WebKit2.Settings¶

Subclasses:: None

Methods¶

Inherited:: GObject.Object (37)
Structs:: GObject.ObjectClass (5)

class	`font_size_to_pixels` (points)
class	`font_size_to_points` (pixels)
class	`get_all_features` ()
class	`get_development_features` ()
class	`get_experimental_features` ()
class	`new` ()
	`get_allow_file_access_from_file_urls` ()
	`get_allow_modal_dialogs` ()
	`get_allow_top_navigation_to_data_urls` ()
	`get_allow_universal_access_from_file_urls` ()
	`get_auto_load_images` ()
	`get_cursive_font_family` ()
	`get_default_charset` ()
	`get_default_font_family` ()
	`get_default_font_size` ()
	`get_default_monospace_font_size` ()
	`get_disable_web_security` ()
	`get_draw_compositing_indicators` ()
	`get_enable_accelerated_2d_canvas` ()
	`get_enable_back_forward_navigation_gestures` ()
	`get_enable_caret_browsing` ()
	`get_enable_developer_extras` ()
	`get_enable_dns_prefetching` ()
	`get_enable_encrypted_media` ()
	`get_enable_frame_flattening` ()
	`get_enable_fullscreen` ()
	`get_enable_html5_database` ()
	`get_enable_html5_local_storage` ()
	`get_enable_hyperlink_auditing` ()
	`get_enable_java` ()
	`get_enable_javascript` ()
	`get_enable_javascript_markup` ()
	`get_enable_media` ()
	`get_enable_media_capabilities` ()
	`get_enable_media_stream` ()
	`get_enable_mediasource` ()
	`get_enable_mock_capture_devices` ()
	`get_enable_offline_web_application_cache` ()
	`get_enable_page_cache` ()
	`get_enable_plugins` ()
	`get_enable_private_browsing` ()
	`get_enable_resizable_text_areas` ()
	`get_enable_site_specific_quirks` ()
	`get_enable_smooth_scrolling` ()
	`get_enable_spatial_navigation` ()
	`get_enable_tabs_to_links` ()
	`get_enable_webaudio` ()
	`get_enable_webgl` ()
	`get_enable_webrtc` ()
	`get_enable_write_console_messages_to_stdout` ()
	`get_enable_xss_auditor` ()
	`get_fantasy_font_family` ()
	`get_feature_enabled` (feature)
	`get_hardware_acceleration_policy` ()
	`get_javascript_can_access_clipboard` ()
	`get_javascript_can_open_windows_automatically` ()
	`get_load_icons_ignoring_image_load_setting` ()
	`get_media_content_types_requiring_hardware_support` ()
	`get_media_playback_allows_inline` ()
	`get_media_playback_requires_user_gesture` ()
	`get_minimum_font_size` ()
	`get_monospace_font_family` ()
	`get_pictograph_font_family` ()
	`get_print_backgrounds` ()
	`get_sans_serif_font_family` ()
	`get_serif_font_family` ()
	`get_user_agent` ()
	`get_zoom_text_only` ()
	`set_allow_file_access_from_file_urls` (allowed)
	`set_allow_modal_dialogs` (allowed)
	`set_allow_top_navigation_to_data_urls` (allowed)
	`set_allow_universal_access_from_file_urls` (allowed)
	`set_auto_load_images` (enabled)
	`set_cursive_font_family` (cursive_font_family)
	`set_default_charset` (default_charset)
	`set_default_font_family` (default_font_family)
	`set_default_font_size` (font_size)
	`set_default_monospace_font_size` (font_size)
	`set_disable_web_security` (disabled)
	`set_draw_compositing_indicators` (enabled)
	`set_enable_accelerated_2d_canvas` (enabled)
	`set_enable_back_forward_navigation_gestures` (enabled)
	`set_enable_caret_browsing` (enabled)
	`set_enable_developer_extras` (enabled)
	`set_enable_dns_prefetching` (enabled)
	`set_enable_encrypted_media` (enabled)
	`set_enable_frame_flattening` (enabled)
	`set_enable_fullscreen` (enabled)
	`set_enable_html5_database` (enabled)
	`set_enable_html5_local_storage` (enabled)
	`set_enable_hyperlink_auditing` (enabled)
	`set_enable_java` (enabled)
	`set_enable_javascript` (enabled)
	`set_enable_javascript_markup` (enabled)
	`set_enable_media` (enabled)
	`set_enable_media_capabilities` (enabled)
	`set_enable_media_stream` (enabled)
	`set_enable_mediasource` (enabled)
	`set_enable_mock_capture_devices` (enabled)
	`set_enable_offline_web_application_cache` (enabled)
	`set_enable_page_cache` (enabled)
	`set_enable_plugins` (enabled)
	`set_enable_private_browsing` (enabled)
	`set_enable_resizable_text_areas` (enabled)
	`set_enable_site_specific_quirks` (enabled)
	`set_enable_smooth_scrolling` (enabled)
	`set_enable_spatial_navigation` (enabled)
	`set_enable_tabs_to_links` (enabled)
	`set_enable_webaudio` (enabled)
	`set_enable_webgl` (enabled)
	`set_enable_webrtc` (enabled)
	`set_enable_write_console_messages_to_stdout` (enabled)
	`set_enable_xss_auditor` (enabled)
	`set_fantasy_font_family` (fantasy_font_family)
	`set_feature_enabled` (feature, enabled)
	`set_hardware_acceleration_policy` (policy)
	`set_javascript_can_access_clipboard` (enabled)
	`set_javascript_can_open_windows_automatically` (enabled)
	`set_load_icons_ignoring_image_load_setting` (enabled)
	`set_media_content_types_requiring_hardware_support` (content_types)
	`set_media_playback_allows_inline` (enabled)
	`set_media_playback_requires_user_gesture` (enabled)
	`set_minimum_font_size` (font_size)
	`set_monospace_font_family` (monospace_font_family)
	`set_pictograph_font_family` (pictograph_font_family)
	`set_print_backgrounds` (print_backgrounds)
	`set_sans_serif_font_family` (sans_serif_font_family)
	`set_serif_font_family` (serif_font_family)
	`set_user_agent` (user_agent)
	`set_user_agent_with_application_details` (application_name, application_version)
	`set_zoom_text_only` (zoom_text_only)

