacy / Private Data → Settings..." (Firefox 2.0 and above).
privacy. item. formdata	Boolean	True (default): Clear all saved form data when using the Clear Private Data feature (Firefox 1.5 and above only) False: Opposite of the above Note: This can be changed via "Tools → Options → Privacy → Settings..." (Firefox 1.5) or "Tools → Options → Privacy / Private Data → Settings..." (Firefox 2.0 and above).
privacy. item. history	Boolean	True (default): Clear the browsing history when using the Clear Private Data feature (Firefox 1.5 and above only) False: Opposite of the above Note: This can be changed via "Tools → Options → Privacy → Settings..." (Firefox 1.5) or "Tools → Options → Privacy / Private Data → Settings..." (Firefox 2.0 and above).
privacy. item. offlineApps	Boolean	True: Clear the offline website data when using the Clear Private Data feature (Firefox 3 and above only) False (default): Opposite of the above Note: This can be changed via "Tools → Options → Privacy / Private Data → Settings...".
privacy. item. passwords	Boolean	True: Delete all saved passwords when using the Clear Private Data feature (Firefox 1.5 and above only) False (default): Opposite of the above Note: This can be changed via "Tools → Options → Privacy → Settings..." (Firefox 1.5) or "Tools → Options → Privacy / Private Data → Settings..." (Firefox 2.0 and above).
privacy. item. sessions	Boolean	True (default): Clear all authenticated SSL sessions when using the Clear Private Data feature (Firefox 1.5 and above only) False: Opposite of above Note: This can be changed via "Tools → Options → Privacy → Settings..." (Firefox 1.5) or "Tools → Options → Privacy / Private Data → Settings..." (Firefox 2.0 and above).
privacy. item. siteprefs	Boolean	Planned for future use.
privacy.popups. disable_from_plugins	Integer	Sets limits on popups generated from plugins (e.g. Flash) 0: lets all popups through 1: limits their number to dom.popup_maximum (even with popup blocker disabled) 2: (default in Firefox 1.5 and above and SeaMonkey) blocks popups from plugins. Whitelisted sites will still be able to open popups, regardless of this setting. 3: Blocks all plugin-initiated popups, even those on whitelisted sites.
privacy. popups. firstTime	Boolean	True (default): The user has never hidden the popup blocker notification bar before, so show a dialog explaining the status bar icon False: The user has been informed of the status bar icon
privacy. popups. policy	Integer	Determines the popup blocker behavior. 1: Allow popups 2: Reject popups Note: Seems to be deprecated in favor of dom.disable_open_during_load
privacy. popups. showBrowserMessage	Boolean	True (default): Display a message at the top of the browser window when a popup has been blocked False: Display a status bar icon to indicate when a popup has been blocked
privacy. popups. usecustom	Boolean	Seemingly unused.
privacy. sanitize. promptOnSanitize	Boolean	True (default): Prompt before performing the Clear Private Data operation (Firefox 1.5 and above only) False: Clear Private Data without confirmation Note: In Firefox 1.5 and above, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Privacy → Settings..."
privacy. sanitize. sanitizeOnShutdown	Boolean	True: Perform the Clear Private Data operation when closing the browser (Firefox 1.5 and above only) False (default): Clear Private Data only when asked Note: In Firefox 1.5 and above, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Privacy → Settings..."

Profile.

Name	Type	Meaning of Values
profile. allow_automigration	Boolean	Determines how the Profile Manager handles automigration of Netscape 4.x profiles True: Allow automigration False (default): Opposite of the above Note: Has no effect since Gecko 1.9.0 (Firefox 3.0, SeaMonkey 2.0, Thunderbird 3.0).
profile. confirm_automigration	Boolean	True (default): Ask user before performing an automigration False: Opposite of the above
profile. manage_only_at_launch	Boolean	True: Only show the Profile Manager at program launch False (default): Show Profile Manager at any time via menus Note: In Firefox, there is no UI to access the Profile Manager from within the browser
profile. migration_behavior	Integer	Determines how the profile root is set. 0 (default): use NS_APP_USER_PROFILES_ROOT_DIR 1: create one based on the NS4.x profile root 2: Use value in profile.migration_directory (if empty, use NS_APP_USER_PROFILES_ROOT_DIR)
profile. migration_directory	String	Path to directory for migration. Default value is an empty string.
profile. seconds_until_defunct	Integer	Number of seconds to wait until the profile is considered defunct. Default value is -1 (never consider the profile defunct).

