Firefox's GUI
Although Pentadactyl offers access to the most frequently used
Firefox functionality via Ex and Normal mode commands, there may be
times when direct access to the Firefox GUI is required. For such
eventualities, there are commands to access menu items and to launch
standard Firefox dialogs.
Menus
:emenu {menu}
Execute {menu} from the command line. This command provides command-line access
to all menu items available from the main Firefox menubar. {menu} is a
hierarchical path to the menu item with each submenu separated by a period.
E.g. :emenu File.Open File… launches the standard
Firefox ‘Open File’ dialog.
:dia[log] [Firefox-dialog]
Open a Firefox dialog. Available dialogs include:
- about
- About Firefox
|
- addbookmark
- Add bookmark for the current page
|
- addons
- Manage Add-ons
|
- bookmarks
- List your bookmarks
|
- cookies
- List your cookies
|
- console
- JavaScript console
|
- customizetoolbar
- Customize the Toolbar
|
- dominspector
- DOM Inspector
|
- downloads
- Manage Downloads
|
- history
- List your history
|
- import
- Import Preferences, Bookmarks, History, etc. from other browsers
|
- openfile
- Open the file selector dialog
|
- pageinfo
- Show information about the current page
|
- pagesource
- View page source
|
- passwords
- Passwords dialog
|
- places
- Places Organizer: Manage your bookmarks and history
|
- preferences
- Show Firefox preferences dialog
|
- printpreview
- Preview the page before printing
|
- printsetup
- Setup the page size and orientation before printing
|
- print
- Show print dialog
|
- saveframe
- Save frame to disk
|
- savepage
- Save page to disk
|
- searchengines
- Manage installed search engines
|
- selectionsource
- View selection source
|
- venkman
- The JavaScript debugger
|
:downl[oads]
Show progress of current downloads. Here, downloads can
be paused, resumed, and canceled.
Available options include:
- -sort
- Sort order (see 'downloadsort') (short name: -s)
|
:dlc[lear]
Clear completed downloads.
The following commands manipulate the currently installed
add-ons. With the exception of :extadd, they all except
the following arguments:
- -types
- The types of add-ons to operate on, the most
common types being extension, theme, and plugin (short names -type,
-t)
|
:exta[dd] {file|url}
Install an extension. {file|uri} must be the local file
path or URL of an XPInstall (.xpi) file.
:extde[lete] {extension}
:extde[lete]!
Uninstall an extension. {extension} is the extension's name. When [!] is given
all extensions are uninstalled.
:extd[isable] {extension}
:extd[isable]!
Disable an extension. {extension} is the extension's name. When [!] is given
all extensions are disabled.
:exte[nable] {extension}
:exte[nable]!
Enable an extension. {extension} is the extension's name. When [!] is given all
extensions are enabled.
:exto[ptions][!] {extension}
:extp[references][!] {extension}
Open the preferences dialog for an extension. If [!] is given, open a dialog,
otherwise open a buffer. See also 'newtab'.
:extr[ehash] {extension}
:extr[ehash]
Toggle an extension's enabled status twice. This is useful for rebooting
a restartless extension.
:extt[oggle] {extension}
:extt[oggle]
Toggle an extension's enabled status.
:extu[pdate] {extension}
:extu[pdate][!]
Update an extension. When [!] is given, update all
extensions.
:sbcl[ose]
Close the sidebar window.
:sidebar {name}
Open the sidebar window. {name} is any of the menu items listed under the
standard Firefox View->Sidebar menu. Add-ons, Preferences and Downloads are
also available in the sidebar.
:sidebar! [name]
Toggle the sidebar window. When [name] is provided, the
semantics are as follows: If the named sidebar is currently open,
it is closed. Otherwise the named sidebar is opened. When
[name] is not provided, the semantics are as follows: If the
sidebar is currently open, it is closed. Otherwise the previously
open sidebar panel is re-opened.
The status line appears at the bottom of each window. You can use
'guioptions' to specify if and when the status line appears, as well
as its relation to the command line and messages.
The status line contains several fields that provide information about the
state of the current buffer. These are, in order:
-
URL: The URL of the currently loaded page. While the page is loading,
progress messages are also output to this field.
-
History and bookmark status ([+-❤⋯]): The position
of the current page in the tab's session history; - and
+ indicate that it is possible to move backwards and forwards
through the history respectively. ❤ indicates that the current page is
bookmarked. Any other character indicates a QuickMark matching the
current page.
-
Tab index ([N/M]): N is the index of the
currently selected tab and M is the total number of tabs in
the current window.
-
Vertical scroll: The vertical scroll percentage of the current buffer,
or Top or Bot for the top and bottom of the buffer respectively.
-
Security: The security information button is displayed when appropriate
as per Firefox. The color of the status bar also changes to reflect the
current security status of the loaded page.
- black
- The site's identity is unverified and the connection is unencrypted
|
- red
- The connection is encrypted, but the site's identity has not been verified or it contains unencrypted content
|
- blue
- The site's domain has been verified and the connection is encrypted
|
- green
- The site's domain and owner have been fully verified via an Extended Validation certificate and the connection is encrypted
|
-
Extensions: Any extension buttons that would normally be installed to the
Firefox status bar are appended to the end of the status line.
:toolbartoggle {name}
Toggles the named toolbar.