Virtual Methods¶

Inherited:: GObject.Object (7)

Properties¶

Name	Type	Flags	Short Description
`allow-file-access-from-file-urls`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether file access is allowed from file URLs.
`allow-modal-dialogs`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether it is possible to create modal dialogs
`allow-top-navigation-to-data-urls`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether or not top frame navigation is allowed to data URLs
`allow-universal-access-from-file-urls`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether or not universal access is allowed from the context of file scheme URLs
`auto-load-images`	`bool`	r/w/c	Load images automatically.
`cursive-font-family`	`str`	r/w/c	The font family used as the default for content using cursive font.
`default-charset`	`str`	r/w/c	The default text charset used when interpreting content with unspecified charset.
`default-font-family`	`str`	r/w/c	The font family to use as the default for content that does not specify a font.
`default-font-size`	`int`	r/w/c	The default font size used to display text.
`default-monospace-font-size`	`int`	r/w/c	The default font size used to display monospace text.
`disable-web-security`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether web security should be disabled.
`draw-compositing-indicators`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether to draw compositing borders and repaint counters
`enable-accelerated-2d-canvas`	`bool`	d/r/w/c	Whether to enable accelerated 2D canvas `deprecated`
`enable-back-forward-navigation-gestures`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether horizontal swipe gesture will trigger back-forward navigation
`enable-caret-browsing`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether to enable accessibility enhanced keyboard navigation
`enable-developer-extras`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether to enable developer extras
`enable-dns-prefetching`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether to enable DNS prefetching
`enable-encrypted-media`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether EncryptedMedia should be enabled.
`enable-frame-flattening`	`bool`	d/r/w/c	Whether to enable frame flattening. `deprecated`
`enable-fullscreen`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether to enable the Javascript Fullscreen API
`enable-html5-database`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether to enable HTML5 database support.
`enable-html5-local-storage`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether to enable HTML5 Local Storage support.
`enable-hyperlink-auditing`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether <a ping> should be able to send pings.
`enable-java`	`bool`	d/r/w/c	Whether Java support should be enabled. `deprecated`
`enable-javascript`	`bool`	r/w/c	Enable JavaScript.
`enable-javascript-markup`	`bool`	r/w/c	Enable JavaScript in document markup.
`enable-media`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether media content should be handled
`enable-media-capabilities`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether MediaCapabilities should be enabled.
`enable-media-stream`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether MediaStream content should be handled
`enable-mediasource`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether MediaSource should be enabled.
`enable-mock-capture-devices`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether we expose mock capture devices or not
`enable-offline-web-application-cache`	`bool`	d/r/w/c	Whether to enable offline web application cache. `deprecated`
`enable-page-cache`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether the page cache should be used
`enable-plugins`	`bool`	d/r/w/c	Enable embedded plugin objects. `deprecated`
`enable-private-browsing`	`bool`	d/r/w/c	Whether to enable private browsing `deprecated`
`enable-resizable-text-areas`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether to enable resizable text areas
`enable-site-specific-quirks`	`bool`	r/w/c	Enables the site-specific compatibility workarounds
`enable-smooth-scrolling`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether to enable smooth scrolling
`enable-spatial-navigation`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether to enable Spatial Navigation support.
`enable-tabs-to-links`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether to enable tabs to links
`enable-webaudio`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether WebAudio content should be handled
`enable-webgl`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether WebGL content should be rendered
`enable-webrtc`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether WebRTC content should be handled
`enable-write-console-messages-to-stdout`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether to write console messages on stdout
`enable-xss-auditor`	`bool`	d/r/w/c	Whether to enable the XSS auditor. `deprecated`
`fantasy-font-family`	`str`	r/w/c	The font family used as the default for content using fantasy font.
`hardware-acceleration-policy`	`WebKit2.HardwareAccelerationPolicy`	r/w/c	The policy to decide how to enable and disable hardware acceleration
`javascript-can-access-clipboard`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether JavaScript can access Clipboard
`javascript-can-open-windows-automatically`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether JavaScript can open windows automatically.
`load-icons-ignoring-image-load-setting`	`bool`	d/r/w/c	Whether to load site icons ignoring image load setting. `deprecated`
`media-content-types-requiring-hardware-support`	`str`	r/w/c	List of media content types requiring hardware support.
`media-playback-allows-inline`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether media playback allows inline
`media-playback-requires-user-gesture`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether media playback requires user gesture
`minimum-font-size`	`int`	r/w/c	The minimum font size used to display text.
`monospace-font-family`	`str`	r/w/c	The font family used as the default for content using monospace font.
`pictograph-font-family`	`str`	r/w/c	The font family used as the default for content using pictograph font.
`print-backgrounds`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether background images should be drawn during printing
`sans-serif-font-family`	`str`	r/w/c	The font family used as the default for content using sans-serif font.
`serif-font-family`	`str`	r/w/c	The font family used as the default for content using serif font.
`user-agent`	`str`	r/w/c	The user agent string
`zoom-text-only`	`bool`	r/w/c	Whether zoom level of web view changes only the text size

