Advanced Preferences

This section describes how to use the Advanced preferences panel. If you are not already viewing the panel, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu (Mozilla menu on Mac OS X) and choose Preferences.
2. Click the Advanced category.

In this section:

Advanced

Scripts & Plug-ins

Keyboard Navigation

Cache

Proxies

HTTP Networking

Software Installation

Mouse Wheel

System

 

Advanced Preferences - Advanced

This section describes how to use the main Advanced preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu (Mozilla menu on Mac OS X) and choose Preferences.
2. Click the Advanced category.

The main Advanced preferences panel allows you to customize Java, FTP passwords, and Quick Launch:

 


Advanced Preferences - Scripts & Plug-ins

This section describes how to use the Scripts & Plug-ins preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu (Mozilla menu on Mac OS X) and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Advanced category, click Scripts & Plug-ins. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Advanced to expand the list.)


The Scripts & Plug-ins preferences panel allows you to control how JavaScript and plug-ins are used:

For more information about plug-ins, see Managing Different File Types.

 


Advanced Preferences - Keyboard Navigation

This section describes how to use the Keyboard Navigation preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu (Mozilla menu on Mac OS X) and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Advanced category, click Keyboard Navigation. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Advanced to expand the list.)


The Keyboard Navigation preferences panel allows you to control how you use the keyboard to navigate and search for text in web pages:

 


Advanced Preferences - Cache

This section describes how to use the Cache preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu (Mozilla menu on Mac OS X) and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Advanced category, click Cache. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Advanced to expand the list.)


The Cache preferences panel allows you to adjust the Mozilla memory and disk cache:

 


Advanced Preferences - Proxies

This section describes how to use the Proxies preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu (Mozilla menu on Mac OS X) and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Advanced category, click Proxies. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Advanced to expand the list.)


The Proxies preferences panel allows you to set up Mozilla to use a proxy:

Before you start: Ask your network administrator if you have a proxy configuration file or for the names and port numbers of the proxy.

 


Advanced Preferences - HTTP Networking

This section describes how to use the HTTP Networking preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu (Mozilla menu on Mac OS X) and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Advanced category, click HTTP Networking. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Advanced to expand the list.)


The HTTP Networking preferences panel is used to configure HTTP-based networking:

 


Advanced Preferences - Software Installation

This section describes how to use the Software Installation preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu (Mozilla menu on Mac OS X) and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Advanced category, click Software Installation. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Advanced to expand the list.)


The Software Installation preferences panel is used to enable software installation and update notification:

 


Advanced Preferences - Mouse Wheel

This section describes how to use the Mouse Wheel preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu (Mozilla menu on Mac OS X) and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Advanced category, click Mouse Wheel. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Advanced to expand the list.)


The Mouse Wheel preferences panel allows you to control how the mouse wheel on your mouse (in between your mouse buttons) is used in Mozilla:

 


Advanced Preferences - System

This section describes how to use the System preferences panel. If you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:

1. Open the Edit menu and choose Preferences.
2. Under the Advanced category, click System. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Advanced to expand the list.)

Note: The System preferences panel appears only on Windows-based platforms.


The System preferences panel allows you to specify what files and protocols are opened using Mozilla:

Tip: To make Mozilla the default browser easily, see Navigator Preferences - Navigator. Also select "Alert me if other application change these settings" to know when other programs become the default programs instead of Mozilla.


19 June 2002


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