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== User agent ==
If you would like the mobile-friendly versions of sites to load by default, there are two ways to do this:
#[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/user-agent-switcher-revived/ Install the User Agent switcher] extension - this allows for easy switching between different user agents.
#A more permanent option is to go into <code>about:config</code>, right click, New → String, Enter <code>general.useragent.override</code> and then type in the user agent you wish to use.
== Upcoming versions ==
== Upcoming versions ==


With upcoming versions (> 55) we will be able to use the multi-touch zoom extension to get fluid zooming.  
With upcoming versions (> 55) we will be able to use the multi-touch zoom extension to get fluid zooming.  
https://github.com/haxiomic/firefox-multi-touch-zoom
https://github.com/haxiomic/firefox-multi-touch-zoom

Revision as of 18:37, 15 October 2018

This page explains how to make firefox usable in plasma-mobile.

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Firefox running on plasma-mobile

Firefox 52

Install firefox-esr package from alpine. It is currently firefox 52.9.0-r1

Specific firefox config

Go in your profile directory (.mozilla/firefox/xxxxxxxx.default/) then exec:

echo 'user_pref("dom.w3c.touch_events.enabled", true);' >> prefs.js
echo 'user_pref("browser.gesture.pinch.in", "cmd_fullZoomReduce");' >> prefs.js
echo 'user_pref("browser.gesture.pinch.out", "cmd_fullZoomEnlarge");' >> prefs.js
echo 'user_pref("general.useragent.site_specific_overrides", false );' >> prefs.js
echo 'user_pref("general.useragent.override", "Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 5.1.1; Nexus 5 Build/LMY48B; wv) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Chrome/43.0.2357.65 Safari/537.361");' >> prefs.js

And restart the browser.

Configuration on gtk

Edit ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini with:

[Settings]
gtk-icon-theme-name = Paper
gtk-cursor-theme-name = Paper
gtk-fallback-icon-theme = Gnome
gtk-font-name = Sans 10
gtk-cursor-theme-size = 0
gtk-toolbar-style = GTK_TOOLBAR_BOTH
gtk-toolbar-icon-size = GTK_ICON_SIZE_LARGE_TOOLBAR
gtk-button-images = 0
gtk-menu-images = 1
gtk-enable-event-sounds = 1
gtk-enable-input-feedback-sounds = 1
gtk-xft-antialias = 1
gtk-xft-hinting = 0
gtk-xft-hintstyle = hintfull
gtk-xft-rgba = rgb

Make sure to install gnome-icon-theme and paper-icon-theme packages

You may ajust Font size for your screen.

Environment variables for starting Firefox

You can start firefox with:

MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 GDK_SCALE=3  firefox %u

You may ajust scale to your device screen size, but it may only be integers.

You can edit your desktop shortcut /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop :

[Desktop Entry]
Exec=MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 GDK_SCALE=3  firefox %u
...

User agent

If you would like the mobile-friendly versions of sites to load by default, there are two ways to do this:

  1. Install the User Agent switcher extension - this allows for easy switching between different user agents.
  2. A more permanent option is to go into about:config, right click, New → String, Enter general.useragent.override and then type in the user agent you wish to use.

Upcoming versions

With upcoming versions (> 55) we will be able to use the multi-touch zoom extension to get fluid zooming. https://github.com/haxiomic/firefox-multi-touch-zoom