Encountered this bug today trying to get a plaintext format (with the mime type `application/<something>`) to display as plaintext in the browser rather than Open With > Firefox (and opening a new window.)
Is there still no workaround for enabling this type of functionality, even by modifying config files in the profile? I tried messing around with `handlers.json` (the file that holds the mime type preferences set in `about:preferences` under the "Files and Applications" header) but had no luck. Some content types in `about:preferences` permit users to select "Open in Firefox" while others don't. Where is the safelist of permitted content types for this behavior? Could a simple solution to this bug be to add an `about:config` flag that would allow power users to select "Open in Firefox" for any content type? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/25830 Title: Option to display file in browser, treat as text/plain Status in Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: A suggestion: When you click certain files, like .py or .pl files, for example, Firefox brings up a dialog that offers you the ability to: 1. Open with a certain application 2. Save to disk What would be nice is a third option: 3. Treat as text/plain The wording could be altered... "Display as text in browser" or something. Sometimes you just want to quickly visit a file on the web and look for something in it, and the fact that you *could* open it in a more customized application is true but not really easier for you at that moment. If you just want to look a Python script for a version number at the top it is not necessary to open it in your IDE or save it to disk; you just want to open it in the normal viewing window as plain text and quickly find what you need to look at. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/25830/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
