Separate two Firefox windows as if they were different apps
I'm trying to start two Firefox windows and have Ubuntu (18.04) treat it as two different apps.
The reason I'm trying to do that is that I have two Firefox profiles. One has my company's proxy and allows me to browse freely but doesn't allow access to our client's webapps. My second profile contains this client's proxy and only gives access to the client's remote webapps.
So far I have made a .desktop file that opens Firefox with the client profile (the first one is set as default). When I use the .desktop file it opens Firefox with the client's profile as a new Firefox window. I'd like to know if it was possible to make it as if it was a different app in order to have two distinct icons in the dock ?
EDIT: here are the contents of my .desktop:
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=firefox -P ClientProfile
Name=Firefox ClientP
Comment=Firefox with Client proxy
Icon=/opt/firefox_ico/ico.jpeg
unity 18.04 firefox configuration
asked Dec 26 '18 at 9:57
FoxExeFoxExe
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I'm trying to start two Firefox windows and have Ubuntu (18.04) treat it as two different apps.
The reason I'm trying to do that is that I have two Firefox profiles. One has my company's proxy and allows me to browse freely but doesn't allow access to our client's webapps. My second profile contains this client's proxy and only gives access to the client's remote webapps.
So far I have made a .desktop file that opens Firefox with the client profile (the first one is set as default). When I use the .desktop file it opens Firefox with the client's profile as a new Firefox window. I'd like to know if it was possible to make it as if it was a different app in order to have two distinct icons in the dock ?
EDIT: here are the contents of my .desktop:
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=firefox -P ClientProfile
Name=Firefox ClientP
Comment=Firefox with Client proxy
Icon=/opt/firefox_ico/ico.jpeg
unity 18.04 firefox configuration
asked Dec 26 '18 at 9:57
FoxExeFoxExe
213
in the .desktop file you made try changing the startupWMclass to something else (add a 1 at the end for example), maybe that will work.
– dsSTORM
Dec 28 '18 at 13:59
It didn't work, sadly. I added my desktop file contents in my original post, in case I messed up something. I added StartupWMClass=TestingCustomFF but no such luck.
– FoxExe
Dec 28 '18 at 16:09
A hack could maybe be to remove the startupwmclass from the firefox .desktop file, I think this will cause all firefox instances to use a separate icon in the dock, but I can't test it now
– dsSTORM
Dec 28 '18 at 20:15
Hi, happy New Year! Sorry for the delayed response, I was on vacation away from my computer. Anyway, I didn't find a StartupWMClass in the default firefox.desktop (/usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop).
– FoxExe
Jan 4 at 9:18
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I'm trying to start two Firefox windows and have Ubuntu (18.04) treat it as two different apps.
The reason I'm trying to do that is that I have two Firefox profiles. One has my company's proxy and allows me to browse freely but doesn't allow access to our client's webapps. My second profile contains this client's proxy and only gives access to the client's remote webapps.
So far I have made a .desktop file that opens Firefox with the client profile (the first one is set as default). When I use the .desktop file it opens Firefox with the client's profile as a new Firefox window. I'd like to know if it was possible to make it as if it was a different app in order to have two distinct icons in the dock ?
EDIT: here are the contents of my .desktop:
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=firefox -P ClientProfile
Name=Firefox ClientP
Comment=Firefox with Client proxy
Icon=/opt/firefox_ico/ico.jpeg
unity 18.04 firefox configuration
asked Dec 26 '18 at 9:57
FoxExeFoxExe
213
I'm trying to start two Firefox windows and have Ubuntu (18.04) treat it as two different apps.
The reason I'm trying to do that is that I have two Firefox profiles. One has my company's proxy and allows me to browse freely but doesn't allow access to our client's webapps. My second profile contains this client's proxy and only gives access to the client's remote webapps.
So far I have made a .desktop file that opens Firefox with the client profile (the first one is set as default). When I use the .desktop file it opens Firefox with the client's profile as a new Firefox window. I'd like to know if it was possible to make it as if it was a different app in order to have two distinct icons in the dock ?