Signals¶

Inherited:: GObject.Object (1)

Fields¶

Inherited:: GObject.Object (1)

Name	Type	Access	Description
parent	`GObject.Object`	r

Class Details¶

class WebKit2.Settings(**kwargs)¶

Bases:: GObject.Object
Abstract:: No
Structure:: WebKit2.SettingsClass

Control the behaviour of a WebKit2.WebView.

WebKit2.Settings can be applied to a WebKit2.WebView to control text charset, color, font sizes, printing mode, script support, loading of images and various other things on a WebKit2.WebView. After creation, a WebKit2.Settings object contains default settings.

``c // Disable JavaScript WebKitSettings *settings = webkit_web_view_group_get_settings (my_view_group); webkit_settings_set_enable_javascript (settings, FALSE); ``

classmethod font_size_to_pixels(points)¶

Parameters:: points (int) – the font size in points to convert to pixels
Returns:: the equivalent font size in pixels.
Return type:: int

Convert points to the equivalent value in pixels.

Convert points to the equivalent value in pixels, based on the current screen DPI. Applications can use this function to convert font size values in points to font size values in pixels when setting the font size properties of WebKit2.Settings.

New in version 2.20.

classmethod font_size_to_points(pixels)¶

Parameters:: pixels (int) – the font size in pixels to convert to points
Returns:: the equivalent font size in points.
Return type:: int

Convert pixels to the equivalent value in points.

Convert pixels to the equivalent value in points, based on the current screen DPI. Applications can use this function to convert font size values in pixels to font size values in points when getting the font size properties of WebKit2.Settings.

New in version 2.20.

classmethod get_all_features()¶

Returns:: List of all features.
Return type:: WebKit2.FeatureList

Gets the list of all available WebKit features.

Features can be toggled with [method`Settings`.set_feature_enabled], and their current state determined with [method`Settings`.get_feature_enabled].

Note that most applications should use [func`Settings`.get_development_features] and [func`Settings`.get_experimental_features] instead.

New in version 2.42.

classmethod get_development_features()¶

Returns:: List of development features.
Return type:: WebKit2.FeatureList

Gets the list of available development WebKit features.

The returned features are a subset of those returned by [func`Settings`.get_all_features], and includes those which web and WebKit developers might find useful, but in general should *not* be exposed to end users; see [enum`FeatureStatus`] for more details.

New in version 2.42.

classmethod get_experimental_features()¶

Returns:: List of experimental features.
Return type:: WebKit2.FeatureList

Gets the list of available experimental WebKit features.

The returned features are a subset of those returned by [func`Settings`.get_all_features], and includes those which certain applications may want to expose to end users; see [enum`FeatureStatus`] for more details.

New in version 2.42.

classmethod new()¶

Returns:: a new WebKit2.Settings instance.
Return type:: WebKit2.Settings

Creates a new WebKit2.Settings instance with default values.

It must be manually attached to a WebKit2.WebView. See also webkit_settings_new_with_settings().

get_allow_file_access_from_file_urls()¶

Returns:: True If file access from file URLs is allowed or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :allow-file-access-from-file-urls property.

New in version 2.10.

get_allow_modal_dialogs()¶

Returns:: True if it’s allowed to create and run modal dialogs or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :allow-modal-dialogs property.

get_allow_top_navigation_to_data_urls()¶

Returns:: True If navigation to data URLs from the top frame is allowed or False\ otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :allow-top-navigation-to-data-urls property.

New in version 2.28.

get_allow_universal_access_from_file_urls()¶

Returns:: True If universal access from file URLs is allowed or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :allow-universal-access-from-file-urls property.

New in version 2.14.

get_auto_load_images()¶

Returns:: True If auto loading of images is enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :auto-load-images property.

get_cursive_font_family()¶

Returns:: The default font family used to display content marked with cursive font.
Return type:: str

Gets the WebKit2.Settings :cursive-font-family property.

get_default_charset()¶

Returns:: Default charset.
Return type:: str

Gets the WebKit2.Settings :default-charset property.

get_default_font_family()¶

Returns:: The default font family used to display content that does not specify a font.
Return type:: str

Gets the WebKit2.Settings :default-font-family property.

get_default_font_size()¶

Returns:: The default font size, in pixels.
Return type:: int

Gets the WebKit2.Settings :default-font-size property.

get_default_monospace_font_size()¶

Returns:: Default monospace font size, in pixels.
Return type:: int

Gets the WebKit2.Settings :default-monospace-font-size property.

get_disable_web_security()¶

Returns:: True If web security support is disabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :disable-web-security property.

New in version 2.40.

get_draw_compositing_indicators()¶

Returns:: True If compositing borders are drawn or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :draw-compositing-indicators property.

get_enable_accelerated_2d_canvas()¶

Returns:: True if accelerated 2D canvas is enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-accelerated-2d-canvas property.

