Re: Firefox 1.5 won't load local files

im42n8 wrote:
> Yes, it works that way...not the point. I don't want to have to 
> necessarily search for a file in order to open it. I should be able to 
> feed FF a file and have FF display it directly!
> 
> If FF is closed, and I ask Dreamweaver (for example) to preview the file 
> using FF, FF will open and display the requested file.  However, if FF 
> is already open all I get is another instance of FF which displays the 
> home page.
> 
> If I've d/l an html file and I try to open it by hitting the "Open" 
> option from the Downloads manager, the same thing happens. Isn't there a 
> way to override this behavior?
> 
> It's a pain in the keister, when I'm trying to review a webpage I'm 
> working on, to have to search for the file in I've just modified. I just 
> want the application to feed FF and have FF display it!
> 
> It's a real pain when the help file for an application is a html-based 
> file. Instead of the help file opening up I get another instance of FF 
> displaying the home page!
> 
> That's NFG!
> 
> Dale
> 
> gwtc wrote:
>> im42n8 wrote:
>>
>>> I recently upgraded to FF 1.5.
>>>
>>> The problem is I can't get it to read an html file passed to it from 
>>> another application.
>>>
>>> For instance, FF is identified as my primary browser in Dreamweaver. 
>>> When I want to view the page I've been working on I hit f12 and it's 
>>> s'posed to load in FF. Doesn't happen. Instead, FF opens a new window 
>>> with the default webpage instead of the file I was expecting.
>>>
>>> In another case, an applications' help files are HTML. Hitting the 
>>> "Help" key results in FF loading a new window with the default/home 
>>> page instead of the help file I was expecting.
>>>
>>> If I d/l a an HTML file and I hit the OPEN option in the download 
>>> manager, FF loads the home page again.
>>>
>>> I created a 'user.js' file with the following:
>>>
>>> user_pref("capability.policy.policynames", "localfilelinks");
>>> user_pref("capability.policy.localfilelinks.checkloaduri.enabled", 
>>> "allAccess");
>>> user_pref("capability.policy.default.Window.open", "allAccess");
>>>
>>>
>>> So, how can I get FF to load the desired html file as requested?
>>>
>>> Thanx
>>>
>>> Dale
>> try saving it to your hard drive, then in FF use Open, File and open 
>> it that way.  Does this work?

Hm, I had never noticed it, but from here, F12 does nothing at all. 
That may be my keyboard though.

Clicking the Preview button, or File>>Preview in browser works fine 
here.  How do those preview options work for you?

Lee