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    How To: Firefox KDE Integration

    I'm posting this partly because I think I have collected some neat tools over the last couple of month, and partly in the hope that others may contribute stuff that I have not found yet.
    In the end I hope this thread will help new users to KDE-fy Firefox' look and feel.

    So here are is what I have:

    First of all, for general KDE/GTK+ integration, I'm using the Oxygene-Molecule package which can be downloaded here: http://kde-look.org/content/show.php...content=103741
    Imho this theme has a better visual integration than the usually recommended qt-curve theme.

    To get Dolphin in the file-picker dialog, install the package "kmozillahelper" from the standard repositories, I believe. (set the filepicker-variable in about:config in Firefox to default)

    Now install the (relatively recent) Oxygene KDE theme for Firefox, and install the following add-ons:
    Xclear (to clear the address line, like in other KDE apps)
    PlasmaNotify (to redirect Firefox notifications to Plasma notifications)
    Konquefox (gives you some more standard KDE buttons for your tool bar)

    There is also a "KDE Wallet Password Integration" add-on, but it is a beta version and it did not work for me. If you can figure out how to make it work, please post! But a word of caution: when I tried it, it deleted all my saved passwords in Firefox! Fortunately I backed up everything before I started experimenting.

    If you know some more packages, add-ons, themes etc. that make Firefox feel and look more like a true KDE app, please post!

    One more thing: I'm using the unbranded version of Firefox, "A Browser" (in repos); the icon fits nicely into KDE.

    Chopstick

    P/S Admins feel free to move this post if you think it should be in a different category.



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    Re: How To: Firefox KDE Integration

    On a related note, does anyone know how to make Dolphin use the mouse buttons for navigating back and forth, the way Firefox (and most other GTK apps) does? Currently the third mouse button only highlights stuff in Dolphin, but I would much rather use it for going back, like in Firefox. It seems you can't change the function of mouse buttons at all in Dolphin/KDE?!

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      Re: How To: Firefox KDE Integration

      You may want to check this to see whether there is anything useful in there:

      http://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f...17786#pid22440
      Once your problem is solved please mark the topic of the first post as SOLVED so others know and can benefit from your experience! / FAQ

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        Re: How To: Firefox KDE Integration

        Thanks for the link Toad!

        The Firefox theme is the same (Oxygene KDE), as GTK theme I prefer Oxygen-Molecule over qtcurves.

        I shall look into the Flashgot/wget-thing; currently I'm using DownThemAll as download manager.
        What would be the advantage of using Flashgot/wget?

        Apart from that I did not find anything new, but I may have overlooked something... the thread is very long...

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          Re: How To: Firefox KDE Integration

          The thread is very long, aye... But all the important stuff is in the first post.

          Advantage of flashgot is that you can have kget as your download manager - but I don't know about downthemall, it may have the same functionality.
          Once your problem is solved please mark the topic of the first post as SOLVED so others know and can benefit from your experience! / FAQ

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            Re: How To: Firefox KDE Integration

            downthemall is different than KGet. KGet is an external download manager, while downthemall is a download manager add-on for Firefox, so you can get a download manager in the browser itself instead of calling an external app.
            Most important laptop specs (this is my main computer, with Kubuntu on it):<br /><br />4096MB RAM (DDR2)<br />500GB Hard Disk<br />ATI Mobility Radeon 4570HD Videocard with 512MB GDDR3 RAM, up to 2280MB VRAM<br />Intel® Core™ 2 Duo-processor T6600<br /><br />OS: Kubuntu 10.10

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