EDIT: here are the contents of my .desktop:
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=firefox -P ClientProfile
Name=Firefox ClientP
Comment=Firefox with Client proxy
Icon=/opt/firefox_ico/ico.jpeg
unity 18.04 firefox configuration
unity 18.04 firefox configuration
asked Dec 26 '18 at 9:57
FoxExeFoxExe
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asked Dec 26 '18 at 9:57
FoxExeFoxExe
213
edited Dec 28 '18 at 16:08
FoxExe
asked Dec 26 '18 at 9:57
FoxExeFoxExe
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asked Dec 26 '18 at 9:57
FoxExeFoxExe
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asked Dec 26 '18 at 9:57
FoxExeFoxExe
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in the .desktop file you made try changing the startupWMclass to something else (add a 1 at the end for example), maybe that will work.
– dsSTORM
Dec 28 '18 at 13:59
It didn't work, sadly. I added my desktop file contents in my original post, in case I messed up something. I added StartupWMClass=TestingCustomFF but no such luck.
– FoxExe
Dec 28 '18 at 16:09
A hack could maybe be to remove the startupwmclass from the firefox .desktop file, I think this will cause all firefox instances to use a separate icon in the dock, but I can't test it now
– dsSTORM
Dec 28 '18 at 20:15
Hi, happy New Year! Sorry for the delayed response, I was on vacation away from my computer. Anyway, I didn't find a StartupWMClass in the default firefox.desktop (/usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop).
– FoxExe
Jan 4 at 9:18
add a comment |
in the .desktop file you made try changing the startupWMclass to something else (add a 1 at the end for example), maybe that will work.
– dsSTORM
Dec 28 '18 at 13:59
It didn't work, sadly. I added my desktop file contents in my original post, in case I messed up something. I added StartupWMClass=TestingCustomFF but no such luck.
– FoxExe
Dec 28 '18 at 16:09
A hack could maybe be to remove the startupwmclass from the firefox .desktop file, I think this will cause all firefox instances to use a separate icon in the dock, but I can't test it now
– dsSTORM
Dec 28 '18 at 20:15
Hi, happy New Year! Sorry for the delayed response, I was on vacation away from my computer. Anyway, I didn't find a StartupWMClass in the default firefox.desktop (/usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop).
– FoxExe
Jan 4 at 9:18
in the .desktop file you made try changing the startupWMclass to something else (add a 1 at the end for example), maybe that will work.
– dsSTORM
Dec 28 '18 at 13:59
in the .desktop file you made try changing the startupWMclass to something else (add a 1 at the end for example), maybe that will work.
– dsSTORM
Dec 28 '18 at 13:59
It didn't work, sadly. I added my desktop file contents in my original post, in case I messed up something. I added StartupWMClass=TestingCustomFF but no such luck.
– FoxExe
Dec 28 '18 at 16:09
It didn't work, sadly. I added my desktop file contents in my original post, in case I messed up something. I added StartupWMClass=TestingCustomFF but no such luck.
– FoxExe
Dec 28 '18 at 16:09
A hack could maybe be to remove the startupwmclass from the firefox .desktop file, I think this will cause all firefox instances to use a separate icon in the dock, but I can't test it now
– dsSTORM
Dec 28 '18 at 20:15
A hack could maybe be to remove the startupwmclass from the firefox .desktop file, I think this will cause all firefox instances to use a separate icon in the dock, but I can't test it now
– dsSTORM
Dec 28 '18 at 20:15
Hi, happy New Year! Sorry for the delayed response, I was on vacation away from my computer. Anyway, I didn't find a StartupWMClass in the default firefox.desktop (/usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop).
– FoxExe
Jan 4 at 9:18
Hi, happy New Year! Sorry for the delayed response, I was on vacation away from my computer. Anyway, I didn't find a StartupWMClass in the default firefox.desktop (/usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop).
– FoxExe
Jan 4 at 9:18
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in the .desktop file you made try changing the startupWMclass to something else (add a 1 at the end for example), maybe that will work.
– dsSTORM
Dec 28 '18 at 13:59
It didn't work, sadly. I added my desktop file contents in my original post, in case I messed up something. I added StartupWMClass=TestingCustomFF but no such luck.
– FoxExe
Dec 28 '18 at 16:09
A hack could maybe be to remove the startupwmclass from the firefox .desktop file, I think this will cause all firefox instances to use a separate icon in the dock, but I can't test it now
– dsSTORM
Dec 28 '18 at 20:15
Hi, happy New Year! Sorry for the delayed response, I was on vacation away from my computer. Anyway, I didn't find a StartupWMClass in the default firefox.desktop (/usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop).
– FoxExe
Jan 4 at 9:18