Security.

Name	Type	Meaning of Values
security. OCSP. URL	String	Determines the URL to query for OCSP certificate verification/validation if security.OCSP.enabled is 2. Default value is an empty string. Notes: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Advanced → Validation → OCSP → Service URL". In SeaMonkey 2, this can be changed via "Edit → Preferences → Privacy & Security → Validation → OCSP → Validate all certificates using the following OCSP server → Service URL".
security. OCSP. enabled	Integer	Determines behavior of OCSP-based certificate verification/validation. 0 (default in Firefox 2 and below): Do not use OCSP for certificate validation 1 (default in Firefox 3 and above): Use OCSP to validate only certificates that specify an OCSP service URL (see bug 110161). 2: Enable and use values in security.OCSP.URL and security.OCSP.signingCA for validation. Notes: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Advanced → Validation → OCSP". In SeaMonkey 2, this can be changed via the first checkbox and the radio buttons under "Edit → Preferences → Privacy & Security → Validation → OCSP".
security. OCSP. signingCA	String	Determines the name of the OCSP signing certificate authority to use if security.OCSP.enabled is 2. Default value is an empty string. Notes: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Advanced → Validation → OCSP → Response Signer". In SeaMonkey 2, this can be changed via "Edit → Preferences → Privacy & Security → Validation → OCSP → Validate all certificates using the following OCSP server → Response Signer".
security. ask_for_password	Integer	Determines when Mozilla Mail should ask for the master password. 0 (default): Only the first time it's needed 1: Every time it's needed 2: Every n minutes, where n is the value in security.password_lifetime.
security. checkloaduri	Boolean	Pref removed (use CAPS instead). Previously: Determines how to handle access across schemes (e.g., loading file: URLs from http: URLs) True (default): Perform security checks and block access for insecure access False: Opposite of the above
security. default_personal_cert	String	Determines the selection of a security certificate to present to web sites that require one. Select Automatically (default): Automatically choose the certificate Ask Every Time: Prompt user with a choice of certificate options every time Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Advanced → Certificates → Client Certificate Selection"
security. dialog_enable_delay	Integer	Amount of time in milliseconds to disable buttons on security-sensitive dialog boxes. Default value is 2000.
security. directory	String	Seemingly unused.
security. enable_java	Boolean	True (default): Java is enabled False: Opposite of the above Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Content (Web Features in Firefox 1.0.x) → Enable Java"
security. enable_ssl2	Boolean	True (default in Firefox 1.5 and below): SSL 2.0 is enabled False (default in Firefox 2): Opposite of the above Note: In Firefox 1.5 and below, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Advanced → Security → Use SSL 2.0" (removed from the UI in Firefox 2).
security. enable_ssl3	Boolean	True (default): SSL 3.0 is enabled False: Opposite of the above Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Advanced → Security → Use SSL 3.0"
security. enable.tls	Boolean	True (default): TLS 1.0 is enabled False: Opposite of the above Note: In Firefox, this can be changed via "Tools → Options → Advanced → Security → Use TLS 1.0"
security. password_lifetime	Integer	Determines how long (in minutes) to go without asking for the master password in Mozilla Mail when security.ask_for_password is 2. Default value is 30.
security. (ssl2 or ssl3). (cipher suite)	Boolean	True (default in all except the two below): The SSL 2.0 encryption type (cipher suite) is enabled False: Opposite of the above
security. ssl3. rsa_null_sha	Boolean	True: Enable "No encryption with RSA authentication and an SHA-1 MAC" as a cipher suite False (default): Opposite of the above
security. ssl3. rsa_null_md5	Boolean	True: Enable "No encryption with RSA authentication and an MD5 MAC" as a cipher suite False (default): Opposite of the above
security. ui. enable	Boolean	Pref removed
security. warn_entering_secure	Boolean	True (default): Display a dialog warning the user when entering a secure site from an insecure one False: Opposite of the above
security. warn_entering_secure. show_once	Boolean	True (default): Leave the "Alert me whenever..." box unchecked on the security warning dialog False: Opposite of the above
security. warn_entering_weak	Boolean	True (default): Display a dialog warning the user when entering an insecure site from a secure one False: Opposite of the above
security. warn_entering_weak. show_once	Boolean	True (default): Leave the "Alert me whenever..." box unchecked on the security warning dialog False: Opposite of the above
security. warn_leaving_secure	Boolean	True (default): Display a dialog warning the user when leaving a secure site False: Opposite of the above
security. warn_leaving_secure. show_once	Boolean	True (default): Leave the "Alert me whenever..." box unchecked on the security warning dialog False: Opposite of the above
security. warn_submit_insecure	Boolean	True (default): Display a dialog warning the user when submitting a form to an insecure site False: Opposite of the above
security. warn_submit_insecure. show_once	Boolean	True (default): Leave the "Alert me whenever..." box unchecked on the security warning dialog False: Opposite of the above
security. warn_viewing_mixed	Boolean	True (default): Display a dialog warning the user when a page has both encrypted and non-encrypted content False: Opposite of the above
security. warn_viewing_mixed. show_once	Boolean	True (default): Leave the "Alert me whenever..." box unchecked on the security warning dialog False: Opposite of the above
security. xpconnect. plugin. unrestricted	Boolean	True (default): Allow scripting of plugins by untrusted scripts False: Opposite of the above

