Konquefox

Discontinued

Due to the new WebExtension system of Firefox and its restrictions, Konquefox is discontinued and replaced by the simple "Go Up" button extension :

Go Up Button extension on Mozilla Firefox Add-ons Website

About Konquefox

Konquefox is an extension for Mozilla Firefox that adds 6 usefull buttons, for a better integration into Linux (and KDE) :

Clears the current url and set the focus on urlbar
Clears the current search field and set the focus on it
Go Up, step by step, to the root of the website or filesystem
, , Zoom buttons

This page also contains many other tricks found on various websites and forums to get a better integration of Firefox in KDE desktops (icons, styles and getting out of the inconsistent GTK file picker...)

How to ?

After download and install of Konquefox in Firefox, and then restarting Firefox :

Right-click on the Firefox buttons bar
Select "Personnalize..."
Choose the buttons you wish to add in the window that opens.

Download

Konquefox can now be downloaded directly from official Mozilla Add-Ons website :

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2671

You will get access automatically to new versions of Konquefox.

Tricks

Here are some tricks found on various websites and forums, to get Firefox better integrated in KDE desktops (to give it a "Konqueror" look'n feel)

How to get rid of the ugly file picker ?
How to get KDE style for Firefox ?
Where to get a KDE icon theme like for Firefox ?
How to get a better (KDE) printer dialog ?

How to get rid of the ugly file picker

If you are a KDE user, you certainly prefer the KDE/Qt style file picker :
KDE style filepicker

Firefox 2 and 3 : It's very simple. Enter "about:config" in the address bar, look for the "ui.allow_platform_file_picker" key and change its value to "false". A great thanks to Michele Dal Corso for this trick.

Firefox 1.5 : It's a little bit more complex !

Look for a file named nsFilePicker.js in the "components" folder of your firefox installation (usually in /usr/lib/firefox/components/ or /usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/components/). Open it with your favorite text editor (you'll probably need administrator rights), then localize the following lines :

function (compMgr, fileSpec, location, type)
{
    debug("registering (all right -- a JavaScript module!)");
    compMgr = compMgr.QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIComponentRegistrar);

    compMgr.registerFactoryLocation(FILEPICKER_CID,
                                    "FilePicker JS Component",
//@line 278 "/builds/tinderbox/Fx-Mozilla1.8.0....
                                    "",
//@line 280 "/builds/tinderbox/Fx-Mozilla1.8.0....
                                    fileSpec,
                                    location,
                                    type);
}

and replace the previous red line with this green one :

function (compMgr, fileSpec, location, type)
{
    debug("registering (all right -- a JavaScript module!)");
    compMgr = compMgr.QueryInterface(Components.interfaces.nsIComponentRegistrar);

    compMgr.registerFactoryLocation(FILEPICKER_CID,
                                    "FilePicker JS Component",
//@line 278 "/builds/tinderbox/Fx-Mozilla1.8.0....
                                    FILEPICKER_CONTRACTID,
//@line 280 "/builds/tinderbox/Fx-Mozilla1.8.0....
                                    fileSpec,
                                    location,
                                    type);
}

Important : to make this change take effect, you need to reset Firefox's chrome registry, which you can do by installing or disabling an extension, then restarting Firefox. Now, when you need to open or save a file, it should come up with the KDE/Qt style dialog, rather than the default GTK file dialogs.

How to get KDE style in Firefox

The simpliest way to get a KDE look'n feel in Firefox is probably to use the "gkt-qt-engine". You can probably get it from the package manager of you favorite distribution.

You can get more informations at FreeDesktop.org http://code.google.com/p/gtk-qt-engine.

Where to get a KDE icon theme like for Firefox

Firefox 2 : I recommand you the "KDEFF" theme, based on Crystal, created by jeroenvrp, available on www.kde-look.org. If you have problem to install the theme, download it and replace the ".jar" extension by ".xpi".
Firefox 1.5 : Try this one at www.kde-look.org, based on Crystal SVG: http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=32997. The author of Crystal icons is www.everaldo.com

If not available, you can find a local copy here : 32997-DefaultCrystal.xpi

How to get a better (KDE) printer dialog

To make Firefox use the KDE Printer Dialog (kprinter), look at this page : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=205050

History

2012-05-11 : Version 1.8.2 : New "Clear Search field" button, thanks to anonymous contribution.
2012-05-06 : Version 1.8.0 : Compatibility with Firefox 10 and newer.
2009-07-23 : Compatibility with Firefox 3.5. Website redesign.
2009-02-17 : Version 1.7.0 : New Oxygen icons (KDE 4), Compatibility with Firefox 3.1 beta 2, and new italian translations (thanks to Daniele Schiavo !)
2008-06-17 : Version 1.6.1 : Fix a regression in 1.6.0 (German translation is removed for the moment)
2008-05-21 : Version 1.6.0 : Compatibility with Firefox 3.0 rc 1 and newer, and new german translations (thanks to Erik Hahn !)
2008-03-08 : Version 1.5 : Compatibility with Firefox 3.0 beta 4
2008-03-03 : Version 1.4 : Compatibility with Firefox 3.0 beta 3
2006-10-30 : Version 1.3 : 3 new zoom buttons.
2006-10-09 : Version 1.2 : Compatibility with the new Firefox 2.
2006-09-23 : Version 1.1 : Small french translation changes.
2006-06-04 : Version 1.0 : First official release.

Contact

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