{"id":197,"date":"2013-04-03T04:17:59","date_gmt":"2013-04-03T04:17:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/?p=197"},"modified":"2019-03-13T15:19:27","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T20:19:27","slug":"firefox-menu-less-unsizable-windows-annoying-prevent-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/firefox-menu-less-unsizable-windows-annoying-prevent-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefox menu-less, unsizable windows&#8211;Annoying&#8211;Prevent them! (also enable right-click and copy-n-paste)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- CAN NOT USE TinyMCE aka VISUAL TAB BECAUSE IT REMOVES STYLE TAGS SINCE 3.9 !!!! --\n-- CAN NOT HAVE ANY BLANK LINES IN STYLE; WP ADDS PARAGRAPH!!! my long blockquote class is: wpfix_longquote --\n-- \/cygdrive\/c\/a_no_backup\/dl\/M_M\/usb_drive_copy\/tech\/blog\/__DIR__NAME__HERE__\/post.html --><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\">@import url(https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/css\/wp_blog_fixes.css);<\/style>\n<p>Sometimes you&#8217;ll get a window which has no features. No menu bar.  No scroll bars.  Can&#8217;t be re-sized. No close button. No reload\/refresh button.  No File -&gt; Print.  No File -&gt; Print Preview.  That can be annoying.  You can prevent that (at least some of the time).<\/p>\n<blockquote style=\"background-color:#000020; padding: 1ex; border: solid #505050\"><p>Update 03\/13\/2019: quick update: try also this:<br \/>\n<code>about:config<\/code><br \/>\nsearch for <code>dom.event<\/code><br \/>\n<code>dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled<\/code><br \/>\n<code>dom.event.contextmenu.enabled<\/code><br \/>\n<em>DIS<\/em>able them. Disable. Because these give control to the website which you want to take away \ud83d\ude09<br \/>\nEnd Update 03\/13\/2019\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The following solution worked for me, 4\/2\/2013 on the website <a title=\"Star 99.1 FM Website\" href=\"Star991.com\" target=\"_blank\">Star991.com<\/a>. That website had a &#8220;Listen Now&#8221; link which opened a new, feature-less (ie, features <strong><em>disabled<\/em><\/strong>) window.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>In the address bar, type <code>about:config<\/code><\/li>\n<li>It will warn you saying, &#8220;This might void your warranty!&#8221; and &#8220;You should only continue if you are sure of what you are doing.&#8221;<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"762\" height=\"232\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-214\" alt=\"about_config_warning\" src=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/about_config_warning.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/about_config_warning.jpg 762w, https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/about_config_warning-300x91.jpg 300w, https:\/\/montgomeryminds.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/about_config_warning-500x152.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 762px) 100vw, 762px\" \/>Make sure you only change what&#8217;s discussed in this post.  Go ahead and click the &#8220;I&#8217;ll be careful, I promise&#8221; button.  Again, make sure you only change what&#8217;s discussed in this post.<\/li>\n<li>Type &#8220;dom&#8221; into the search bar.  That&#8217;s probably enuf to reveal the settings below.  If not, type more, like &#8220;dom.disable&#8221; or &#8220;dom.disable_window&#8221;.  Do not type the double quotes into the search bar.<\/li>\n<li>Right click the one(s) you want and click Toggle, to set them from false to <strong>true.<\/strong>  That might be a little confusing.  You&#8217;re turning <em>on<\/em> the <em>disable<\/em>.  And you&#8217;re <em>disabling<\/em> (preventing) the webpage from <em>disabling<\/em> features (like menu)<em>.<\/em>  You&#8217;re disabling the disablers.  It can be confusing.<\/li>\n<li>You then have to re-do the click that opened the annoying window.<\/li>\n<li>You might want to then turn it back to false, so all the rest of your browsing will stay the same.  Or maybe you like having this new-found control \ud83d\ude09<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Quoting my source <a title=\"http:\/\/kb.mozillazine.org\/Prevent_websites_from_disabling_new_window_features\" href=\"http:\/\/kb.mozillazine.org\/Prevent_websites_from_disabling_new_window_features\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/kb.mozillazine.org\/Prevent_websites_from_disabling_new_window_features<\/a>:<\/p>\n<style><!--\nblockquote#mozdomjs { border-width: .1em; border-color: #2b6; border-style: solid;  padding: .3em; }\n--><\/style>\n<blockquote id=\"mozdomjs\">\n<h1>Prevent websites from disabling new window features<\/h1>\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<p><i>This article describes how to prevent websites from disabling certain new window features by changing the related Firefox or Mozilla Suite preference setting.