Signon.

Name	Type	Meaning of Values
signon. prefillForms	Boolean	True (default): Allows auto-filling of stored usernames and passwords on webpage forms False: Opposite of the above Added in Firefox 1.5.0.9 and 2.0.0.1; set to "False" as workaround for bug 360493
signon. SignonFileName	String	Determines the filename that the Password Manager uses for storing signon data. Default value is signons.txt
signon. SignonFileName2	String	Determines the filename that the Password Manager uses for storing signon data starting in Firefox 1.5.0.10 and Firefox 2.0.0.2 (bug 360493). Default value is signons2.txt
signon.expireMasterPassword	Boolean	True: The master password for the Password Manager will expire False (default): Opposite of the above
signon. rememberSignons	Boolean	True: (default): Enable the Password Manager False Opposite of the above

Snav.

These preferences are associated with Spatial Navigation, a method of moving focus on a web page with respect to the visual layout of elements. Spatial navigation is not present (compiled in) by default, so these preferences will only work in binaries compiled with ac_add_options --enable-extensions=spatialnavigation.

Name	Type	Meaning of Values
snav. directionalBias	Integer	When calculating distances between elements on the screen, elements may be given a bias if the elements are in the direction of navigation. The bias is a given by a fraction such that: bias distance = true distance / directional bias. The default value is 3.
snav. disableJS	Boolean	True (default): Disable onFocus event that an element may recieve during spatial navigation. On some pages the page decides to move the focus as if the targeted content was clicked. This may lead to an undesirable behavior. False: Honor onFocus handlers triggered by spatial navigation
snav. enabled	Boolean	True (default): Enable spatial navigation False: Opposite of the above
snav. ignoreTextFields	Boolean	True (default): Ensure that text fields and inputs retain focus even if spatial navigation was requested False: Opposite of the above
snav. keyCode. down	String	Determines the key code corresponding to downwards spatial navigation. Default value is DOM_VK_DOWN. (A complete listing of possible key codes is available in nsIDOMKeyEvent.idl.)
snav. keyCode. left	String	Determines the key code corresponding to left spatial navigation. Default value is DOM_VK_LEFT. (A complete listing of possible key codes is available in nsIDOMKeyEvent.idl.)
snav. keyCode. modifier	String	Determines the key code corresponding to the required modifier keys. These values are given as follows: NONE: 0 SHIFT: 0x00100000 CONTROL: 0x00001100 ALT: 0x00000012 The default value is ALT | SHIFT.
snav. keyCode. right	String	Determines the key code corresponding to right spatial navigation. Default value is DOM_VK_RIGHT. (A complete listing of possible key codes is available in nsIDOMKeyEvent.idl.)
snav. keyCode. up	String	Determines the key code corresponding to upwards spatial navigation. Default value is DOM_VK_LEFT. (A complete listing of possible key codes is available in nsIDOMKeyEvent.idl.)
snav. rectFudge	Integer	To reduce the chance that a element overlaps with another element, we reduce the elements height and width by this value. Default value is 20.

Toolkit.

