What's the setting in prefs.js that controls whether Java is enabled or not? Not JavaScript but Java. I wanna toggle it's setting with a macro and toolbar button.

I think it be:

user_pref("security.enable_java", true);


Shelumi`El
Jordan

S.D.G

Thanks, it works now. Although it's strange that that pref only appears in prefs.js when java is disabled. When java is enabled, it disappears from the prefs.js file instead of showing it's set to true. But the toolbar toggled state button works fine.

http://home.attbi.com/~jsnj/layersicon.png

How are you determining if a custom button should be dead or not? Can you put macro code in the toolbars.cfg file? (What am I missing here?)...

That a really nice feature (java enable / disable button), BTW.


Shelumi`El
Jordan

S.D.G

Interesting. I thought you need to restart KM for java enable/disable settings to work.

I know that the setting does change because when I press the button, going back into prefences-general, the Enable Java check changes and as I mentioned above, the setting in prefs changes too. I haven't yet checked to see if it makes a difference in that current session whether java reacts or not. The Popup toggle button does have an effect on the current session, that I know. Thanks to Po for these macros.

In macros

buttonSync {
getpref(BOOL, "dom.disable_open_during_load") ? pluginmsg(toolbars, "CheckButton", "Tool Bar, macros(PBToggle), 1") : pluginmsg(toolbars, "CheckButton", "Tool Bar, macros(PBToggle), 0");
getpref(BOOL, "security.enable_java") ? pluginmsg(toolbars, "CheckButton", "Tool Bar, macros(java), 1") : pluginmsg(toolbars, "CheckButton", "Tool Bar, macros(java), 0");
}

PBToggle {
$tmp = (getpref(BOOL, "dom.disable_open_during_load") ? false : true);
setpref(BOOL, "dom.disable_open_during_load", $tmp);
statusbar("Popups " . ($tmp ? "BLOCKED" : "ALLOWED"));
&buttonSync;
}

java{
$tmp = (getpref(BOOL, "security.enable_java") ? false : true);
setpref(BOOL, "security.enable_java", $tmp);
statusbar("Java " . ($tmp ? "ENABLED" : "DISABLED"));
&buttonSync;
}

OnStartup{
&buttonSync;
}

In Toolbars

Popup Button {
macros(PBToggle)
Block or Allow Popups
toolcold.bmp[7]
tooldead.bmp[7]
tooldead.bmp[7]
}
Java{
macros(java)
Enable or Disable Java
javahot.bmp
javacold.bmp
javacold.bmp
}

Just checked. Works perfectly. It had an immediate effect on the current session.
On a related issue, does anyone know how to get rid of the java icon that appears in the taskbar once you've left a site that uses java? It only disappears when you close the browser regardless of whether you need it or not. It's not a KM specific issue, but I just wondered if it was possible to get rid of that thing that hogs resources when I don't need it anymore.

Ahhh, very interesting... Thanks for the info!


Shelumi`El
Jordan

S.D.G

Sorry, not taskbar but system tray

jsnj:

I think is is a setting in the control panel configuration applet for the JRE, or mabye you get to that settings dialog by right click...i can't recall...but one of those two ways, cause those are the only thing I know and mine is off somehow.

I tried fiddling with all the options presented in java via the control menu but to no avail and right-clicking the system tray icon is pretty much useless. That little icon remains until the browser is closed. Ah well, just a minor annoyance. But it's one of the main reasons I have that toggle button to prevent sites from calling java where I hadn't anticipated, because it forever remains visible once it's called.

On my version of Java -> 1.4.1_01, there is an option to 'not show' the icon in the systray - in the Control Panel applet... on the basic tab.

Nick

Oh ok thanks, I'll upgrade then. I'm still on 1.3.1_03