New in version 2.2.

Deprecated since version 2.32..

get_enable_back_forward_navigation_gestures()¶

Returns:: True if horizontal swipe gesture will trigger back-forward navigaiton or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-back-forward-navigation-gestures property.

New in version 2.24.

get_enable_caret_browsing()¶

Returns:: True If caret browsing is enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-caret-browsing property.

get_enable_developer_extras()¶

Returns:: True If developer extras is enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-developer-extras property.

get_enable_dns_prefetching()¶

Returns:: True If DNS prefetching is enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-dns-prefetching property.

get_enable_encrypted_media()¶

Returns:: True if EncryptedMedia support is enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-encrypted-media property.

New in version 2.20.

get_enable_frame_flattening()¶

Returns:: False
Return type:: bool

Frame flattening is no longer supported. This function returns False.

Deprecated since version 2.38.

get_enable_fullscreen()¶

Returns:: True If fullscreen support is enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-fullscreen property.

get_enable_html5_database()¶

Returns:: True if IndexedDB support is enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-html5-database property.

get_enable_html5_local_storage()¶

Returns:: True If HTML5 local storage support is enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-html5-local-storage property.

get_enable_hyperlink_auditing()¶

Returns:: True If hyper link auditing is enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-hyperlink-auditing property.

get_enable_java()¶

Returns:: False always.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-java property.

Deprecated since version 2.38.: This function always returns False.

get_enable_javascript()¶

Returns:: True If JavaScript is enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-javascript property.

get_enable_javascript_markup()¶

Returns:: True if JavaScript markup is enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-javascript-markup property.

New in version 2.24.

get_enable_media()¶

Returns:: True if media support is enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-media property.

New in version 2.26.

get_enable_media_capabilities()¶

Returns:: True if MediaCapabilities support is enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-media-capabilities property.

New in version 2.22.

get_enable_media_stream()¶

Returns:: True If mediastream support is enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-media-stream property.

New in version 2.4.

get_enable_mediasource()¶

Returns:: True If MediaSource support is enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-mediasource property.

New in version 2.4.

get_enable_mock_capture_devices()¶

Returns:: True If mock capture devices is enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-mock-capture-devices property.

New in version 2.24.

get_enable_offline_web_application_cache()¶

Returns:: False.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-offline-web-application-cache property.

Deprecated since version 2.44.

get_enable_page_cache()¶

Returns:: True if page cache enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-page-cache property.

get_enable_plugins()¶

Returns:: True If plugins are enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-plugins property.

Deprecated since version 2.32.

get_enable_private_browsing()¶

Returns:: True If private browsing is enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-private-browsing property.

Deprecated since version 2.16.: Use WebKit2.WebView :is-ephemeral or WebKit2.WebContext :is-ephemeral instead.

get_enable_resizable_text_areas()¶

Returns:: True If text areas can be resized or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-resizable-text-areas property.

get_enable_site_specific_quirks()¶

Returns:: True if site specific quirks are enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-site-specific-quirks property.

get_enable_smooth_scrolling()¶

Returns:: True if smooth scrolling is enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-smooth-scrolling property.

get_enable_spatial_navigation()¶

Returns:: True If HTML5 spatial navigation support is enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-spatial-navigation property.

New in version 2.2.

get_enable_tabs_to_links()¶

Returns:: True If tabs to link is enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-tabs-to-links property.

get_enable_webaudio()¶

Returns:: True If webaudio support is enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-webaudio property.

get_enable_webgl()¶

Returns:: True If WebGL support is enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-webgl property.

get_enable_webrtc()¶

Returns:: True If WebRTC support is enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the [property`Settings`:py:data::enable-webrtc<WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_webrtc>] property.

New in version 2.38.

get_enable_write_console_messages_to_stdout()¶

Returns:: True if writing console messages to stdout is enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :enable-write-console-messages-to-stdout property.

New in version 2.2.

get_enable_xss_auditor()¶

Returns:: False
Return type:: bool

The XSS auditor has been removed. This function returns False.

Deprecated since version 2.38.: This function does nothing.

get_fantasy_font_family()¶

Returns:: The default font family used to display content marked with fantasy font.
Return type:: str

Gets the WebKit2.Settings :fantasy-font-family property.

get_feature_enabled(feature)¶

Parameters:: feature (WebKit2.Feature) – the feature to toggle.
Returns:: Whether the feature is enabled.
Return type:: bool

Gets whether a feature is enabled.

New in version 2.42.

get_hardware_acceleration_policy()¶

Returns:: a WebKit2.HardwareAccelerationPolicy
Return type:: WebKit2.HardwareAccelerationPolicy

Get the WebKit2.Settings :hardware-acceleration-policy property.

New in version 2.16.

get_javascript_can_access_clipboard()¶

Returns:: True If javascript-can-access-clipboard is enabled or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :javascript-can-access-clipboard property.

get_javascript_can_open_windows_automatically()¶

Returns:: True If JavaScript can open window automatically or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :javascript-can-open-windows-automatically property.

get_load_icons_ignoring_image_load_setting()¶

Returns:: False
Return type:: bool

Setting no longer supported. This function returns False.

Deprecated since version 2.42.

get_media_content_types_requiring_hardware_support()¶

Returns:: Media content types requiring hardware support, or None.
Return type:: str

Gets the WebKit2.Settings :media-content-types-requiring-hardware-support property.