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Web pages can disable a number of features in new windows opened via <a title=\"JavaScript\" href=\"http:\/\/kb.mozillazine.org\/JavaScript\">JavaScript<\/a>. The new window or &#8220;popup&#8221; may not be resizable and other features such toolbars may be missing, as discussed <a title=\"http:\/\/forums.mozillazine.org\/viewtopic.php?t=402439\" href=\"http:\/\/forums.mozillazine.org\/viewtopic.php?t=402439\" rel=\"nofollow\">here<\/a>. Advanced users can prevent these features from being disabled by <a title=\"Editing configuration\" href=\"http:\/\/kb.mozillazine.org\/Editing_configuration\">editing configuration<\/a> via the <a title=\"User.js file\" href=\"http:\/\/kb.mozillazine.org\/User.js_file\">user.js file<\/a> or in <a title=\"About:config\" href=\"http:\/\/kb.mozillazine.org\/About:config\">about:config<\/a>. For example, you can set the <i>dom.disable_window_open_feature.resizable<\/i> preference to &#8220;true&#8221; to prevent popup window resizing from being disabled, so that you can <a title=\"Resizing popups\" href=\"http:\/\/kb.mozillazine.org\/Resizing_popups\"> resize popup windows<\/a> that may open too small. Other &#8220;dom.disable_window_open_feature.*&#8221; preferences are listed below:<\/p>\n<p><i>(From the <a title=\"About:config entries\" href=\"http:\/\/kb.mozillazine.org\/About:config_entries\">About:config entries<\/a> article, under <a title=\"About:config entries\" href=\"http:\/\/kb.mozillazine.org\/About:config_entries#DOM.\"> DOM.<\/a>)<\/i><\/p>\n<table border=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Meaning of Values (all these values are type &#8220;Boolean&#8221;)<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Web page authors can disable many features of a popup window that they open. Setting these preferences to <b>true<\/b> will override the author&#8217;s settings and ensure that that feature is enabled and present in any popup window.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>dom.disable_window_open_feature.<strong>close:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Prevents the close button from being disabled.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>dom.disable_window_open_feature.<strong><\/strong><strong>directories:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Prevents the bookmarks toolbar from being hidden.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>dom.disable_window_open_feature.<strong><a title=\"Dom.disable window open feature.location\" href=\"http:\/\/kb.mozillazine.org\/Dom.disable_window_open_feature.location\">location<\/a>:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Prevents the address bar from being hidden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>dom.disable_window_open_feature.<strong><\/strong><strong>menubar:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Prevents the menubar from being hidden.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>dom.dom.disable_window_open_feature.<strong>minimizable:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Prevents popup window minimization from being disabled.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>dom.disable_window_open_feature.<strong>personalbar:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Prevents the bookmarks toolbar from being hidden.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>dom.disable_window_open_feature.<strong>resizable:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Prevents popup window resizing from being disabled.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>dom.disable_window_open_feature.<strong>scrollbars:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Prevents the scrollbars on a popup from being disabled.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>dom.disable_window_open_feature.<strong><a title=\"Dom.disable window open feature.status\" href=\"http:\/\/kb.mozillazine.org\/Dom.disable_window_open_feature.status\">status<\/a>:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Prevents the status bar from being hidden.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>dom.disable_window_open_feature.<strong>titlebar:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Prevents the title bar from being hidden.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>dom.disable_window_open_feature.<strong>toolbar:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Prevents the navigation toolbar from being hidden. (eg the favorite and reload buttons, and the history drop-down menu)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a name=\"See_also\"><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>See also<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Browser.link.open newwindow.restriction\" href=\"http:\/\/kb.mozillazine.org\/Browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction\">browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"catlinks\">\n<p><a title=\"Special:Categories\" href=\"http:\/\/kb.mozillazine.org\/index.php?title=Special:Categories&amp;article=Prevent_websites_from_disabling_new_window_features\">Categories<\/a>: <a title=\"Category:Configuration\" href=\"http:\/\/kb.mozillazine.org\/Category:Configuration\">Configuration<\/a> | <a title=\"Category:Websites\" href=\"http:\/\/kb.mozillazine.org\/Category:Websites\">Websites<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><center><ins><ins id=\"aswift_0_anchor\"><\/ins><\/ins><\/center>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"footer\">This page was last modified 10:20, 24 July 2009. 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