accessibility.blockautorefresh is one of hundreds of Firefox configuration options, or Preferences, accessed by entering about:config in the browser's address bar.
Preference Details
Preference Name: accessibility.blockautorefreshDefault Status: default
Type: boolean
Default Value: false
Description
The accessibility.blockautorefresh Preference in Firefox's about:config interface deals with Web pages that are configured to refresh automatically after a specific time interval. By sending a particular HTTP header to a page or by integrating the refresh HTML element within the page itself, a Web developer can ensure that their page is updated at a frequency of their choice. This can be useful for websites containing oft-changing content such as news stories or weather updates. However, this can also be annoying or even detrimental to a user who desires full control over page refreshes. The accessibility.blockautorefresh Preference offers the ability to dictate when and where Web pages are refreshed.
How to Use accessibility.blockautorefresh
The default value of accessibility.blockautorefresh is false, meaning that automatic page refreshes within Firefox are allowed. If the value of this Preference is set to true, then a message will be presented to the user each time an automatic page refresh is attempted. At this point, the user can either allow or deny the refresh.
To modify the value of accessibility.blockautorefresh, follow these steps:
- Open your Firefox browser.
- Type about:config in your browser's address (or URL) bar.
- Hit Enter.
- A list of Firefox Preferences should now be displayed. Locate the entry with a Preference Name value of accessibility.blockautorefresh.
- Double click on this entry. Notice that the Value column is immediately changed to either true or false, depending on what the previous value was. To change it back, simply double click on the entry again.
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