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1 // Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
5 #include "chrome/common/chrome_switches.h"
7 #include "base/base_switches.h"
8 #include "base/command_line.h"
10 namespace switches {
12 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
13 // Can't find the switch you are looking for? Try looking in:
14 // ash/ash_switches.cc
15 // base/base_switches.cc
16 // chromeos/chromeos_switches.cc
17 // etc.
19 // When commenting your switch, please use the same voice as surrounding
20 // comments. Imagine "This switch..." at the beginning of the phrase, and it'll
21 // all work out.
22 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
24 // Allows choosing an existing managed user profile during the managed
25 // user creation flow.
26 const char kAllowCreateExistingManagedUsers[] =
27 "allow-create-existing-managed-users";
29 // Allows third-party content included on a page to prompt for a HTTP basic
30 // auth username/password pair.
31 const char kAllowCrossOriginAuthPrompt[] = "allow-cross-origin-auth-prompt";
33 // On ChromeOS, file:// access is disabled except for certain whitelisted
34 // directories. This switch re-enables file:// for testing.
35 const char kAllowFileAccess[] = "allow-file-access";
37 // Allows non-https URL for background_page for hosted apps.
38 const char kAllowHTTPBackgroundPage[] = "allow-http-background-page";
40 // Allow non-secure origins to use the screen capture API.
41 const char kAllowHttpScreenCapture[] = "allow-http-screen-capture";
43 // Specifies comma-separated list of extension ids or hosts to grant
44 // access to CRX file system APIs.
45 const char kAllowNaClCrxFsAPI[] = "allow-nacl-crxfs-api";
47 // Specifies comma-separated list of extension ids or hosts to grant
48 // access to file handle APIs.
49 const char kAllowNaClFileHandleAPI[] = "allow-nacl-file-handle-api";
51 // Specifies comma-separated list of extension ids or hosts to grant
52 // access to TCP/UDP socket APIs.
53 const char kAllowNaClSocketAPI[] = "allow-nacl-socket-api";
55 // Don't block outdated plugins.
56 const char kAllowOutdatedPlugins[] = "allow-outdated-plugins";
58 // By default, an https page cannot run JavaScript, CSS or plug-ins from http
59 // URLs. This provides an override to get the old insecure behavior.
60 const char kAllowRunningInsecureContent[] = "allow-running-insecure-content";
62 // Prevents Chrome from requiring authorization to run certain widely installed
63 // but less commonly used plug-ins.
64 const char kAlwaysAuthorizePlugins[] = "always-authorize-plugins";
66 // Specifies that the extension-app with the specified id should be launched
67 // according to its configuration.
68 const char kAppId[] = "app-id";
70 // Specifies that the associated value should be launched in "application"
71 // mode.
72 const char kApp[] = "app";
74 // Flag to enable apps_devtool app.
75 const char kAppsDevtool[] = "apps-devtool";
77 // Specifies the initial size for application windows launched with --app.
78 // --app-window-size=w,h
79 const char kAppWindowSize[] = "app-window-size";
81 // Overrides the apps checkout URL, which is used to determine when to expose
82 // some private APIs.
83 const char kAppsCheckoutURL[] = "apps-checkout-url";
85 // The URL that the webstore APIs download extensions from.
86 // Note: the URL must contain one '%s' for the extension ID.
87 const char kAppsGalleryDownloadURL[] = "apps-gallery-download-url";
89 // A setting to cause extension/app installs from the webstore skip the normal
90 // confirmation dialog. A value of 'accept' means to always act as if the dialog
91 // was accepted, and 'cancel' means to always act as if the dialog was
92 // cancelled.
93 const char kAppsGalleryInstallAutoConfirmForTests[] =
94 "apps-gallery-install-auto-confirm-for-tests";
96 // The URL to use for the gallery link in the app launcher.
97 const char kAppsGalleryURL[] = "apps-gallery-url";
99 // The update url used by gallery/webstore extensions.
100 const char kAppsGalleryUpdateURL[] = "apps-gallery-update-url";
102 // Value of GAIA auth code for --force-app-mode.
103 const char kAppModeAuthCode[] = "app-mode-auth-code";
105 // Value of OAuth2 refresh token for --force-app-mode.
106 const char kAppModeOAuth2Token[] = "app-mode-oauth-token";
108 // Whether to always use the new app install bubble when installing an app.