New in version 2.30.

get_media_playback_allows_inline()¶

Returns:: True If inline playback is allowed for media or False if only fullscreen playback is allowed.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :media-playback-allows-inline property.

get_media_playback_requires_user_gesture()¶

Returns:: True If an user gesture is needed to play or load media or False if no user gesture is needed.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :media-playback-requires-user-gesture property.

get_minimum_font_size()¶

Returns:: Minimum font size, in pixels.
Return type:: int

Gets the WebKit2.Settings :minimum-font-size property.

get_monospace_font_family()¶

Returns:: Default font family used to display content marked with monospace font.
Return type:: str

Gets the WebKit2.Settings :monospace-font-family property.

get_pictograph_font_family()¶

Returns:: The default font family used to display content marked with pictograph font.
Return type:: str

Gets the WebKit2.Settings :pictograph-font-family property.

get_print_backgrounds()¶

Returns:: True If background images should be printed or False otherwise.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :print-backgrounds property.

get_sans_serif_font_family()¶

Returns:: The default font family used to display content marked with sans-serif font.
Return type:: str

Gets the WebKit2.Settings :sans-serif-font-family property.

get_serif_font_family()¶

Returns:: The default font family used to display content marked with serif font.
Return type:: str

Gets the WebKit2.Settings :serif-font-family property.

get_user_agent()¶

Returns:: The current value of the user-agent property.
Return type:: str

Get the WebKit2.Settings :user-agent property.

get_zoom_text_only()¶

Returns:: True If zoom level of the view should only affect the text or False if all view contents should be scaled.
Return type:: bool

Get the WebKit2.Settings :zoom-text-only property.

set_allow_file_access_from_file_urls(allowed)¶

Parameters:: allowed (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :allow-file-access-from-file-urls property.

New in version 2.10.

set_allow_modal_dialogs(allowed)¶

Parameters:: allowed (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :allow-modal-dialogs property.

set_allow_top_navigation_to_data_urls(allowed)¶

Parameters:: allowed (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :allow-top-navigation-to-data-urls property.

New in version 2.28.

set_allow_universal_access_from_file_urls(allowed)¶

Parameters:: allowed (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :allow-universal-access-from-file-urls property.

New in version 2.14.

set_auto_load_images(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :auto-load-images property.

set_cursive_font_family(cursive_font_family)¶

Parameters:: cursive_font_family (str) – the new default cursive font family

Set the WebKit2.Settings :cursive-font-family property.

set_default_charset(default_charset)¶

Parameters:: default_charset (str) – default charset to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :default-charset property.

set_default_font_family(default_font_family)¶

Parameters:: default_font_family (str) – the new default font family

Set the WebKit2.Settings :default-font-family property.

set_default_font_size(font_size)¶

Parameters:: font_size (int) – default font size to be set in pixels

Set the WebKit2.Settings :default-font-size property.

set_default_monospace_font_size(font_size)¶

Parameters:: font_size (int) – default monospace font size to be set in pixels

Set the WebKit2.Settings :default-monospace-font-size property.

set_disable_web_security(disabled)¶

Parameters:: disabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :disable-web-security property.

New in version 2.40.

set_draw_compositing_indicators(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :draw-compositing-indicators property.

set_enable_accelerated_2d_canvas(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-accelerated-2d-canvas property.

New in version 2.2.

Deprecated since version 2.32..

set_enable_back_forward_navigation_gestures(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-back-forward-navigation-gestures property.

New in version 2.24.

set_enable_caret_browsing(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-caret-browsing property.

set_enable_developer_extras(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-developer-extras property.

set_enable_dns_prefetching(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-dns-prefetching property.

set_enable_encrypted_media(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-encrypted-media property.

New in version 2.20.

set_enable_frame_flattening(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Frame flattening is no longer supported. This function does nothing.

Deprecated since version 2.38.

set_enable_fullscreen(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-fullscreen property.

set_enable_html5_database(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-html5-database property.

set_enable_html5_local_storage(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-html5-local-storage property.

set_enable_hyperlink_auditing(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-hyperlink-auditing property.

set_enable_java(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-java property.

Deprecated function that does nothing.

Deprecated since version 2.38.: This function does nothing.

set_enable_javascript(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-javascript property.

set_enable_javascript_markup(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-javascript-markup property.

New in version 2.24.

set_enable_media(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-media property.

New in version 2.26.

set_enable_media_capabilities(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-media-capabilities property.

New in version 2.22.

set_enable_media_stream(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-media-stream property.

New in version 2.4.

set_enable_mediasource(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-mediasource property.

New in version 2.4.

set_enable_mock_capture_devices(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-mock-capture-devices property.

New in version 2.4.

set_enable_offline_web_application_cache(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Setting no longer supported. This function does nothing.

Deprecated since version 2.44.

set_enable_page_cache(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-page-cache property.

set_enable_plugins(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-plugins property.

Deprecated since version 2.32.

set_enable_private_browsing(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-private-browsing property.

Deprecated since version 2.16.: Use WebKit2.WebView :is-ephemeral or WebKit2.WebContext :is-ephemeral instead.

set_enable_resizable_text_areas(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-resizable-text-areas property.

set_enable_site_specific_quirks(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-site-specific-quirks property.

set_enable_smooth_scrolling(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-smooth-scrolling property.

set_enable_spatial_navigation(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-spatial-navigation property.

