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Why does have to keep profiles hidden in "about:profiles" like they're illegal to have. It's quite literally the 1 feature stopping me from using it over Vivaldi. That and vertical tabs, of (mastodon.social)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Why does @firefox have to keep profiles hidden in "about:profiles" like they're illegal to have. It's quite literally the 1 feature stopping me from using it over Vivaldi. That and vertical tabs, of course

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

Here's a tip to make using Firefox profiles easy.

go to about:profiles and create a profile. Let's call this one "better" because it has the Betterfox css added. (an example)
On Linux typing firefox in a terminal will launch the default profile. Typing firefox -p better will launch the "better" profile. If you're on OS X or Windows just find out what the equivalent command would be to execute the launch.
Go to wherever you need to in your operating system to create custom keyboard shortcuts. For me that's Settings > Keyboard > Keyboard Shortcuts > Custom Shortcuts. Create a new shortcut with the following information.

Name: Firefox profile better

Command: firefox -p better

Keys: enter the keys you want to use

How to choose keys;

My desktop environment uses super(windows) + b to launch the default browser, which happens to be Firefox. So for me it makes sense to use something like super + shift + b for consistency, and easy to remember. If you have a profile with Arkenfox css it could be super + shift + a. Regardless, try for a mnemenic and consistent solution.

Now whenever you want to launch a new instance of a Firefox profile just tap the keys you assigned.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This baffled me to no end, but the -P flag did the trick.

eg Win11: "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -P as a shortcut.

Got used to always start with profile picker.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

If you add -no-remote to the command, you can launch multiple profiles simultaneously. You don’t need that parameter on your main profile.

Example:

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -P [profile’s name] -no-remote

You can even make a shortcut to Firefox and put the command in. I have several icons launch profiles when I need them.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

@BlackPit holy shit 🤯