109 const char kAppsNewInstallBubble[] = "apps-new-install-bubble";
111 // Disable throbber for extension apps.
112 const char kAppsNoThrob[] = "apps-no-throb";
114 // Experimental native frame support for packaged apps.
115 const char kAppsUseNativeFrame[] = "apps-use-native-frame";
117 // Enables overriding the path for the default authentication extension.
118 const char kAuthExtensionPath[] = "auth-ext-path";
120 // Whitelist of servers that Negotiate will generate delegated Kerberos tickets
121 // for.
122 const char kAuthNegotiateDelegateWhitelist[] =
123 "auth-negotiate-delegate-whitelist";
125 // HTTP authentication schemes to enable. This is a comma-separated list of
126 // authentication schemes (basic, digest, ntlm, and negotiate). By default all
127 // schemes are enabled. The primary use of this command line flag is to help
128 // triage authentication-related issues reported by end-users.
129 const char kAuthSchemes[] = "auth-schemes";
131 // Whitelist of servers which NTLM and Negotiate can automatically authenticate
132 // with using the default credentials of the currently logged in user.
133 const char kAuthServerWhitelist[] = "auth-server-whitelist";
135 // A flag that is used to tell Chrome that it was launched automatically at
136 // computer startup and not by some user action.
137 const char kAutoLaunchAtStartup[] = "auto-launch-at-startup";
139 // The value of this switch tells the app to listen for and broadcast
140 // automation-related messages on IPC channel with the given ID.
141 const char kAutomationClientChannelID[] = "automation-channel";
143 // Causes the automation provider to reinitialize its IPC channel instead of
144 // shutting down when a client disconnects.
145 const char kAutomationReinitializeOnChannelError[] =
146 "automation-reinitialize-on-channel-error";
148 // How often (in seconds) to check for updates. Should only be used for testing
149 // purposes.
150 const char kCheckForUpdateIntervalSec[] = "check-for-update-interval";
152 // Checks the cloud print connector policy, informing the service process if
153 // the policy is set to disallow the connector, then quits.
154 const char kCheckCloudPrintConnectorPolicy[] =
155 "check-cloud-print-connector-policy";
157 // Run Chrome in Chrome Frame mode. This means that Chrome expects to be run
158 // as a dependent process of the Chrome Frame plugin.
159 const char kChromeFrame[] = "chrome-frame";
161 // Tells chrome to load the specified version of chrome.dll on Windows. If this
162 // version cannot be loaded, Chrome will exit.
163 const char kChromeVersion[] = "chrome-version";
165 // Comma-separated list of SSL cipher suites to disable.
166 const char kCipherSuiteBlacklist[] = "cipher-suite-blacklist";
168 // Clears the token service before using it. This allows simulating the
169 // expiration of credentials during testing.
170 const char kClearTokenService[] = "clear-token-service";
172 // The maximum amount of delay in ms between receiving a cloud policy
173 // invalidation and fetching the policy. A random delay up to this value is used
174 // to prevent Chrome clients from overwhelming the cloud policy server when a
175 // policy which affects many users is changed.
176 const char kCloudPolicyInvalidationDelay[] = "cloud-policy-invalidation-delay";
178 // Used with kCloudPrintFile. Tells Chrome to delete the file when finished
179 // displaying the print dialog.
180 const char kCloudPrintDeleteFile[] = "cloud-print-delete-file";
182 // Tells chrome to display the cloud print dialog and upload the specified file
183 // for printing.
184 const char kCloudPrintFile[] = "cloud-print-file";
186 // Specifies the mime type to be used when uploading data from the file
187 // referenced by cloud-print-file. Defaults to "application/pdf" if
188 // unspecified.
189 const char kCloudPrintFileType[] = "cloud-print-file-type";
191 // Used with kCloudPrintFile to specify a JSON print ticket for the resulting
192 // print job. Defaults to null if unspecified.
193 const char kCloudPrintPrintTicket[] = "cloud-print-print-ticket";
195 // Used with kCloudPrintFile to specify a title for the resulting print job.
196 const char kCloudPrintJobTitle[] = "cloud-print-job-title";
198 // Setup cloud print proxy for provided printers. This does not start
199 // service or register proxy for autostart.