New in version 2.2.

set_enable_tabs_to_links(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-tabs-to-links property.

set_enable_webaudio(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-webaudio property.

set_enable_webgl(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-webgl property.

set_enable_webrtc(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the [property`Settings`:py:data::enable-webrtc<WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_webrtc>] property.

Setting this property to True implies the media-stream web-setting will also be enabled.

New in version 2.38.

set_enable_write_console_messages_to_stdout(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :enable-write-console-messages-to-stdout property.

New in version 2.2.

set_enable_xss_auditor(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

The XSS auditor has been removed. This function does nothing.

Deprecated since version 2.38.: This function does nothing.

set_fantasy_font_family(fantasy_font_family)¶

Parameters:: fantasy_font_family (str) – the new default fantasy font family

Set the WebKit2.Settings :fantasy-font-family property.

set_feature_enabled(feature, enabled)¶

Parameters:

feature (WebKit2.Feature) – the feature to toggle.
enabled (bool) – whether the feature will be enabled.

Enables or disables a feature.

The current status of the feature can be determined with [id`webkit_settings_get_feature_enabled`]. To reset a feature to its initial status, pass the value returned by [id`webkit_feature_get_default_value`] as the enabled parameter.

New in version 2.42.

set_hardware_acceleration_policy(policy)¶

Parameters:: policy (WebKit2.HardwareAccelerationPolicy) – a WebKit2.HardwareAccelerationPolicy

Set the WebKit2.Settings :hardware-acceleration-policy property.

New in version 2.16.

set_javascript_can_access_clipboard(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :javascript-can-access-clipboard property.

set_javascript_can_open_windows_automatically(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :javascript-can-open-windows-automatically property.

set_load_icons_ignoring_image_load_setting(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Setting no longer supported. This function does nothing.

Deprecated since version 2.42.

set_media_content_types_requiring_hardware_support(content_types)¶

Parameters:: content_types (str or None) – list of media content types requiring hardware support split by semicolons (:) or None to use the default value.

Set the WebKit2.Settings :media-content-types-requiring-hardware-support property.

New in version 2.30.

set_media_playback_allows_inline(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :media-playback-allows-inline property.

set_media_playback_requires_user_gesture(enabled)¶

Parameters:: enabled (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :media-playback-requires-user-gesture property.

set_minimum_font_size(font_size)¶

Parameters:: font_size (int) – minimum font size to be set in pixels

Set the WebKit2.Settings :minimum-font-size property.

set_monospace_font_family(monospace_font_family)¶

Parameters:: monospace_font_family (str) – the new default monospace font family

Set the WebKit2.Settings :monospace-font-family property.

set_pictograph_font_family(pictograph_font_family)¶

Parameters:: pictograph_font_family (str) – the new default pictograph font family

Set the WebKit2.Settings :pictograph-font-family property.

set_print_backgrounds(print_backgrounds)¶

Parameters:: print_backgrounds (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :print-backgrounds property.

set_sans_serif_font_family(sans_serif_font_family)¶

Parameters:: sans_serif_font_family (str) – the new default sans-serif font family

Set the WebKit2.Settings :sans-serif-font-family property.

set_serif_font_family(serif_font_family)¶

Parameters:: serif_font_family (str) – the new default serif font family

Set the WebKit2.Settings :serif-font-family property.

set_user_agent(user_agent)¶

Parameters:: user_agent (str or None) – The new custom user agent string or None to use the default user agent

Set the WebKit2.Settings :user-agent property.

set_user_agent_with_application_details(application_name, application_version)¶

Parameters:

application_name (str or None) – The application name used for the user agent or None to use the default user agent.
application_version (str or None) – The application version for the user agent or None to user the default version.

Set the WebKit2.Settings :user-agent property by appending the application details.

Set the WebKit2.Settings :user-agent property by appending the application details to the default user agent. If no application name or version is given, the default user agent used will be used. If only the version is given, the default engine version is used with the given application name.

set_zoom_text_only(zoom_text_only)¶

Parameters:: zoom_text_only (bool) – Value to be set

Set the WebKit2.Settings :zoom-text-only property.

Property Details¶

WebKit2.Settings.props.allow_file_access_from_file_urls¶

Name:: allow-file-access-from-file-urls
Type:: bool
Default Value:: False
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Whether file access is allowed from file URLs. By default, when something is loaded in a WebKit2.WebView using a file URI, cross origin requests to other file resources are not allowed. This setting allows you to change that behaviour, so that it would be possible to do a XMLHttpRequest of a local file, for example.

New in version 2.10.

WebKit2.Settings.props.allow_modal_dialogs¶

Name:: allow-modal-dialogs
Type:: bool
Default Value:: False
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Determine whether it’s allowed to create and run modal dialogs from a WebKit2.WebView through JavaScript with window.showModalDialog. If it’s set to False, the associated WebKit2.WebView won’t be able to create new modal dialogs, so not even the WebKit2.WebView ::create signal will be emitted.

WebKit2.Settings.props.allow_top_navigation_to_data_urls¶

Name:: allow-top-navigation-to-data-urls
Type:: bool
Default Value:: False
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Whether or not the top frame is allowed to navigate to data URLs. It is disabled by default due to the risk it poses when loading untrusted URLs, with data URLs being used in scamming and phishing attacks. In contrast, a scenario where it could be enabled could be an app that embeds a WebView and you have control of the pages being show instead of a generic browser.

New in version 2.28.

