News (January 2010)
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Popup Allow
Version 0.2.6
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Description
Temporarily allows popup windows to be opened while the Caps Lock key or the Insert key is held down.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
1. Why don't you use Ctrl, Shift, or Alt as the allow key?
Firefox already makes use of all three modifier keys (Ctrl opens a link in a new tab, Shift opens a link in a new window, Alt downloads a link).
2. How do I change the popup allow key?
Go to Tools->Add-ons->Extensions->Popup Allow->Options, there you can add a custom allow key.
Contributors
- Kim Hunmin (Korean translation)
- Patrick Ruh (German translation, retired)
- andr3a of eXtenZilla.it (Italian translation)
- Team erweiterungen.de (German translation)
Release History
0.2.6
- Added support for Firefox 3 final.
0.2.5
- Added support for Firefox 2 final.
0.2.4
- Added compatibility with the latest nightlies (2006-03-17 and above).
0.2.3
- Fixed problems with the latest post-1.0 Firefox builds.
- Added an Italian (it-IT) locale, contributed by andr3a of eXtenZilla.it.
0.2.2
- Minor improvements to the custom key configuration dialog.
- Added a Korean (ko-KR) locale, contributed by Kim Hunmin.
- Added a German (de-DE) locale, contributed by Patrick Ruh.
0.2.1
- You can now set the custom allow key in the extension's Options dialog.
- The popup opener menu is no longer shown in newer builds (as these builds come with their own popup opener).
- Removed the automatic
install.rdfupdate link due to bandwidth constraints, from now on you'll have to manually check for updates.
0.2
- Added the ability to open blocked popups by clicking on the icon in the statusbar. Left click opens the blocked popup in a window (only on recent nightlies) and middle click opens the popup in a new tab. The popup whitelist controls are now available on the icon's context menu.
- The Insert key now disables popup blocking as well as the Caps Lock key.
- You can now create a custom allow key by setting the pref popupallow.allow_key to the numeric code of the key you want to use (all of the key codes can be found in nsIDOMKeyEvent.idl in the Mozilla source code).
0.1
- Initial Release.
Known Issues
- Clicking the blocked popup icon sometimes opens the wrong window, if anyone reproduces this problem please send me the full URL of the page it occured on.
- Popup Allow cannot open popups generated when a page is unloaded.
Comments
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I tried out different configurations and now I know the problem: I had to delete the following line in my user.js
user_pref("dom.disable_open_click_delay", 1000);
Now it works fine for me.
I see the key list on http://lxr.mozilla.org/mozilla/source/dom/public/idl/events/nsIDOMKeyEvent.idl but how can one change it to a key-combination? Say, oh, like alt-spacebar or ctrl-spacebar?
FourEightEight,
Currently this is not possible, I didn't bother adding support because Firefox already uses all the modifiers when you click on links so they are already "taken" (shift = new window, ctrl = new tab, alt = download).
If I were to set popupallow key to "number 1" (0x30) would "1" still "work" as a number when I hit "/" for fastfind?
Do you know the code for unshifted-tilde? (the other apostrophe) 0x29 ?
thanks
I think for now I'll try F2 (0x71). I hope that's not conflicting with something. It didn't appear to do anything.
Oh, thanks so much for Show Failed URL too!!
FourEightEight,
I can't think of any reason why setting the allow key to 1 should break fastfind, on the other hand when you hold 1 down to allow a popup it might start fastfind searching automatically (unless that feature was disabled) even though you don't want it.
p.s. I don't know about the other apostrophe, could it be this:
DOM_VK_BACK_QUOTE = 0xC0
p.p.s. Hopefully in the next version I'll have a setup window for this feature, so you just have to press the key and it stores it rather than searching through key codes :-)
I found this extension work some of time. For example on this web page:
http://www.dpreview.com/gallery/?gallery=sonycd300_samples/
Click on the original image link at the bottom (010225-1145-33.jpg) and a javascript alert box should appear. Now hold down the caps lock button while clicking on the OK button. It only sometimes works. Any idea why this is?
I'm running FireFox .9 final. Thanks for any help you can provide.
THANK YOU! I'm using this extension on FF 0.9 final on win98. I used both the caps lock, and the insert key...worked great on both. I don't notice a lag.
If you're able to find out what other keys you could use w/o conflicting other things and give options on which to use, I believe this extension should be included with Firefox.
I'd change mine to the shift, for I NEVER want new windows...but I'm worried that I might muck something up...so I tried F1 (0x70) key instead, as Dieter suggested. VERY happy now, thanks!
TalynOne,
I really don't know. Firefox doesn't even block that link on my computer, I don't have any idea why you are having problems on that page.
Oddly, the F1 method isn't working for me. I went to that popup tester listed on your poup counter extension and it still blocked them all. then i retried the site with Caps Lock held down instead, and 2 windows popped up. Any ideas what I might have done wrong?
I'm using Firefox 0.9.1.
I just looked at the about:config page and it shows the value for popup.allow_key as 112. Is this right or did I do something wrong?
I had the title of the integer wrong. Sorry for triple post. Anyway, it seems that this extension still isn't allowing all windows through. On the poup test page it only lets through 1 to 3 popups each time. Still, this is an insanely helpful extension and I thank you.
Soup4Brains,
There's currently a minor bug when multiple popups are opened at the same time (not all of them open up), I'll try to get around to fixing that sometime.
Why is this extension not listed at update.mozilla.org? I see that you have 10 extensions of which only 6 are listed at update.mozilla.org
Your extensions are great, but if they are not listed at update.mozilla.org they might be difficult to find for a lot of people
I am very new to Mozilla/ Firefox, I am looking for a safer browser than MS IE and feel that this might be it, if I can get easier access to legitimate pop ups. i have down loaded this extension and it will not work for me in any sight that I go to. What am I doing wrong?
Dana,
Do you have any third-party popup blockers that might be causing a problem? If you do try disabling them.
I am at http://www.kinetic.com.sg/k20035/launch.htm and I can see the popup icon on the bottom left of my status bar. When I right click on it, there is an "Open Blocked Popup" option which is greyed out. The other option which I can select is "Change popup settings for this site".
Am I suppose to be able to select "Open Blocked Popup" ??
Ray,
I really don't know, it works for me. Does it work on any site or is it just that site which fails?
Hi Pike! I think this extension is a great idea, but it dosn't work for me either. I use version 0.2 with Firefox 0.9.2 and I also use your Popup Count extension. OS: Windows XP Pro SP1
This happens on every page I am where the popup blocker blocs a window: I see the icon with the number at the bottom left of the screen. when I click it, nothing happens. when I right click the context menu with the opptions "Open Blocked Popup" and "Change Popup Setting for this Site" shows up. none of them is greyed out, but only the "Change Popup Setting for this Site" works.
I would realy appreciate it if you could work this problem out!
thanks and God bless! :)
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Daniel,
It works for me in 0.9, can you install any extensions, or is it just this one that doesn't work?