Open external links in firefox without the custom profile

Extend firefox-theme with extlink profile

Makefile

@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ po/LINGUAS:
 #
 all: $(DIST_TEST)
 
-dist_libexec_SCRIPTS = webui-desktop
+dist_libexec_SCRIPTS = webui-desktop firefox-ext
 # makes sure it gets built as part of `make` and `make dist`
 dist_noinst_DATA = \
 	$(DIST_TEST) \
@@ -108,10 +108,13 @@ install: $(DIST_TEST) po/LINGUAS
 	rm $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/cockpit/$(PACKAGE_NAME)/index.css.LEGAL.txt
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/anaconda
 	cp -r firefox-theme $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/anaconda/
+	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/applications
+	cp extlinks.desktop $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/applications/
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/metainfo/
 	cp org.cockpit-project.$(PACKAGE_NAME).metainfo.xml $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/metainfo/
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/usr/libexec/anaconda
 	cp webui-desktop $(DESTDIR)/usr/libexec/anaconda
+	cp firefox-ext $(DESTDIR)/usr/libexec/anaconda
 	ln -sTfr $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/pixmaps/fedora-logo-sprite.svg $(DESTDIR)/usr/share/cockpit/$(PACKAGE_NAME)/logo.svg
 
 # required for running integration tests;

extlinks.desktop

@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Version=1.0
+Name=Firefox External
+GenericName=Web Browser
+GenericName[ca]=Navegador web
+GenericName[cs]=Webový prohlížeč
+GenericName[es]=Navegador web
+GenericName[fa]=مرورگر اینترنتی
+GenericName[fi]=WWW-selain
+GenericName[fr]=Navigateur Web
+GenericName[hu]=Webböngésző
+GenericName[it]=Browser Web
+GenericName[ja]=ウェブ・ブラウザ
+GenericName[ko]=웹 브라우저
+GenericName[nb]=Nettleser
+GenericName[nl]=Webbrowser
+GenericName[nn]=Nettlesar
+GenericName[no]=Nettleser
+GenericName[pl]=Przeglądarka WWW
+GenericName[pt]=Navegador Web
+GenericName[pt_BR]=Navegador Web
+GenericName[sk]=Internetový prehliadač
+GenericName[sv]=Webbläsare
+Comment=Browse the Web
+Comment[ca]=Navegueu per el web
+Comment[cs]=Prohlížení stránek World Wide Webu
+Comment[de]=Im Internet surfen
+Comment[es]=Navegue por la web
+Comment[fa]=صفحات شبکه جهانی اینترنت را مرور نمایید
+Comment[fi]=Selaa Internetin WWW-sivuja
+Comment[fr]=Navigue sur Internet
+Comment[hu]=A világháló böngészése
+Comment[it]=Esplora il web
+Comment[ja]=ウェブを閲覧します
+Comment[ko]=웹을 돌아 다닙니다
+Comment[nb]=Surf på nettet
+Comment[nl]=Verken het internet
+Comment[nn]=Surf på nettet
+Comment[no]=Surf på nettet
+Comment[pl]=Przeglądanie stron WWW
+Comment[pt]=Navegue na Internet
+Comment[pt_BR]=Navegue na Internet
+Comment[sk]=Prehliadanie internetu
+Comment[sv]=Surfa på webben
+Exec=/usr/libexec/anaconda/firefox-ext %u
+Icon=firefox
+Terminal=false
+Type=Application
+MimeType=x-scheme-handler/extlink;
+StartupNotify=true
+Categories=Network;WebBrowser;
+Actions=new-window;new-private-window;profile-manager-window;
+X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.26
+
+
+[Desktop Action new-window]
+Name=Open a New Window
+Exec=firefox -new-window
+
+[Desktop Action new-private-window]
+Name=Open a New Private Window
+Exec=firefox -private-window
+
+[Desktop Action profile-manager-window]
+Name=Open Profile Manager
+Exec=firefox -ProfileManager