WebKit2.Settings.props.allow_universal_access_from_file_urls¶

Name:: allow-universal-access-from-file-urls
Type:: bool
Default Value:: False
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Whether or not JavaScript running in the context of a file scheme URL should be allowed to access content from any origin. By default, when something is loaded in a WebKit2.WebView using a file scheme URL, access to the local file system and arbitrary local storage is not allowed. This setting allows you to change that behaviour, so that it would be possible to use local storage, for example.

New in version 2.14.

WebKit2.Settings.props.auto_load_images¶

Name:: auto-load-images
Type:: bool
Default Value:: True
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Determines whether images should be automatically loaded or not. On devices where network bandwidth is of concern, it might be useful to turn this property off.

WebKit2.Settings.props.cursive_font_family¶

Name:: cursive-font-family
Type:: str
Default Value:: 'serif'
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

The font family used as the default for content using a cursive font.

WebKit2.Settings.props.default_charset¶

Name:: default-charset
Type:: str
Default Value:: 'iso-8859-1'
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

The default text charset used when interpreting content with an unspecified charset.

WebKit2.Settings.props.default_font_family¶

Name:: default-font-family
Type:: str
Default Value:: 'sans-serif'
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

The font family to use as the default for content that does not specify a font.

WebKit2.Settings.props.default_font_size¶

Name:: default-font-size
Type:: int
Default Value:: 16
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

The default font size in pixels to use for content displayed if no font size is specified.

WebKit2.Settings.props.default_monospace_font_size¶

Name:: default-monospace-font-size
Type:: int
Default Value:: 13
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

The default font size in pixels to use for content displayed in monospace font if no font size is specified.

WebKit2.Settings.props.disable_web_security¶

Name:: disable-web-security
Type:: bool
Default Value:: False
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Enable or disable support for Web Security on pages.

This setting disables the same-origin policy, allowing every website full control over all other websites. This is for use in special environments where you wish to disable all security and allow websites to hack each other. It is impossible to use this setting securely.

New in version 2.40.

WebKit2.Settings.props.draw_compositing_indicators¶

Name:: draw-compositing-indicators
Type:: bool
Default Value:: False
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Whether to draw compositing borders and repaint counters on layers drawn with accelerated compositing. This is useful for debugging issues related to web content that is composited with the GPU.

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_accelerated_2d_canvas¶

Name:: enable-accelerated-2d-canvas
Type:: bool
Default Value:: False
Flags:: DEPRECATED, READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Enable or disable accelerated 2D canvas. Accelerated 2D canvas is only available if WebKit was compiled with a version of Cairo including the unstable CairoGL API. When accelerated 2D canvas is enabled, WebKit may render some 2D canvas content using hardware accelerated drawing operations.

New in version 2.2.

Deprecated since version 2.32..

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_back_forward_navigation_gestures¶

Name:: enable-back-forward-navigation-gestures
Type:: bool
Default Value:: False
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Enable or disable horizontal swipe gesture for back-forward navigation.

New in version 2.24.

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_caret_browsing¶

Name:: enable-caret-browsing
Type:: bool
Default Value:: False
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Whether to enable accessibility enhanced keyboard navigation.

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_developer_extras¶

Name:: enable-developer-extras
Type:: bool
Default Value:: False
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Determines whether or not developer tools, such as the Web Inspector, are enabled.

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_dns_prefetching¶

Name:: enable-dns-prefetching
Type:: bool
Default Value:: False
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Determines whether or not to prefetch domain names. DNS prefetching attempts to resolve domain names before a user tries to follow a link.

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_encrypted_media¶

Name:: enable-encrypted-media
Type:: bool
Default Value:: False
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Enable or disable support for Encrypted Media API on pages. EncryptedMedia is an experimental JavaScript API for playing encrypted media in HTML. This property will only work as intended if the EncryptedMedia feature is enabled at build time with the ENABLE_ENCRYPTED_MEDIA flag.

See https://www.w3.org/TR/encrypted-media/

New in version 2.20.

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_frame_flattening¶

Name:: enable-frame-flattening
Type:: bool
Default Value:: False
Flags:: DEPRECATED, READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Frame flattening is no longer supported. This property does nothing.

Deprecated since version 2.38.

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_fullscreen¶

Name:: enable-fullscreen
Type:: bool
Default Value:: True
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Whether to enable the Javascript Fullscreen API. The API allows any HTML element to request fullscreen display. See also the current draft of the spec: http://www.w3.org/TR/fullscreen/

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_html5_database¶

Name:: enable-html5-database
Type:: bool
Default Value:: True
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Whether to enable HTML5 client-side SQL database support (IndexedDB).

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_html5_local_storage¶

Name:: enable-html5-local-storage
Type:: bool
Default Value:: True
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Whether to enable HTML5 local storage support. Local storage provides simple synchronous storage access.

HTML5 local storage specification is available at http://dev.w3.org/html5/webstorage/.

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_hyperlink_auditing¶

Name:: enable-hyperlink-auditing
Type:: bool
Default Value:: True
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Determines whether or not hyperlink auditing is enabled.

The hyperlink auditing specification is available at http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/links.html#hyperlink-auditing.

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_java¶

Name:: enable-java
Type:: bool
Default Value:: False
Flags:: DEPRECATED, READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Determines whether or not Java is enabled on the page.

Deprecated since version 2.38.

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_javascript¶

Name:: enable-javascript
Type:: bool
Default Value:: True
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Determines whether or not JavaScript executes within a page.

