Closed Bug 900008 Opened 11 years ago Closed 11 years ago

browser.startup.homepage in system-wide preference file not honoured

Categories

(Firefox :: Settings UI, defect)

Product:
Firefox
Component:
Settings UI
Platform:
x86_64
Linux
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: jhorak, Unassigned)

Details

When putting config.js file to:
browser/defaults/preferences/
with following content:
pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://intranet.example.com/");
the homepage is not loaded during Firefox start or when going to homepage.
The preference is set in about:config correctly.
browser.startup.homepage is a complex preference. This mean the value needs to be an url pointing to something which content is "browser.startup.homepage=the-value-you-actually-want". This can be a data url:
pref("browser.startup.homepage", "data:text/plain,browser.startup.homepage=the-value-you-actually-want");
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 11 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
If that's the case then is not much helpful: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.startup.homepage
Curiously changing this preference in about:config as string works.
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