Add all about:config changes to Sync
The Firefox Sync system is really neat for keeping our booksmarks synced across devices, but what I would also love to see is the option to sync all settings as well, including the changes made in the "about:config" settings.
Across my years of browsing I changed quite a lot of small little things and having to track all of those down every time I set up a new device or reinstall windows can get a bit tedious, so I was wondering if those settings can also be included in the Sync settings somehow - or if such a feature might be planned for the future?
Isisombululo esikhethiwe
It would certainly be a very good idea.
You may not know but you can also put your about:config tweaks in a file called user.js in your profile directory. You can then copy that to any new installations you make and obviously keep a copy somewhere safe.
The format needed is like this:—
user_pref("browser.aboutConfig.showWarning", false);
user_pref("browser.backspace_action", 0);
Oddly this file seems to auto-sync as well; I recently had to do a reinstall and when I went to copy it to the new one found it was already there.
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Isisombululo Esikhethiwe
It would certainly be a very good idea.
You may not know but you can also put your about:config tweaks in a file called user.js in your profile directory. You can then copy that to any new installations you make and obviously keep a copy somewhere safe.
The format needed is like this:—
user_pref("browser.aboutConfig.showWarning", false);
user_pref("browser.backspace_action", 0);
Oddly this file seems to auto-sync as well; I recently had to do a reinstall and when I went to copy it to the new one found it was already there.
ThePillenwerfer said
It would certainly be a very good idea.
You may not know but you can also put your about:config tweaks in a file called user.js in your profile directory. You can then copy that to any new installations you make and obviously keep a copy somewhere safe.
The format needed is like this:—
user_pref("browser.aboutConfig.showWarning", false);
user_pref("browser.backspace_action", 0);
Oddly this file seems to auto-sync as well; I recently had to do a reinstall and when I went to copy it to the new one found it was already there.
Oh dang, thats handy to know. So I would need to create a .js file in the editor, put it in the firefox profile folder and just paste all the lines I changed in the about:config menu in there?
That's right. Just make sure it's called user.js as some things, like Notepad, will stick .txt on the end and then it won't work.
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