firefox-ext

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+#
+# The contents of this file are subject to the Netscape Public
+# License Version 1.1 (the "License"); you may not use this file
+# except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+# the License at http://www.mozilla.org/NPL/
+#
+# Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS
+# IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or
+# implied. See the License for the specific language governing
+# rights and limitations under the License.
+#
+# The Original Code is mozilla.org code.
+#
+# The Initial Developer of the Original Code is Netscape
+# Communications Corporation.  Portions created by Netscape are
+# Copyright (C) 1998 Netscape Communications Corporation. All
+# Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Contributor(s):
+#
+
+##
+## Usage:
+##
+## $ firefox-ext
+##
+## This script is meant to run a mozilla program from the mozilla
+## rpm installation.
+##
+## The script will setup all the environment voodoo needed to make
+## mozilla work.
+
+mkdir -p /tmp/anaconda-extlink-firefox-profile
+cp /usr/share/anaconda/firefox-theme/extlink/user.js /tmp/anaconda-extlink-firefox-profile/
+
+/usr/bin/firefox --profile /tmp/anaconda-extlink-firefox-profile -no-remote "${1/extlink/"https"}"

firefox-theme/default/user.js

@@ -45,3 +45,9 @@ user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled", false);
 user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled", false);
 user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.unified", false);
 user_pref("trailhead.firstrun.didSeeAboutWelcome", true);
+
+// Don't show `Allow this site to open the PROTOCOL link with APPLICATION` dialog
+user_pref("security.external_protocol_requires_permission", false);
+
+// Don't show the `This site is trying to open a popup` dialog
+user_pref("dom.disable_beforeunload", true);

firefox-theme/extlink/user.js

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/* global user_pref */
+// Don't have any startup page
+user_pref("browser.startup.page", 0);
+user_pref("browser.startup.homepage", "about:blank");
+user_pref("browser.startup.homepage_override.once", {});

firefox-theme/live/user.js

@@ -5,11 +5,6 @@ user_pref("toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets", true);
 // We want to use :has()
 user_pref("layout.css.has-selector.enabled", true);
 
-// New windows, not tabs
-user_pref("browser.link.open_newwindow", 2);
-user_pref("browser.link.open_newwindow.restriction", 1);
-user_pref("browser.link.open_newwindow.override.external", 2);
-
 // Dev stuff (for easier UI adusting with ctrl+shift+alt+i)
 user_pref("browser.aboutConfig.showWarning", false);
 user_pref("devtools.chrome.enabled", true);
@@ -42,3 +37,9 @@ user_pref("datareporting.healthreport.uploadEnabled", false);
 user_pref("datareporting.policy.dataSubmissionEnabled", false);
 user_pref("toolkit.telemetry.unified", false);
 user_pref("trailhead.firstrun.didSeeAboutWelcome", true);
+
+// Don't show `Allow this site to open the PROTOCOL link with APPLICATION` dialog
+user_pref("security.external_protocol_requires_permission", false);
+
+// Don't show the `This site is trying to open a popup` dialog
+user_pref("dom.disable_beforeunload", true);

packaging/anaconda-webui.spec.in

@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Requires: firefox
 %if 0%{?fedora}
 Requires: fedora-logos
 %endif
+BuildRequires: desktop-file-utils
 
 %{NPM_PROVIDES}
 
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@ Anaconda installer Web interface
 %make_install PREFIX=/usr
 appstream-util validate-relax --nonet %{buildroot}/%{_datadir}/metainfo/*
 
+desktop-file-install --dir=%{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications %{buildroot}%{_datadir}/applications/extlinks.desktop
+
 %check
 exit 0
 # We have some integration tests, but those require running a VM, so that would
@@ -82,7 +85,11 @@ exit 0
 %dir %{_datadir}/anaconda/firefox-theme/live/chrome
 %{_datadir}/anaconda/firefox-theme/live/user.js
 %{_datadir}/anaconda/firefox-theme/live/chrome/userChrome.css
+%dir %{_datadir}/anaconda/firefox-theme/extlink
+%{_datadir}/anaconda/firefox-theme/extlink/user.js
 %{_libexecdir}/anaconda/webui-desktop
+%{_libexecdir}/anaconda/firefox-ext
+%{_datadir}/applications/extlinks.desktop
 
 
 # The changelog is automatically generated and merged

src/components/Error.jsx

@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ import "./Error.scss";
 
 const _ = cockpit.gettext;
 