Name	Type	Meaning of Values
toolkit. autocomplete. richBoundaryCutoff	Integer	Determines how much of the text to search for matched text, specified as the number of characters from the beginning. Default is 200.
toolkit. scrollbox. clickToScroll. scrollDelay	Integer	Determines how many milliseconds to wait before scrolling the tab strip by another increment. (Default: 150)
toolkit. scrollbox. scrollIncrement	Integer	Determines how many pixels to scroll at a time when scrolling the tab strip’s scrollbox. (Default: 20)
toolkit. scrollbox. smoothScroll	Boolean	True (default): Scroll the tab strip smoothly to a newly-selected tab. False: Move to the new tab immediately.
toolkit. storage. synchronous	Integer	Specify the SQLite disk sync mode to use. 0: risky sync mode. May cause database corruption if the OS crashes or the computer loses power. 1 (default): safe sync mode. 2: extra-slow-extra-safe sync mode. This preference was added in bug 421482. At the same time, Firefox was modified to use mode 1 instead of mode 2 by default, to improve performance.[9] (Firefox 3)
toolkit. zoomManager. zoomValues	String	Specify the zoom levels as multipliers that the user can use on content. Default value is .3,.5,.67,.8,.9,1,1.1,1.2,1.33,1.5,1.7,2,2.4,3

UI.

Most of these preferences control settings that the browser attempts to read from the host operating system (e.g., your current color scheme). However, these can be overridden by manually setting the preferences to something else. For a more complete listing of the UI.* preferences, see UI Widget Look and Feel.

Name	Type	Meaning of Values
ui. allow_platform_file_picker	Boolean	Determines which file picker to use True (default): use the OS's standard picker if available False: Use a XUL file picker styled by your current theme, even if your OS provides its own.
ui. key. accelKey	Integer	Determines the key code corresponding to the accelerator key. 17 (default in Windows): Ctrl 18 (default in BeOS): Alt 224 (default in Mac OS X): Cmd
ui. key. generalAccessKey	Integer	Determines the key code corresponding to the generic key used for Mozilla shortcuts -1 (default in recent builds) Use ui. key. chromeAccess for chrome and ui. key. contentAccess for content 0 Disable 17 (default in BeOS, Mac OS X): Ctrl 18 (default in Windows): Alt
ui. key. chromeAccess	Integer	Determines the key accelerator for chrome shortcuts 0 Disable 1 Shift 2 Ctrl (default in Mac OS X) 4 Alt (default in Windows and Linux) 8 Meta or Cmd Other: Add the above for keychords
ui. key. contentAccess	Integer	Determines the key accelerator for shortcuts in content 0 Disable 1 Shift 2 Ctrl (default in Mac OS X) 4 Alt 8 Meta or Cmd Other: Add the above for keychords. E.g. 5 = Alt+Shift (default in Windows and Linux)
ui. key. menuAccessKey	Integer	Determines the key code corresponding to Mozilla menu access 0 (default in Mac OS X): none 17 (default in BeOS): Ctrl 18 (default in Windows): Alt
ui. key. menuAccessKeyFocuses	Boolean	True (default in Windows): Menus gain focus when ui.key.menuAccessKey is pressed False: Opposite of the above
ui. key. saveLink. shift	Boolean	True (default): Shift-clicking a link opens the Save Link As dialog False: Opposite of the above
ui. submenuDelay	Integer	Determines the delay in milliseconds between hovering over a menu option with a submenu and the submenu appearing. If this preference is not set, the OS's value is used.
ui. textSelectBackground	String	Determines the background color to use for text selections as a hex code or named color. If this preference is not set, the OS's value is used.
ui. textSelectBackgroundAttention	String	Determines the background color used for Find As You Type as a hex code or named color. If this preference is not set, the inverse of ui.textSelectBackground is used.
ui. textSelectForeground	String	Determines the text color to use for text selections as a hex code or named color. If this preference is not set, the OS's value is used.

Update. and Update_notifications.

Name	Type	Meaning of Values
update. interval	Integer	Determines how often to check extensions.update.interval and app.update.interval in milliseconds. Default value is 3600000 (1 hour).
update. severity	Integer	Used by the update system to determines when to display the icon for pending updates. 0 (default): Low severity update(s) available (extension/theme updates) 1: Medium severity update(s) available (numerous extension/theme updates) 2: High severity updates available (new version of Firefox/security patch)
update. showSlidingNotification	Boolean	True (default): Display the sliding alert when updates are available False: Opposite of the above
update_notifications. enabled	Boolean	True (default): Display a notification in the browser when updates are available False: Opposite of the above
update_notifications. provider. 0. datasource	String	Determines where to get update notifications. Value is pulled from chrome://browser-region/locale/region.properties.
update_notifications. provider. 0. frequency	Integer	Number of days between update checks. Default value is 7.

