webkit_settings_new ()

WebKitSettings *
webkit_settings_new (void);

Creates a new WebKitSettings instance with default values. It must be manually attached to a WebKitWebView. See also webkit_settings_new_with_settings().

webkit_settings_new_with_settings ()

WebKitSettings *
webkit_settings_new_with_settings (const gchar *first_setting_name,
                                   ...);

Creates a new WebKitSettings instance with the given settings. It must be manually attached to a WebKitWebView.

webkit_settings_get_auto_load_images ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_auto_load_images (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “auto-load-images” property.

webkit_settings_set_auto_load_images ()

void
webkit_settings_set_auto_load_images (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                      gboolean enabled);

Set the “auto-load-images” property.

webkit_settings_get_enable_frame_flattening ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_enable_frame_flattening
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “enable-frame-flattening” property.

webkit_settings_set_enable_frame_flattening ()

void
webkit_settings_set_enable_frame_flattening
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean enabled);

Set the “enable-frame-flattening” property.

webkit_settings_get_enable_html5_database ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_enable_html5_database
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “enable-html5-database” property.

webkit_settings_set_enable_html5_database ()

void
webkit_settings_set_enable_html5_database
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean enabled);

Set the “enable-html5-database” property.

webkit_settings_get_enable_html5_local_storage ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_enable_html5_local_storage
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “enable-html5-local-storage” property.

webkit_settings_set_enable_html5_local_storage ()

void
webkit_settings_set_enable_html5_local_storage
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean enabled);

Set the “enable-html5-local-storage” property.

webkit_settings_get_enable_hyperlink_auditing ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_enable_hyperlink_auditing
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “enable-hyperlink-auditing” property.

webkit_settings_set_enable_hyperlink_auditing ()

void
webkit_settings_set_enable_hyperlink_auditing
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean enabled);

Set the “enable-hyperlink-auditing” property.

webkit_settings_get_enable_java ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_enable_java (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “enable-java” property.

webkit_settings_set_enable_java ()

void
webkit_settings_set_enable_java (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                 gboolean enabled);

Set the “enable-java” property.

webkit_settings_get_enable_javascript ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_enable_javascript (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “enable-javascript” property.

webkit_settings_set_enable_javascript ()

void
webkit_settings_set_enable_javascript (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                       gboolean enabled);

Set the “enable-javascript” property.

webkit_settings_get_enable_offline_web_application_cache ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_enable_offline_web_application_cache
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “enable-offline-web-application-cache” property.

webkit_settings_set_enable_offline_web_application_cache ()

void
webkit_settings_set_enable_offline_web_application_cache
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean enabled);

Set the “enable-offline-web-application-cache” property.

webkit_settings_get_enable_plugins ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_enable_plugins (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “enable-plugins” property.

webkit_settings_set_enable_plugins ()

void
webkit_settings_set_enable_plugins (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                    gboolean enabled);

Set the “enable-plugins” property.

webkit_settings_get_enable_xss_auditor ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_enable_xss_auditor
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “enable-xss-auditor” property.

webkit_settings_set_enable_xss_auditor ()

void
webkit_settings_set_enable_xss_auditor
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean enabled);

Set the “enable-xss-auditor” property.

webkit_settings_get_javascript_can_open_windows_automatically ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_javascript_can_open_windows_automatically
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “javascript-can-open-windows-automatically” property.

webkit_settings_set_javascript_can_open_windows_automatically ()

void
webkit_settings_set_javascript_can_open_windows_automatically
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean enabled);

Set the “javascript-can-open-windows-automatically” property.

webkit_settings_get_load_icons_ignoring_image_load_setting ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_load_icons_ignoring_image_load_setting
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “load-icons-ignoring-image-load-setting” property.

webkit_settings_set_load_icons_ignoring_image_load_setting ()

void
webkit_settings_set_load_icons_ignoring_image_load_setting
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean enabled);

Set the “load-icons-ignoring-image-load-setting” property.

webkit_settings_get_default_font_family ()

const gchar *
webkit_settings_get_default_font_family
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

webkit_settings_set_default_font_family ()

void
webkit_settings_set_default_font_family
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                const gchar *default_font_family);

Set the “default-font-family” property.

webkit_settings_get_monospace_font_family ()

const gchar *
webkit_settings_get_monospace_font_family
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Gets the “monospace-font-family” property.