200 const char kCloudPrintSetupProxy[] = "cloud-print-setup-proxy";
202 // The URL of the cloud print service to use, overrides any value stored in
203 // preferences, and the default. Only used if the cloud print service has been
204 // enabled (see enable-cloud-print).
205 const char kCloudPrintServiceURL[] = "cloud-print-service";
207 // Comma-separated options to troubleshoot the component updater. Only valid
208 // for the browser process.
209 const char kComponentUpdater[] = "component-updater";
211 // Causes the browser process to inspect loaded and registered DLLs for known
212 // conflicts and warn the user.
213 const char kConflictingModulesCheck[] = "conflicting-modules-check";
215 // Toggles a new version of the content settings dialog in options.
216 const char kContentSettings2[] = "new-content-settings";
218 // The Country we should use. This is normally obtained from the operating
219 // system during first run and cached in the preferences afterwards. This is a
220 // string value, the 2 letter code from ISO 3166-1.
221 const char kCountry[] = "country";
223 // Comma-separated list of BrowserThreads that cause browser process to crash
224 // if the given browser thread is not responsive. UI,IO,DB,FILE,CACHE are the
225 // list of BrowserThreads that are supported.
227 // For example:
228 // --crash-on-hang-threads=UI:3:18,IO:3:18 --> Crash the browser if UI or IO
229 // is not responsive for 18 seconds and the number of browser threads that
230 // are responding is less than or equal to 3.
231 const char kCrashOnHangThreads[] = "crash-on-hang-threads";
233 // Some platforms like ChromeOS default to empty desktop.
234 // Browser tests may need to add this switch so that at least one browser
235 // instance is created on startup.
236 // TODO(nkostylev): Investigate if this switch could be removed.
237 // (http://crbug.com/148675)
238 const char kCreateBrowserOnStartupForTests[] =
239 "create-browser-on-startup-for-tests";
241 // Enables a frame context menu item that toggles the frame in and out of glass
242 // mode (Windows Vista and up only).
243 const char kDebugEnableFrameToggle[] = "debug-enable-frame-toggle";
245 // Adds debugging entries such as Inspect Element to context menus of packed
246 // apps.
247 const char kDebugPackedApps[] = "debug-packed-apps";
249 // Enables support to debug printing subsystem.
250 const char kDebugPrint[] = "debug-print";
252 // Specifies the URL at which to fetch configuration policy from the device
253 // management backend. Specifying this switch turns on managed policy from the
254 // device management backend.
255 const char kDeviceManagementUrl[] = "device-management-url";
257 // Triggers a plethora of diagnostic modes.
258 const char kDiagnostics[] = "diagnostics";
260 // Sets the output format for diagnostic modes enabled by diagnostics flag.
261 const char kDiagnosticsFormat[] = "diagnostics-format";
263 // Tells the diagnostics mode to do the requested recovery step(s).
264 const char kDiagnosticsRecovery[] = "diagnostics-recovery";
266 // If set, the app list will be disabled at startup. Note this doesn't prevent
267 // the app list from running, it just makes Chrome think the app list hasn't
268 // been enabled (as in kEnableAppList) yet.
269 const char kDisableAppList[] = "disable-app-list";
271 // Disables the experimental asynchronous DNS client.
272 const char kDisableAsyncDns[] = "disable-async-dns";
274 // Disables CNAME lookup of the host when generating the Kerberos SPN for a
275 // Negotiate challenge. See HttpAuthHandlerNegotiate::CreateSPN for more
276 // background.
277 const char kDisableAuthNegotiateCnameLookup[] =
278 "disable-auth-negotiate-cname-lookup";
280 // Disables background mode (background apps will not keep chrome running in
281 // the background).
282 const char kDisableBackgroundMode[] = "disable-background-mode";
284 // Disable several subsystems which run network requests in the background.
285 // This is for use when doing network performance testing to avoid noise in the
286 // measurements.
287 const char kDisableBackgroundNetworking[] = "disable-background-networking";
289 // Disables more strict popup blocking.
290 const char kDisableBetterPopupBlocking[] = "disable-better-popup-blocking";
292 // Disables the bundled PPAPI version of Flash.
293 const char kDisableBundledPpapiFlash[] = "disable-bundled-ppapi-flash";
295 // Disables the bookmark autocomplete provider (BookmarkProvider).