View_source.

Name	Type	Meaning of Values
view_source. editor. external	Boolean	True: The program defined in view_source. editor. path should be used when View Source is requested. False (default): The internal viewer should be used when View Source is requested.
view_source. editor. path	String	Path to the external editor to use for View Source when view_source. editor. external is True. If the path doesn't exist or isn't a program, the internal viewer will always be used.
view_source. syntax_highlight	Boolean	True (default): Enable syntax highlighting in the view source window. False: Opposite of the above Note: This can be changed via "View → Syntax Highlighting" in the view source window.
view_source. tab_size	Integer	sets the width of a tab character in the view source window. Already open windows aren't updated (implemented in bug 295506 in trunk builds (mozilla-1.9.3a1) starting 2010-02-03)
view_source. wrap_long_lines	Boolean	True: HTML code will wrap in the view source window. False (default): HTML code will not wrap in the view source window. Note: This can be changed via "View → Wrap Long Lines" in the view source window.

XPInstall.

Name	Type	Meaning of Values
xpinstall. dialog. confirm	String	Determines the chrome location of the XPInstall dialog. Default value is chrome://mozapps/content/xpinstall/xpinstallConfirm.xul.
xpinstall. dialog. progress. chrome	String	Determines the chrome location of the extensions dialog. Default value is chrome://mozapps/content/extensions/extensions.xul?type=extensions.
xpinstall. dialog. progress. skin	String	Determines the chrome location of the themes dialog. Default value is chrome://mozapps/content/extensions/extensions.xul?type=themes.
xpinstall. enabled	Boolean	True (default): Enables the XPInstall system (i.e., allows extensions to be installed) False: Opposite of the above Note: In Firefox 1.0.x, this can be changed in "Tools → Options → Web Features → Allow web sites to install software" (UI removed in Firefox 1.5).
xpinstall. whitelist. add	String	A comma-separated list of sites to automatically add to the extensions whitelist. Default value is update.mozilla.org,addons.mozilla.org but is cleared as soon as the values are added to the whitelist
xpinstall. whitelist. required	Boolean	True (default): When installing extensions from remote hosts, remote host must be on the whitelist False: Opposite of the above

Miscellaneous preferences

See Mail and news settings for other miscellaneous preferences related to Thunderbird and Mozilla Suite/SeaMonkey mail and news.

