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I am using Firefox for a Kiosk application. Can I disable the context menu and zooming?

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Trevor
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I am using Firefox for a Kiosk application on a large touch screen monitor. I would like to prevent users from interacting with the browser interface. Is there a way to do this? Disabling the context menu and zooming for touch gestures would prevent users from getting into a state where they are unable to use the application.

I am using Firefox for a Kiosk application on a large touch screen monitor. I would like to prevent users from interacting with the browser interface. Is there a way to do this? Disabling the context menu and zooming for touch gestures would prevent users from getting into a state where they are unable to use the application.

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hi TrevorTubbs, you can disable zooming in the browser with the method described at http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locking_preferences & locking those preferences: 

lockPref("toolkit.zoomManager.zoomValues"; "1");
lockPref("zoom.maxPercent"; 100);
lockPref("zoom.minPercent"; 100);

i'm not sure about disabling the context menu though...

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philipp
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hi TrevorTubbs, you can disable zooming in the browser with the method described at http://kb.mozillazine.org/Locking_preferences & locking those preferences: 

lockPref("toolkit.zoomManager.zoomValues"; "1");
lockPref("zoom.maxPercent"; 100);
lockPref("zoom.minPercent"; 100);

i'm not sure about disabling the context menu though...

cor-el
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You can lock browser.gesture prefs to an empty string to prevent them from working.

Note that the mozilla.cfg file needs to start with a comment line (\\) 

//
lockPref("toolkit.zoomManager.zoomValues", "1");
lockPref("zoom.maxPercent", 100);
lockPref("zoom.minPercent", 100);

Use a mozilla.cfg file in the Firefox program folder to lock prefs or specify new (default) values.

Place a local-settings.js file in the defaults\pref folder where also the channel-prefs.js file is located to specify using mozilla.cfg. 

pref("general.config.filename", "mozilla.cfg");
pref("general.config.obscure_value", 0);

These functions can be used in the mozilla.cfg file: 

defaultPref();	// set new default value
pref();		// set pref, allow changes in current session
lockPref();	// lock pref, disallow changes

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