webkit_settings_set_monospace_font_family ()

void
webkit_settings_set_monospace_font_family
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                const gchar *monospace_font_family);

Set the “monospace-font-family” property.

webkit_settings_get_serif_font_family ()

const gchar *
webkit_settings_get_serif_font_family (WebKitSettings *settings);

Gets the “serif-font-family” property.

webkit_settings_set_serif_font_family ()

void
webkit_settings_set_serif_font_family (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                       const gchar *serif_font_family);

Set the “serif-font-family” property.

webkit_settings_get_sans_serif_font_family ()

const gchar *
webkit_settings_get_sans_serif_font_family
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Gets the “sans-serif-font-family” property.

webkit_settings_set_sans_serif_font_family ()

void
webkit_settings_set_sans_serif_font_family
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                const gchar *sans_serif_font_family);

Set the “sans-serif-font-family” property.

webkit_settings_get_cursive_font_family ()

const gchar *
webkit_settings_get_cursive_font_family
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Gets the “cursive-font-family” property.

webkit_settings_set_cursive_font_family ()

void
webkit_settings_set_cursive_font_family
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                const gchar *cursive_font_family);

Set the “cursive-font-family” property.

webkit_settings_get_fantasy_font_family ()

const gchar *
webkit_settings_get_fantasy_font_family
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Gets the “fantasy-font-family” property.

webkit_settings_set_fantasy_font_family ()

void
webkit_settings_set_fantasy_font_family
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                const gchar *fantasy_font_family);

Set the “fantasy-font-family” property.

webkit_settings_get_pictograph_font_family ()

const gchar *
webkit_settings_get_pictograph_font_family
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Gets the “pictograph-font-family” property.

webkit_settings_set_pictograph_font_family ()

void
webkit_settings_set_pictograph_font_family
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                const gchar *pictograph_font_family);

Set the “pictograph-font-family” property.

webkit_settings_get_default_font_size ()

guint32
webkit_settings_get_default_font_size (WebKitSettings *settings);

Gets the “default-font-size” property.

webkit_settings_set_default_font_size ()

void
webkit_settings_set_default_font_size (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                       guint32 font_size);

Set the “default-font-size” property.

webkit_settings_get_default_monospace_font_size ()

guint32
webkit_settings_get_default_monospace_font_size
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Gets the “default-monospace-font-size” property.

webkit_settings_set_default_monospace_font_size ()

void
webkit_settings_set_default_monospace_font_size
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                guint32 font_size);

Set the “default-monospace-font-size” property.

webkit_settings_get_minimum_font_size ()

guint32
webkit_settings_get_minimum_font_size (WebKitSettings *settings);

Gets the “minimum-font-size” property.

webkit_settings_set_minimum_font_size ()

void
webkit_settings_set_minimum_font_size (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                       guint32 font_size);

Set the “minimum-font-size” property.

webkit_settings_get_default_charset ()

const gchar *
webkit_settings_get_default_charset (WebKitSettings *settings);

Gets the “default-charset” property.

webkit_settings_set_default_charset ()

void
webkit_settings_set_default_charset (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                     const gchar *default_charset);

Set the “default-charset” property.

webkit_settings_get_enable_private_browsing ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_enable_private_browsing
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “enable-private-browsing” property.

webkit_settings_set_enable_private_browsing ()

void
webkit_settings_set_enable_private_browsing
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean enabled);

Set the “enable-private-browsing” property.

webkit_settings_get_enable_developer_extras ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_enable_developer_extras
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “enable-developer-extras” property.

webkit_settings_set_enable_developer_extras ()

void
webkit_settings_set_enable_developer_extras
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean enabled);

Set the “enable-developer-extras” property.

webkit_settings_get_enable_resizable_text_areas ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_enable_resizable_text_areas
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “enable-resizable-text-areas” property.

webkit_settings_set_enable_resizable_text_areas ()

void
webkit_settings_set_enable_resizable_text_areas
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean enabled);

Set the “enable-resizable-text-areas” property.

webkit_settings_get_enable_tabs_to_links ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_enable_tabs_to_links
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “enable-tabs-to-links” property.

webkit_settings_set_enable_tabs_to_links ()

void
webkit_settings_set_enable_tabs_to_links
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean enabled);

Set the “enable-tabs-to-links” property.

webkit_settings_get_enable_dns_prefetching ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_enable_dns_prefetching
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “enable-dns-prefetching” property.

