How to change the language settings of firefox using JavaScript
My question is: How to change the language settings of the firefox using JavaScript:
I want set the value of the intl.accept_languages to fr using JavaScript.
How can i do it?
EDIT: The mail reason, i want to acheive this is to be able to run Selenium test cases for different languages with out changing it manually rather progrmmetically
Modified by deter_dangler
Chosen solution
You will have to close and change the pref via user.js or prefs.js before restarting Firefox to do the next test.
See:
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/Editing_configuration#How_to_edit_configuration_files
- http://kb.mozillazine.org/user.js_file
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From a webpage?
You do not have access to prefs via JavaScript on websites or via a bookmarklet. Only extensions are able to change prefs.
See http://developer.mozilla.org/en/Code_snippets/Preferences
Your above posted system details show outdated plugin(s) with known security and stability risks that you should update.
- Shockwave Flash 10.0 r42
- Java Plug-in 1.5.0_15 for Netscape Navigator (DLL Helper)
Update the Flash plugin to the latest version.
Update the Java plugin to the latest version.
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html (Java Platform: Download JRE)
I am using selenium 1.0 to run automated tests..My requirement is i want to change the language settings of the firefox programmetically..so that each run uses different language.
Chosen Solution
You will have to close and change the pref via user.js or prefs.js before restarting Firefox to do the next test.
See: