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WebView.SetPreferences

Sets WebView preferences parameters.

Component Version macOS Windows Linux Server FileMaker iOS SDK
WebView 2.2 ✅ Yes ❌ No ❌ No ❌ No ✅ Yes
MBS( "WebView.SetPreferences"; WebViewerRef; ParameterName; ParameterValue )   More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example
WebViewerRef Either the Web Viewer Object Name or the Web Viewer ID as returned by "WebView.FindByName" function. "web"
ParameterName The name of the parameter. isJavaEnabled
ParameterValue The value for the given parameter: A boolean value for allowsAnimatedImageLooping, allowsAnimatedImages, javaEnabled, javaScriptCanOpenWindowsAutomatically, javaScriptEnabled, loadsImagesAutomatically, plugInsEnabled, privateBrowsingEnabled, shouldPrintBackgrounds, tabsToLinks, userStyleSheetEnabled and usesPageCache. A number for cacheModel, defaultFixedFontSize, defaultFontSize, minimumFontSize or minimumLogicalFontSize. A string for cursiveFontFamily, defaultTextEncodingName, fantasyFontFamily, fixedFontFamily, sansSerifFontFamily, serifFontFamily or standardFontFamily. 0

Result

Returns OK or an error message.

Description

Sets WebView preferences parameters.
For WebKit 1.x you can pass empty WebViewerRef to access global preferences.

Available keys for WebKit 1.x (FileMaker till version 15 and WebView.Create): allowsAnimatedImageLooping, allowsAnimatedImages, cacheModel, cursiveFontFamily, defaultFixedFontSize, defaultFontSize, defaultTextEncodingName, fantasyFontFamily, fixedFontFamily, javaEnabled, javaScriptCanOpenWindowsAutomatically, javaScriptEnabled, loadsImagesAutomatically, minimumFontSize, minimumLogicalFontSize, plugInsEnabled, privateBrowsingEnabled, sansSerifFontFamily, serifFontFamily, shouldPrintBackgrounds, standardFontFamily, tabsToLinks, userStyleSheetEnabled or usesPageCache.

Available keys for WebKit 2.x (FileMaker 16): developerExtrasEnabled, logsPageMessagesToSystemConsoleEnabled, minimumFontSize, javaScriptEnabled, javaScriptCanOpenWindowsAutomatically, telephoneNumberDetectionIsEnabled, javaEnabled and plugInsEnabled.

New in version 10.2: mediaDevicesEnabled and mediaStreamEnabled to allow camera/microphone/screen access.
New in version 10.3: CrossOriginResourcePolicyEnabled and webSecurityEnabled to enable cross site scripting.

Please check WebKit documentation for details.

Examples

set print background option:

MBS("WebView.SetPreferences"; $WebViewerRef; "shouldPrintBackgrounds", 1)

Disables image loading:

MBS("WebView.SetPreferences"; $WebViewerRef; "loadsImagesAutomatically", 0)

Disable Java:

MBS("WebView.SetPreferences"; $WebViewerRef; "javaEnabled"; 0)

Disable Plugins:

MBS("WebView.SetPreferences"; $WebViewerRef; "plugInsEnabled"; 0)

Set developer extras enabled state for webviewer to show inspector:

Set Variable [$r; Value: MBS("WebView.SetPreferences"; "web"; "developerExtrasEnabled"; 1) ]

Enable file URLs:

Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("WebView.SetPreferences"; "web"; "allowFileAccessFromFileURLs"; 1)]

Disable web security:

MBS( "WebView.SetPreferences"; "web"; "webSecurityEnabled"; 0 )

Disable cross origin resource policy enabled:

MBS( "WebView.SetPreferences"; "web"; "CrossOriginResourcePolicyEnabled"; 1)

Enable console messages to Console.app:

Set Variable [ $r ; Value: MBS( "WebView.SetPreferences"; "web"; "logsPageMessagesToSystemConsoleEnabled"; 1 ) ]

Disable JavaScript:

MBS("WebView.SetPreferences"; $WebViewerRef; "javaScriptEnabled"; 0)

See also

Release notes

Example Databases

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Created 18th August 2014, last changed 19th January 2021


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