webkit_settings_set_enable_dns_prefetching ()

void
webkit_settings_set_enable_dns_prefetching
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean enabled);

Set the “enable-dns-prefetching” property.

webkit_settings_get_enable_caret_browsing ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_enable_caret_browsing
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “enable-caret-browsing” property.

webkit_settings_set_enable_caret_browsing ()

void
webkit_settings_set_enable_caret_browsing
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean enabled);

Set the “enable-caret-browsing” property.

webkit_settings_get_enable_fullscreen ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_enable_fullscreen (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “enable-fullscreen” property.

webkit_settings_set_enable_fullscreen ()

void
webkit_settings_set_enable_fullscreen (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                       gboolean enabled);

Set the “enable-fullscreen” property.

webkit_settings_get_print_backgrounds ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_print_backgrounds (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “print-backgrounds” property.

webkit_settings_set_print_backgrounds ()

void
webkit_settings_set_print_backgrounds (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                       gboolean print_backgrounds);

Set the “print-backgrounds” property.

webkit_settings_get_enable_webaudio ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_enable_webaudio (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “enable-webaudio” property.

webkit_settings_set_enable_webaudio ()

void
webkit_settings_set_enable_webaudio (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                     gboolean enabled);

Set the “enable-webaudio” property.

webkit_settings_get_enable_webgl ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_enable_webgl (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “enable-webgl” property.

webkit_settings_set_enable_webgl ()

void
webkit_settings_set_enable_webgl (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                  gboolean enabled);

Set the “enable-webgl” property.

webkit_settings_set_allow_modal_dialogs ()

void
webkit_settings_set_allow_modal_dialogs
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean allowed);

Set the “allow-modal-dialogs” property.

webkit_settings_get_allow_modal_dialogs ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_allow_modal_dialogs
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “allow-modal-dialogs” property.

webkit_settings_get_zoom_text_only ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_zoom_text_only (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “zoom-text-only” property.

webkit_settings_set_zoom_text_only ()

void
webkit_settings_set_zoom_text_only (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                    gboolean zoom_text_only);

Set the “zoom-text-only” property.

webkit_settings_get_javascript_can_access_clipboard ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_javascript_can_access_clipboard
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “javascript-can-access-clipboard” property.

webkit_settings_set_javascript_can_access_clipboard ()

void
webkit_settings_set_javascript_can_access_clipboard
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean enabled);

Set the “javascript-can-access-clipboard” property.

webkit_settings_get_media_playback_requires_user_gesture ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_media_playback_requires_user_gesture
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “media-playback-requires-user-gesture” property.

webkit_settings_set_media_playback_requires_user_gesture ()

void
webkit_settings_set_media_playback_requires_user_gesture
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean enabled);

Set the “media-playback-requires-user-gesture” property.

webkit_settings_get_media_playback_allows_inline ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_media_playback_allows_inline
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “media-playback-allows-inline” property.

webkit_settings_set_media_playback_allows_inline ()

void
webkit_settings_set_media_playback_allows_inline
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean enabled);

Set the “media-playback-allows-inline” property.

webkit_settings_get_draw_compositing_indicators ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_draw_compositing_indicators
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “draw-compositing-indicators” property.

webkit_settings_set_draw_compositing_indicators ()

void
webkit_settings_set_draw_compositing_indicators
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean enabled);

Set the “draw-compositing-indicators” property.

webkit_settings_get_enable_site_specific_quirks ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_enable_site_specific_quirks
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “enable-site-specific-quirks” property.

webkit_settings_set_enable_site_specific_quirks ()

void
webkit_settings_set_enable_site_specific_quirks
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean enabled);

Set the “enable-site-specific-quirks” property.

webkit_settings_get_enable_page_cache ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_enable_page_cache (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “enable-page-cache” property.

webkit_settings_set_enable_page_cache ()

void
webkit_settings_set_enable_page_cache (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                       gboolean enabled);

Set the “enable-page-cache” property.

webkit_settings_get_user_agent ()

const gchar *
webkit_settings_get_user_agent (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “user-agent” property.

webkit_settings_set_user_agent ()

void
webkit_settings_set_user_agent (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                const gchar *user_agent);

Set the “user-agent” property.

webkit_settings_set_user_agent_with_application_details ()

void
webkit_settings_set_user_agent_with_application_details
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                const gchar *application_name,
                                const gchar *application_version);

Set the “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.

webkit_settings_get_enable_smooth_scrolling ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_enable_smooth_scrolling
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “enable-smooth-scrolling” property.

webkit_settings_set_enable_smooth_scrolling ()

void
webkit_settings_set_enable_smooth_scrolling
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean enabled);

Set the “enable-smooth-scrolling” property.

webkit_settings_get_enable_accelerated_2d_canvas ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_enable_accelerated_2d_canvas
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “enable-accelerated-2d-canvas” property.

