Functions/GenXdev.Webbrowser/Approve-FirefoxDebugging.ps1
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################################################################################ <# .SYNOPSIS Configures Firefox's debugging and standalone app mode features. .DESCRIPTION Enables remote debugging and standalone app mode (SSB) capabilities in Firefox by modifying user preferences in the prefs.js file of all Firefox profile directories. This function updates or adds required debugging preferences to enable development tools and remote debugging while disabling connection prompts. .EXAMPLE Approve-FirefoxDebugging Enables remote debugging and SSB features across all Firefox profiles found in the current user's AppData directory. #> function Approve-FirefoxDebugging { [CmdletBinding()] [OutputType([void])] param() begin { # construct the path to firefox profiles using environment variables $profilesPath = Join-Path -Path $env:APPDATA -ChildPath "Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles" Write-Verbose "Searching for Firefox profiles in: $profilesPath" # define new preferences to be added to firefox configuration $newPrefs = @( 'user_pref("devtools.chrome.enabled", true);', 'user_pref("devtools.debugger.remote-enabled", true);', 'user_pref("devtools.debugger.prompt-connection", false);', 'user_pref("browser.ssb.enabled", true);' ) # define preference keys that need to be removed before adding new ones $prefsToFilter = @( '"browser.ssb.enabled"', '"devtools.chrome.enabled"', '"devtools.debugger.remote-enabled"', '"devtools.debugger.prompt-connection"' ) } process { try { # locate all firefox preference files recursively $prefFiles = Get-ChildItem -Path $profilesPath ` -Filter "prefs.js" ` -File ` -Recurse ` -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue foreach ($prefFile in $prefFiles) { Write-Verbose "Processing preferences file: $($prefFile.FullName)" # safely read existing preferences using system io $prefLines = [System.IO.File]::ReadAllLines($prefFile.FullName) # filter out existing debug/app-mode preferences $prefLines = $prefLines | Where-Object { $line = $_ -not ($prefsToFilter | Where-Object { $line.Contains($_) }) } # append new preferences to the filtered configuration $prefLines += $newPrefs # safely write updated preferences back to file [System.IO.File]::WriteAllLines($prefFile.FullName, $prefLines) Write-Verbose "Successfully updated preferences in: $($prefFile.FullName)" } } catch { Write-Error "Failed to update Firefox preferences: $_" throw } } end { } } ################################################################################ |