110902 - defaultPref not setting startup.homepage preference

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 109932

(Core :: Preferences: Backend, defect)

Description

[Rodney Velasco]

Using the preference in a hashed CFG....

defaultPref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://www.yahoo.com");

...does not allow browser to startup with with specified homepage.  Blank page
appears.  Only a lockPref will allow the startup.homepage to appear.  

i.e.
lockPref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://www.yahoo.com");

Comment 1

[Rodney Velasco]

Attachment: Hashed CFG

download attachment as netscape.cfg and activate CFG via all.js (mozilla) or
all-ns.js (netscape 6.2) with the lines...

pref("general.config.filename", "netscape.cfg);
pref("general.config.vendor", "netscape);

Comment 2

[Brian Nesse (gone)]

This is because you can't set a default preference on a LocalizedUnicharPref.
Its default value comes from a properties file. Please see bug 109902 and bug
109932 for additional info.

Comment 3

[Rodney Velasco]

What syntax can we use to set this preference if an IT administrator wants to
customize this field, but not have it locked?

pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://www.yahoo.com"); /* Doesn't work */

user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://www.yahoo.com"); /* doesn't work
and also incorrect since user_pref syntax is only defined in the prefs.js */

So is the lockPref function the only way to customize this field?  

Historical aside:
in the 4.x days defaultPref("browser.startup.homepage", "blah"); was the correct
way to set this field without having it locked...but I guess we are living in
new times now.

Comment 4

[Rodney Velasco]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 109932 ***

Comment 5

[Brian Nesse (gone)]

pref("browser.startup.homepage", "http://www.yahoo.com");

should work, it might have failed if the preference was set to the locked state.