FS#36436 - Firefox Click to Play Feature is not working

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Emre Onur Bal (hannibal_l) - Tuesday, 06 August 2013, 23:17 GMT
Last edited by Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis) - Friday, 09 August 2013, 08:24 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Extra
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture i686
Severity High
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
Firefox has a click to play feature since its older releases. I used to use this feature but it's not working now and doesn't block the plugin content anymore.
Additional info:
* package version(s) 23
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:
From about:config page set the "plugins.click_to_play" value as "true"
Enter any flash containing site, the flash plugin will be activated without clicking.
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Closed by  Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis)
Friday, 09 August 2013, 08:24 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  Upstream changed the way this feature works.
Comment by Pierre Schmitz (Pierre) - Wednesday, 07 August 2013, 13:49 GMT
I can confirm this. This is quite a security issue. But it is probably caused by upstream.
Comment by Emre Onur Bal (hannibal_l) - Wednesday, 07 August 2013, 14:15 GMT
I googled a bit but it seems like nobody complains about that.
Comment by Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) - Wednesday, 07 August 2013, 17:11 GMT
You need to set not only plugins.click_to_play, but also set plugin.default.state to "1".

You can set individual plugins in the addon manager. The above setting makes the default action be "Ask to Activate".

plugins.click_to_play will default to "true" in the next release.
Comment by Emre Onur Bal (hannibal_l) - Wednesday, 07 August 2013, 17:25 GMT
Oh, this is it! There is no issue then. Thanks Jan!
Comment by Evangelos Foutras (foutrelis) - Friday, 09 August 2013, 08:23 GMT
Also see: http://www.ghacks.net/2013/08/07/how-to-get-click-to-play-working-in-firefox-23-or-newer/

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