Since: 2.2

webkit_settings_set_enable_accelerated_2d_canvas ()

void
webkit_settings_set_enable_accelerated_2d_canvas
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean enabled);

Set the “enable-accelerated-2d-canvas” property.

Since: 2.2

webkit_settings_get_enable_write_console_messages_to_stdout ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_enable_write_console_messages_to_stdout
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “enable-write-console-messages-to-stdout” property.

Since: 2.2

webkit_settings_set_enable_write_console_messages_to_stdout ()

void
webkit_settings_set_enable_write_console_messages_to_stdout
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean enabled);

Set the “enable-write-console-messages-to-stdout” property.

Since: 2.2

webkit_settings_get_enable_media_stream ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_enable_media_stream
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “enable-media-stream” property.

Since: 2.4

webkit_settings_set_enable_media_stream ()

void
webkit_settings_set_enable_media_stream
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean enabled);

Set the “enable-media-stream” property.

Since: 2.4

webkit_settings_get_enable_spatial_navigation ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_enable_spatial_navigation
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “enable-spatial-navigation” property.

Since: 2.2

webkit_settings_set_enable_spatial_navigation ()

void
webkit_settings_set_enable_spatial_navigation
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean enabled);

Set the “enable-spatial-navigation” property.

Since: 2.2

webkit_settings_get_enable_mediasource ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_enable_mediasource
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “enable-mediasource” property.

Since: 2.4

webkit_settings_set_enable_mediasource ()

void
webkit_settings_set_enable_mediasource
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean enabled);

Set the “enable-mediasource” property.

Since: 2.4

webkit_settings_get_allow_file_access_from_file_urls ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_allow_file_access_from_file_urls
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “allow-file-access-from-file-urls” property.

Since: 2.10

webkit_settings_set_allow_file_access_from_file_urls ()

void
webkit_settings_set_allow_file_access_from_file_urls
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean allowed);

Set the “allow-file-access-from-file-urls” property.

Since: 2.10

webkit_settings_get_allow_universal_access_from_file_urls ()

gboolean
webkit_settings_get_allow_universal_access_from_file_urls
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “allow-universal-access-from-file-urls” property.

Since: 2.14

webkit_settings_set_allow_universal_access_from_file_urls ()

void
webkit_settings_set_allow_universal_access_from_file_urls
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                gboolean allowed);

Set the “allow-universal-access-from-file-urls” property.

Since: 2.14

webkit_settings_get_hardware_acceleration_policy ()

WebKitHardwareAccelerationPolicy
webkit_settings_get_hardware_acceleration_policy
                               (WebKitSettings *settings);

Get the “hardware-acceleration-policy” property.

Return: a WebKitHardwareAccelerationPolicy

Since: 2.16

webkit_settings_set_hardware_acceleration_policy ()

void
webkit_settings_set_hardware_acceleration_policy
                               (WebKitSettings *settings,
                                WebKitHardwareAccelerationPolicy policy);

Set the “hardware-acceleration-policy” property.

Since: 2.16

struct WebKitSettings

struct WebKitSettings;

enum WebKitHardwareAccelerationPolicy

Enum values used for determining the hardware acceleration policy.

Since: 2.16

The “allow-file-access-from-file-urls” property

  “allow-file-access-from-file-urls” gboolean

Whether file access is allowed from file URLs. By default, when something is loaded in a WebKitWebView 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.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

Since: 2.10

The “allow-modal-dialogs” property

  “allow-modal-dialogs”      gboolean

Determine whether it's allowed to create and run modal dialogs from a WebKitWebView through JavaScript with window.showModalDialog. If it's set to FALSE, the associated WebKitWebView won't be able to create new modal dialogs, so not even the “create” signal will be emitted.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

The “allow-universal-access-from-file-urls” property

  “allow-universal-access-from-file-urls” gboolean

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 WebKitWebView 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.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

Since: 2.14

The “auto-load-images” property

  “auto-load-images”         gboolean

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.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: TRUE

The “cursive-font-family” property

  “cursive-font-family”      gchar *

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

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: "serif"

The “default-charset” property

  “default-charset”          gchar *

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

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: "iso-8859-1"

The “default-font-family” property

  “default-font-family”      gchar *

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

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: "sans-serif"

The “default-font-size” property

  “default-font-size”        guint

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

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: 16

The “default-monospace-font-size” property

  “default-monospace-font-size” guint

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

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: 13

The “draw-compositing-indicators” property

  “draw-compositing-indicators” gboolean

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.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

The “enable-accelerated-2d-canvas” property

  “enable-accelerated-2d-canvas” gboolean

Enable or disable accelerated 2D canvas. Accelerated 2D canvas is only available if WebKitGTK+ 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.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

Since: 2.2

The “enable-caret-browsing” property

  “enable-caret-browsing”    gboolean

Whether to enable accessibility enhanced keyboard navigation.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

The “enable-developer-extras” property

  “enable-developer-extras”  gboolean

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

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

The “enable-dns-prefetching” property

  “enable-dns-prefetching”   gboolean

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

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

The “enable-frame-flattening” property

  “enable-frame-flattening”  gboolean

Whether to enable the frame flattening. With this setting each subframe is expanded to its contents, which will flatten all the frames to become one scrollable page. On touch devices scrollable subframes on a page can result in a confusing user experience.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

The “enable-fullscreen” property

  “enable-fullscreen”        gboolean

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/

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: TRUE

The “enable-html5-database” property

  “enable-html5-database”    gboolean

Whether to enable HTML5 client-side SQL database support. Client-side SQL database allows web pages to store structured data and be able to use SQL to manipulate that data asynchronously.

HTML5 database specification is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/webdatabase/.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: TRUE

The “enable-html5-local-storage” property

  “enable-html5-local-storage” gboolean

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/.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: TRUE

The “enable-hyperlink-auditing” property

  “enable-hyperlink-auditing” gboolean

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.htmlhyperlink-auditing.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

The “enable-java” property

  “enable-java”              gboolean

Determines whether or not Java is enabled on the page.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: TRUE

The “enable-javascript” property

  “enable-javascript”        gboolean

Determines whether or not JavaScript executes within a page.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: TRUE

The “enable-media-stream” property

  “enable-media-stream”      gboolean

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

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

Since: 2.4

The “enable-mediasource” property

  “enable-mediasource”       gboolean

Enable or disable support for MediaSource on pages. MediaSource is an experimental proposal which extends HTMLMediaElement to allow JavaScript to generate media streams for playback. The standard is currently a work-in-progress by the W3C HTML Media Task Force.

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

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

Since: 2.4

The “enable-offline-web-application-cache” property

  “enable-offline-web-application-cache” gboolean

Whether to enable HTML5 offline web application cache support. Offline web application cache allows web applications to run even when the user is not connected to the network.

HTML5 offline web application specification is available at http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/offline.html.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: TRUE

The “enable-page-cache” property

  “enable-page-cache”        gboolean

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/

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: TRUE

The “enable-plugins” property

  “enable-plugins”           gboolean

Determines whether or not plugins on the page are enabled.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: TRUE

The “enable-private-browsing” property

  “enable-private-browsing”  gboolean

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

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

The “enable-resizable-text-areas” property

  “enable-resizable-text-areas” gboolean

Determines whether or not text areas can be resized.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: TRUE

The “enable-site-specific-quirks” property

  “enable-site-specific-quirks” gboolean

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.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: TRUE

The “enable-smooth-scrolling” property

  “enable-smooth-scrolling”  gboolean

Enable or disable smooth scrolling.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

The “enable-spatial-navigation” property

  “enable-spatial-navigation” gboolean

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.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

Since: 2.4

The “enable-tabs-to-links” property

  “enable-tabs-to-links”     gboolean

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.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: TRUE

The “enable-webaudio” property

  “enable-webaudio”          gboolean

Enable or disable support for WebAudio on pages. WebAudio is an experimental proposal for allowing web pages to generate Audio WAVE data from JavaScript. The standard is currently a work-in-progress by the W3C Audio Working Group.

