QA/Desktop Firefox/in-content-preferences

In-content Preferences

Feature	Status	Target	Dev Lead	QA Lead	QA Status
In-content Preferences		Firefox 35	Richard Marti, Jared Wein	Camelia Badau	N/A

Intro

• The Preferences, which previously were displayed in a preferences window, are shown now into their own options tab in the browser when they are opened by a user.
• The Preferences window is moved into the content area. This move provides several benefits for users. First, it removes yet another easy-to-lose window. It means that changing preferences in Firefox can be an identical and easy experience an consistency across operating systems.

References

• Firefox's redesigned Preferences
• Jaws Blog post
• Mozilla makes the In-Content Preferences default in Firefox Nightly
• Ghacks Blog post
• Firefox32: Preferences open in a tab by default
• New tab-based Preferences design
• In-content-preferences Wiki page
• In-content-UI-Visual-Unification Wiki page

Related Prefs

• browser.preferences.inContent will allow the user to enable/disable the in-content Preferences page
  • Note: this pref is set on true by default only on Firefox Nightly

Bug Work

• Metabug: 718011 - [meta] Move preferences from a window/sheet to in-content
• Tracking bug: 738796 - Visual polish for in-content preferences

• All bugs:

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• Fixed; may need verification:

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FIXED Bugs:

• 993344 - The "Show tab previews in the Windows taskbar" option doesn't appear in Tabs section for in-content preferences
• 993339 - The dialog with specific details doesn’t appears on Application tab for in-content preferences
• 992185 - Download location preference field is empty on reload
• 991073 - New in-content preferences styling squishes certain buttons
• 990973 - In-content prefs : scrollbars appear in a wrong position
• 989626 - Prevent "Tell me when a website asks to store data for offline use" label from overflowing in Settings > Advanced > Network > Offline Web Content
• 988536 - InContent preferences needs icons for headers and arrows
• 989890 - Port the help button to in-content prefs
• 994265 - In-content preferences : some buttons are bigger than others
• 993369 - The button labels aren’t entirely visible on Privacy tab for in-content preferences
• 993373 - The shade of blue is the same when an item is hovered and when it is selected on dropdowns for in-content preferences
• 993402 - Sorting the two columns under Applications tab is distinct than the one from Edit->Preferences for in-content preferences
• 996036 - Confusing Focus Ring UI + Behavior in new in content prefs
• 1005038 - In-content preferences: the pages from the Sync tab are loaded in current tab
• 738797 - Enable the in-content preferences by default

Bugs that need verification:

• 752197 - Make all dialogs windows in-content
• 993361 - A prompter ("|") appears in random places on Advanced tab for in-content preferences
• 752719 - Interaction redesign for in-content Preferences
• 993383 - A dialog window without title bar appears after pressing on some buttons for in-content preferences
• 1005029 - The icon ahead of "Desktop" from download location preference field isn't displayed on reload

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