Name	Type	Meaning of Values
allinonegest. *	Varied	These preferences are set via the All in One Mouse Gestures extension.
application. use_ns_plugin_finder	Boolean	True: When a plugin is not found, clicking on the puzzle piece will open a dialog telling the user what plugin is needed. Clicking on the "Get the Plugin" button brings the user to the plugins installation page. False (default): Clicking on the puzzle piece will send the user to that plugin's page on plugins.netscape.com which will have a link to that plugin's installation page.
backups. number_of_prefs_copies	Integer	Unused (obsolete). Previously: number of backup copies of prefs.js to keep.
clipboard. autocopy	Boolean	True: Selecting text automatically copies it to the clipboard False (default): Opposite of the above Note: *nix only.
converter. html2txt. header_strategy	Integer	How to format HTML headers (H1-H6) when saving a web page as text-only 0: No indentation 1 (default): Indent headers based on header level (i.e. H(n+1) is indented more than H(n)) 2: Number headings and indent slightly
converter. html2txt. structs	Boolean	Determines whether to format "structured" elements (<strong>, <em>, <code>, <sub>, <sup>, <b>, <i>, <u>) with other characters when saving a web page as text-only True (default): *Strong*, /em/, |code|, _sub, ^sup, *b*, /i/, _u_ False: Strong, em, code, sub, sup, b, i, u
custtoolbar. personal_toolbar_folder	String	Custom name for the Personal Toolbar Folder. If empty (default), name is determined by string bundle or the hard-coded value "Personal Toolbar Folder".
gfx. color_management. display_profile	String	Full path to an ICM profile for output. Default is an empty string in which case the systems global profile is used. If no global profile can be found a default sRGB profile is used.
gfx. color_management. enabled	Boolean	True: Enable color management for rendered graphics. False (default): Disable color management. Obsolete since 2008. See gfx.color_management.mode below.
gfx. color_management. mode	Integer	When to use color management for graphics: 0: Never 1: Always 2: Only for tagged images (default)
gfx. use_text_smoothing_setting	Boolean	True: False (default): .
image. animation_mode	String	Determines how to animate multi-frame GIF images none: animated images will never play. once: animated images will play once. normal (default): animated images will play as normal.
images. dither	String	Whether to dither images auto (default): Automatically decide true: Dither images false: Disable image dithering
ime. password. onBlur. dontCare	Boolean	Determines how an IME editor window should react when password fields lose focus (see bug 16940). True: Leave the IME open False (default): Re-open the IME if it was open prior to the password field's focus. Note: Firefox 1.5 and above only.
ime. password. onFocus. dontCare	Boolean	Determines how an IME editor window should react when password fields gain focus (see bug 16940). True: Leave the IME open False (default): Close the IME. Note: Firefox 1.5 and above only.
inspector. *	Varied	These entries apply to the DOM Inspector and are only relevant if you have it installed.
keyword. URL	String	URL to use for keyword lookups. Default value in Firefox 2.0 is http://www.google.com/search? ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=navclient&gfns=1&q=
keyword. enabled	Boolean	Determines whether to use keywords True (default): Send non-URLs entered in the Location Bar to the URL specified in keyword.URL False: Disable keywords
mail. ui. display. dateformat. today	Integer	See Change the Date Format.
permissions. default. image	Integer	Determines when images should be loaded. 1 (default): Load all images 2: Do not load any images 3: Load images from same (originating) server only Note: This preference was previously known as network.image.imageBehavior prior to Firefox 1.5.
pfs. datasource. url	String	Determines where the plugin finder service should query for plugin information. Default value is pulled from chrome://mozapps/locale/plugins/plugins.properties
places. frecency. *	Integer	These prefs are used for the frecency calculation process.
prefs. converted-to-utf8	Boolean	True: The preferences have been converted to UTF-8; decode as appropriate False (default): Opposite of the above
roaming. default. files	String	A comma-separated list of files that will be selected for roaming by default. Default value is bookmarks.html,abook.mab,cookies.txt.
roaming. showInitialWarning	Boolean	True (default): Display a general warning to the user about making backups, security, etc. False: Opposite of the above
signed. applets. codebase_principal_support	Boolean	True: Give scripts using codebase principals access advanced scripting capabilities. Setting this preference to "true" is often used to allow IRC websites to gain access to the OS's clipboard at the expense of a security risk. False (default): Only trusted/signed scripts can access advanced scripting capabilities Note: file: and resource: schemes are considered "special" and may get extra capabilities regardless of this preference's setting.
slider. snapMultiplier	Integer	Determines the size of the scrollbar snapping region. Default value is 6 in Windows; 0 (disabled) in *nix.
startup . homepage_override_url	String	The URL that Firefox goes to when the user starts up the browser after upgrading. In Firefox, defaults to http://%LOCALE%.www.mozilla.com/ %LOCALE%/%APP%/%VERSION%/whatsnew/.
startup. homepage_welcome_url	String	The URL that Firefox goes to when the user starts up the browser after the initial installation, or with a new profile. In Firefox, defaults to http://%LOCALE%.www.mozilla.com/ %LOCALE%/%APP%/%VERSION%/firstrun/.
svg. enabled	Boolean	True (default): On SVG-enabled builds, enables internal SVG renderer, disables externals False: Opposite of the above (see bug 258511)
urlclassifier. keyupdatetime. *	Integer	Time stamps used by Safe Browsing in Firefox to record the latest updates downloaded and stored in urlclassifier2.sqlite. Downloading is controlled by browser.safebrowsing.remoteLookups. See Phishing Protection in the Mozilla Wiki.
urlclassifier. tableversion. *	String	Version numbers used by Safe Browsing in Firefox to record the latest updates downloaded.
viewmanager. do_doublebuffering	Boolean	Determines whether the viewmanager should do double-buffering by default (see bug 169483).
wallet. caveat	Boolean	Marks whether the user has been shown the warning message regarding security risks of using the Wallet feature.
wallet. crypto. autocompleteoverride	Boolean	Indicates whether browser should ignore the autocomplete="off" attribute in forms.}