See also https://dvcs.w3.org/hg/audio/raw-file/tip/webaudio/specification.html

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

The “enable-webgl” property

  “enable-webgl”             gboolean

Enable or disable support for WebGL on pages. WebGL is an experimental proposal for allowing web pages to use OpenGL ES-like calls directly. The standard is currently a work-in-progress by the Khronos Group.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

The “enable-write-console-messages-to-stdout” property

  “enable-write-console-messages-to-stdout” gboolean

Enable or disable writing console messages to stdout. These are messages sent to the console with console.log and related methods.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

Since: 2.2

The “enable-xss-auditor” property

  “enable-xss-auditor”       gboolean

Whether to enable the XSS auditor. This feature filters some kinds of reflective XSS attacks on vulnerable web sites.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: TRUE

The “fantasy-font-family” property

  “fantasy-font-family”      gchar *

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

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: "serif"

The “hardware-acceleration-policy” property

  “hardware-acceleration-policy” WebKitHardwareAccelerationPolicy

The WebKitHardwareAccelerationPolicy to decide how to enable and disable hardware acceleration. The default value WEBKIT_HARDWARE_ACCELERATION_POLICY_ON_DEMAND enables the hardware acceleration when the web contents request it, disabling it again when no longer needed. It's possible to enfore hardware acceleration to be always enabled by using WEBKIT_HARDWARE_ACCELERATION_POLICY_ALWAYS. And it's also posible to disable it completely using WEBKIT_HARDWARE_ACCELERATION_POLICY_NEVER. Note that disabling hardware acceleration might cause some websites to not render correctly or consume more CPU.

Note that changing this setting might not be possible if hardware acceleration is not supported by the hardware or the system. In that case you can get the value to know the actual policy being used, but changing the setting will not have any effect.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: WEBKIT_HARDWARE_ACCELERATION_POLICY_ON_DEMAND

Since: 2.16

The “javascript-can-access-clipboard” property

  “javascript-can-access-clipboard” gboolean

Whether JavaScript can access the clipboard. The default value is FALSE. If set to TRUE, document.execCommand() allows cut, copy and paste commands.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

The “javascript-can-open-windows-automatically” property

  “javascript-can-open-windows-automatically” gboolean

Whether JavaScript can open popup windows automatically without user intervention.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

The “load-icons-ignoring-image-load-setting” property

  “load-icons-ignoring-image-load-setting” gboolean

Determines whether a site can load favicons irrespective of the value of “auto-load-images”.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

The “media-playback-allows-inline” property

  “media-playback-allows-inline” gboolean

Whether media playback is full-screen only or inline playback is allowed. This is TRUE by default, so media playback can be inline. Setting it to FALSE allows specifying that media playback should be always fullscreen.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: TRUE

The “media-playback-requires-user-gesture” property

  “media-playback-requires-user-gesture” gboolean

Whether a user gesture (such as clicking the play button) would be required to start media playback or load media. This is off by default, so media playback could start automatically. Setting it on requires a gesture by the user to start playback, or to load the media.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE

The “minimum-font-size” property

  “minimum-font-size”        guint

The minimum font size in points used to display text. This setting controls the absolute smallest size. Values other than 0 can potentially break page layouts.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: 0

The “monospace-font-family” property

  “monospace-font-family”    gchar *

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

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: "monospace"

The “pictograph-font-family” property

  “pictograph-font-family”   gchar *

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

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: "serif"

The “print-backgrounds” property

  “print-backgrounds”        gboolean

Whether background images should be drawn during printing.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: TRUE

The “sans-serif-font-family” property

  “sans-serif-font-family”   gchar *

The font family used as the default for content using a sans-serif font.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: "sans-serif"

The “serif-font-family” property

  “serif-font-family”        gchar *

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

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: "serif"

The “user-agent” property

  “user-agent”               gchar *

The user-agent string used by WebKit. Unusual user-agent strings may cause web content to render incorrectly or fail to run, as many web pages are written to parse the user-agent strings of only the most popular browsers. Therefore, it's typically better to not completely override the standard user-agent, but to use webkit_settings_set_user_agent_with_application_details() instead.

If this property is set to the empty string or NULL, it will revert to the standard user-agent.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: NULL

The “zoom-text-only” property

  “zoom-text-only”           gboolean

Whether “zoom-level” affects only the text of the page or all the contents. Other contents containing text like form controls will be also affected by zoom factor when this property is enabled.

Flags: Read / Write / Construct

Default value: FALSE