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_javascript_markup¶

Name:: enable-javascript-markup
Type:: bool
Default Value:: True
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Determines whether or not JavaScript markup is allowed in document. When this setting is disabled, all JavaScript-related elements and attributes are removed from the document during parsing. Note that executing JavaScript is still allowed if WebKit2.Settings :enable-javascript is True.

New in version 2.24.

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_media¶

Name:: enable-media
Type:: bool
Default Value:: True
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Enable or disable support for media playback on pages. This setting is enabled by default. Disabling it means <audio>, <track> and <video> elements will have playback support disabled.

New in version 2.26.

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_media_capabilities¶

Name:: enable-media-capabilities
Type:: bool
Default Value:: False
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Enable or disable support for MediaCapabilities on pages. This specification intends to provide APIs to allow websites to make an optimal decision when picking media content for the user. The APIs will expose information about the decoding and encoding capabilities for a given format but also output capabilities to find the best match based on the device’s display.

See also https://wicg.github.io/media-capabilities/

New in version 2.22.

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_media_stream¶

Name:: enable-media-stream
Type:: bool
Default Value:: False
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Enable or disable support for MediaStream on pages. MediaStream is an experimental proposal for allowing web pages to access audio and video devices for capture.

See also http://dev.w3.org/2011/webrtc/editor/getusermedia.html

New in version 2.4.

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_mediasource¶

Name:: enable-mediasource
Type:: bool
Default Value:: True
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Enable or disable support for MediaSource on pages. MediaSource extends HTMLMediaElement to allow JavaScript to generate media streams for playback.

See also http://www.w3.org/TR/media-source/

New in version 2.4.

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_mock_capture_devices¶

Name:: enable-mock-capture-devices
Type:: bool
Default Value:: False
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Enable or disable the Mock Capture Devices. Those are fake Microphone and Camera devices to be used as MediaStream sources.

New in version 2.24.

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_offline_web_application_cache¶

Name:: enable-offline-web-application-cache
Type:: bool
Default Value:: False
Flags:: DEPRECATED, READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Unsupported setting. This property does nothing.

Deprecated since version 2.44.

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_page_cache¶

Name:: enable-page-cache
Type:: bool
Default Value:: True
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Enable or disable the page cache. Disabling the page cache is generally only useful for special circumstances like low-memory scenarios or special purpose applications like static HTML viewers. This setting only controls the Page Cache, this cache is different than the disk-based or memory-based traditional resource caches, its point is to make going back and forth between pages much faster. For details about the different types of caches and their purposes see: http://webkit.org/blog/427/webkit-page-cache-i-the-basics/

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_plugins¶

Name:: enable-plugins
Type:: bool
Default Value:: False
Flags:: DEPRECATED, READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Determines whether or not plugins on the page are enabled.

Deprecated since version 2.32.

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_private_browsing¶

Name:: enable-private-browsing
Type:: bool
Default Value:: False
Flags:: DEPRECATED, READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Determines whether or not private browsing is enabled. Private browsing will disable history, cache and form auto-fill for any pages visited.

Deprecated since version 2.16.: Use WebKit2.WebView :is-ephemeral or WebKit2.WebsiteDataManager :is-ephemeral instead.

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_resizable_text_areas¶

Name:: enable-resizable-text-areas
Type:: bool
Default Value:: True
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Determines whether or not text areas can be resized.

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_site_specific_quirks¶

Name:: enable-site-specific-quirks
Type:: bool
Default Value:: True
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Whether to turn on site-specific quirks. Turning this on will tell WebKit to use some site-specific workarounds for better web compatibility. For example, older versions of MediaWiki will incorrectly send to WebKit a CSS file with KHTML workarounds. By turning on site-specific quirks, WebKit will special-case this and other cases to make some specific sites work.

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_smooth_scrolling¶

Name:: enable-smooth-scrolling
Type:: bool
Default Value:: True
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Enable or disable smooth scrolling.

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_spatial_navigation¶

Name:: enable-spatial-navigation
Type:: bool
Default Value:: False
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Whether to enable Spatial Navigation. This feature consists in the ability to navigate between focusable elements in a Web page, such as hyperlinks and form controls, by using Left, Right, Up and Down arrow keys. For example, if an user presses the Right key, heuristics determine whether there is an element they might be trying to reach towards the right, and if there are multiple elements, which element they probably wants.

New in version 2.4.

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_tabs_to_links¶

Name:: enable-tabs-to-links
Type:: bool
Default Value:: True
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Determines whether the tab key cycles through the elements on the page. When this setting is enabled, users will be able to focus the next element in the page by pressing the tab key. If the selected element is editable, then pressing tab key will insert the tab character.

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_webaudio¶

Name:: enable-webaudio
Type:: bool
Default Value:: True
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Enable or disable support for WebAudio on pages. WebAudio is an API for processing and synthesizing audio in web applications

See also https://webaudio.github.io/web-audio-api

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_webgl¶

Name:: enable-webgl
Type:: bool
Default Value:: True
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Enable or disable support for WebGL on pages. WebGL enables web content to use an API based on OpenGL ES 2.0.

WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_webrtc¶

Name:: enable-webrtc
Type:: bool
Default Value:: False
Flags:: READABLE, WRITABLE, CONSTRUCT

Enable WebRTC support for loaded pages.

Enabling this setting implies that [property`Settings`:py:data::enable-media-stream<WebKit2.Settings.props.enable_media_stream>] will be enabled as well.