Preferences

Documentation

Preferences system

An introduction to using the preference system in Mozilla.

XUL School: Handling preferences

The XUL School tutorial chapter on preferences.

Mozilla preference reference

A reference guide to all Mozilla preferences; currently a work in progress.

A brief guide to Mozilla preferences

An introductory guide to where preferences are stored and other useful information about the core preference system.

Using preferences from application code

Firefox 6 introduced static functions for accessing preferences efficiently from within application code. This API is not available for add-ons, but if you're working on a Gecko application, this API is the preferred way to access preferences.

Mozilla networking preferences

A guide to key networking-related preferences.

Mozilla preferences for uber-geeks

A guide to preferences that only truly elite geeks should play with.

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Examples

Code snippets

Preference-related code snippets.

Adding preferences to an extension

How to add preferences to an existing extension.

Related Topics

• XUL, JavaScript, XPCOM, Extensions, Developing Mozilla