Browser

~~Translation~~The ~~pending.~~Browser package includes Chromium. Use the package to configure browser settings.

Configuration

Below, review the configuration options for the Browser application.

General Settings

Setting
Value
Description

Autostart

Yes

Disable

The browser'll start automatically after the system boots up.

Hide icon

Yes

Hide on desktop

Hide

Yes:

Hide the application icon

Hide on desktop:

Remove the icon from the desktop; it'll appear only in the MATE menu and Run dialog.

Show the application icon.

Show the application icon

Custom icon

File name

Here, assign a custom icon to the application.

Save the icon on the openthinclient server in the folder: <Manager-Home>/nfs/root/custom/icons

Use a file format that's supported. .png or .ico . Use a size of 32 × 32 or 64 × 64 px.

After closing the application

Leave settings unchanged

Restart the application.

Log out the user.

Restart the thin client

Shut down the thin client

Configure behavior after closing the application.

Reset settings at startup

Yes

No

The browser settings are reset to the values configured in the openthinclient Manager. Cookies, history, and user-defined settings are cleared.

Behavior

Setting
Value
Description

Start URL

Text

Enter a URL here that'll be automatically opened when the browser starts.

Example: https://openthinclient.com

Leave the field blank to disable this feature.

Built-in translation features

Enabled

Disabled

Show Home Button

Yes

Disable

PDF documents

Open in PDF viewer

Open in browser

Set whether PDF documents display in the browser or in an external PDF viewer.

Manual startup parameters

Text

Enter startup parameters for the browser here.

Example: --disable-notifications — Enables only essential notifications from websites.

Find a list of parameters here, among other places.

Reload Interval

Number

Reload the current page every X seconds.

Leave the field blank to disable this feature.

Open file types automatically

List

List of file types that are automatically opened upon download.

Example: png, txt, ods, pdf.

Leave the field blank to disable this feature.

Window

Setting
Value
Description

Start in full-screen mode

Yes

Disable

Launch the browser in full-screen mode.

Kiosk mode

Yes

Disable

Kiosk mode corresponds to the browser's F11 function. In this mode, the browser runs frameless and stays open and maximized.

Position

Position as required

First display (left)

Second display (right)

Manual position

Select the position of the browser window.

Position x-coordinate

Number

Window position horizontally in pixels.

Select Manual Position.

Position y-coordinate

Number

Window position in the vertical direction in pixels.

Select Manual Position.

Report

Setting
Value
Description

Google-hosted synchronization

Enabled

Disabled

Disable this option to stop data synchronization in Chromium with Google's own synchronization services.

Advanced Safe Browsing reports

Enabled

Disabled

Enabling this option sends system information and page content to Google servers to help detect dangerous apps and websites (Info Google Safe Browsing).

Network

Proxy

Setting
Value
Description

Type

Configure a direct connection.

Automatic proxy detection

Manual configuration

Proxy script

Automatic proxy detection:

Proxy settings are automatically detected via WPAD (Web Proxy Autodiscovery Protocol).

The WPAD implementation in Chromium supports DNS but not DHCP.

Manual configuration:

Under the Manual Settings menu item, enter your data in the Server and Port fields.

Proxy script:

URL path to the proxy script

Manual Settings

Setting
Value
Description

Server

Text

Hostname or IP address of the proxy server

Example: http://192.168.0.1

Port

Number

Port of the proxy server

Example: 9090

Configure direct connection for... (list of addresses)

Text

Comma-separated list of URLs without spaces

Use wildcards.

URL of the proxy script

Text

Enter a URL to a proxy script here

Example: http://192.168.0.1:4711/files/proxy.pac

Install browser certificates

To install additional certificates in the browser, place them in the following folder:

<Manager-Home>/nfs/root/custom/browser-ssl-certs

The browser imports the certificates at startup. Note, it treats all certificates as root CA certificates.