-export const bugzillaPrefiledReportURL = (productQueryData) => {
+export const bugzillaPrefiledReportURL = (productQueryData, isBootIso) => {
     const baseURL = "https://bugzilla.redhat.com";
     const queryData = {
         ...productQueryData,
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ export const bugzillaPrefiledReportURL = (productQueryData) => {
     const reportURL = new URL(baseURL);
     reportURL.pathname = "enter_bug.cgi";
     Object.keys(queryData).map(query => reportURL.searchParams.append(query, queryData[query]));
-    return reportURL.href;
+    if (isBootIso) {
+        return reportURL.href;
+    } else {
+        return reportURL.href.replace("https", "extlink");
+    }
 };
 
 const ensureMaximumReportURLLength = (reportURL) => {
@@ -101,11 +105,13 @@ export const BZReportModal = ({
 }) => {
     const [logContent, setLogContent] = useState();
     const [preparingReport, setPreparingReport] = useState(false);
+    const isBootIso = useContext(SystemTypeContext) === "BOOT_ISO";
 
     useEffect(() => {
         cockpit.spawn(["journalctl", "-a"])
                 .then(content => setLogContent(content));
     }, []);
+    const windowOpenArgs = isBootIso ? ["_blank", "noopener,noreferer"] : [];
 
     const openBZIssue = (reportURL, logFile, logContent) => {
         reportURL = ensureMaximumReportURLLength(reportURL);
@@ -115,10 +121,9 @@ export const BZReportModal = ({
                 .file(logFile)
                 .replace(logContent)
                 .always(() => setPreparingReport(false))
-                .then(() => window.open(reportURL, "_blank", "noopener,noreferer"));
+                .then(() => window.open(reportURL, ...windowOpenArgs));
     };
 
-    const isBootIso = useContext(SystemTypeContext) === "BOOT_ISO";
     const networkHelperMessageLive = _("Network not available. Configure the network in the top bar menu to report the issue.");
     const networkHelperMessageBootIso = _("Network not available. Configure the network to report the issue.");
 

src/components/HeaderKebab.jsx

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import {
 
 import { getAnacondaVersion } from "../helpers/product.js";
 
-import { OsReleaseContext } from "./Common.jsx";
+import { OsReleaseContext, SystemTypeContext } from "./Common.jsx";
 import { UserIssue } from "./Error.jsx";
 
 import "./HeaderKebab.scss";
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ const ProductName = () => {
 };
 
 const AnacondaAboutModal = ({ isModalOpen, setIsAboutModalOpen }) => {
+    const isBootIso = useContext(SystemTypeContext) === "BOOT_ISO";
     const toggleModal = () => {
         setIsAboutModalOpen(!isModalOpen);
     };
@@ -94,8 +95,8 @@ const AnacondaAboutModal = ({ isModalOpen, setIsAboutModalOpen }) => {
                   id="anaconda-page-button"
                   variant="link"
                   icon={<ExternalLinkAltIcon />}
-                  href="https://github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda"
-                  target="_blank"
+                  href={(isBootIso ? "https://" : "extlink://") + "github.com/rhinstaller/anaconda"}
+                  target={isBootIso ? "_blank" : ""}
                   component="a">
                     {_("Anaconda project page")}
                 </Button>

src/components/app.jsx

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export const Application = () => {
     const address = useAddress();
     const conf = useConf({ onCritFail });
     const osRelease = useOsRelease({ onCritFail });
+    const isBootIso = conf?.["Installation System"].type === "BOOT_ISO";
 
     useEffect(() => {
         if (!address) {
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ export const Application = () => {
     const bzReportURL = bugzillaPrefiledReportURL({
         product: osRelease.REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT,
         version: osRelease.REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION,
-    });
+    }, isBootIso);
 
     const page = (
         <Page

src/components/installation/Feedback.jsx

@@ -16,27 +16,33 @@
  */
 import cockpit from "cockpit";
 
-import React from "react";
+import React, { useContext } from "react";
 import {
     Flex,
     Text,
     TextContent,
 } from "@patternfly/react-core";
 
 import feedbackQRcode from "../../../images/qr-code-feedback.svg";
+import { SystemTypeContext } from "../Common.jsx";
 
 import "./Feedback.scss";
 
 const _ = cockpit.gettext;
 
 export const Feedback = () => {
+    const isBootIso = useContext(SystemTypeContext) === "BOOT_ISO";
+
     return (
         <Flex className="feedback-section">
             <img className="feedback-qr-code" src={feedbackQRcode} />
             <TextContent>
                 <Text component="h3">{_("Send us feedback on your installation")}</Text>
                 <Text component="p" className="feedback-hint">{_("Scan the QR code with your phone or visit:")}</Text>
-                <Text component="a" href="https:///discussion.fedoraproject.org/tag/anaconda" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
+                <Text component="a"
+                      target={isBootIso ? "_blank" : ""}
+                      rel={isBootIso ? "noreferrer" : ""}
+                      href={(isBootIso ? "https://" : "extlink://") + "discussion.fedoraproject.org/tag/anaconda"}>
                     https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/tag/anaconda
                 </Text>
             </TextContent>