296 const char kDisableBookmarkAutocompleteProvider[] =
297 "disable-bookmark-autocomplete-provider";
299 // Disables the client-side phishing detection feature. Note that even if
300 // client-side phishing detection is enabled, it will only be active if the
301 // user has opted in to UMA stats and SafeBrowsing is enabled in the
302 // preferences.
303 const char kDisableClientSidePhishingDetection[] =
304 "disable-client-side-phishing-detection";
306 const char kDisableComponentUpdate[] = "disable-component-update";
308 // Disables establishing certificate revocation information by downloading a
309 // set of CRLs rather than performing on-line checks.
310 const char kDisableCRLSets[] = "disable-crl-sets";
312 // Disables the custom JumpList on Windows 7.
313 const char kDisableCustomJumpList[] = "disable-custom-jumplist";
315 // Disables installation of default apps on first run. This is used during
316 // automated testing.
317 const char kDisableDefaultApps[] = "disable-default-apps";
319 // Disables retrieval of PAC URLs from DHCP as per the WPAD standard.
320 const char kDisableDhcpWpad[] = "disable-dhcp-wpad";
322 // Force-disables DNS probes on main frame DNS errors.
323 const char kDisableDnsProbes[] = "disable-dns-probes";
325 // Disable extensions.
326 const char kDisableExtensions[] = "disable-extensions";
328 // Disable checking for user opt-in for extensions that want to inject script
329 // into file URLs (ie, always allow it). This is used during automated testing.
330 const char kDisableExtensionsFileAccessCheck[] =
331 "disable-extensions-file-access-check";
333 // Disable the net::URLRequestThrottlerManager functionality for
334 // requests originating from extensions.
335 const char kDisableExtensionsHttpThrottling[] =
336 "disable-extensions-http-throttling";
338 // Disable mandatory enforcement of web_accessible_resources in extensions.
339 const char kDisableExtensionsResourceWhitelist[] =
340 "disable-extensions-resource-whitelist";
342 // Disable Instant extended API.
343 const char kDisableInstantExtendedAPI[] = "disable-instant-extended-api";
345 // Disables improved SafeBrowsing download protection.
346 const char kDisableImprovedDownloadProtection[] =
347 "disable-improved-download-protection";
349 // Don't resolve hostnames to IPv6 addresses. This can be used when debugging
350 // issues relating to IPv6, but shouldn't otherwise be needed. Be sure to file
351 // bugs if something isn't working properly in the presence of IPv6. This flag
352 // can be overidden by the "enable-ipv6" flag.
353 const char kDisableIPv6[] = "disable-ipv6";
355 // Disables IP Pooling within the networks stack (SPDY only). When a connection
356 // is needed for a domain which shares an IP with an existing connection,
357 // attempt to use the existing connection.
358 const char kDisableIPPooling[] = "disable-ip-pooling";
360 // Disable always using the local NTP for the first NTP load of a new window.
361 const char kDisableLocalFirstLoadNTP[] = "disable-local-first-load-ntp";
363 // Disable the behavior that the second click on a launcher item (the click when
364 // the item is already active) minimizes the item.
365 const char kDisableMinimizeOnSecondLauncherItemClick[] =
366 "disable-minimize-on-second-launcher-item-click";
368 // Disables the menu on the NTP for accessing sessions from other devices.
369 const char kDisableNTPOtherSessionsMenu[] = "disable-ntp-other-sessions-menu";
371 // Disables omnibox auto-completion when IME is active.
372 const char kDisableOmniboxAutoCompletionForIme[] =
373 "disable-omnibox-auto-completion-for-ime";
375 // Disable using a public suffix based domain matching for autofill of
376 // passwords.
377 const char kDisablePasswordAutofillPublicSuffixDomainMatching[] =
378 "disable-password-autofill-public-suffix-domain-matching";
380 // Disable pop-up blocking.
381 const char kDisablePopupBlocking[] = "disable-popup-blocking";
383 // Disable speculative TCP/IP preconnection.
384 const char kDisablePreconnect[] = "disable-preconnect";
386 // Disable prerendering based on local browsing history.
387 const char kDisablePrerenderLocalPredictor[] =
388 "disable-prerender-local-predictor";
390 // Normally when the user attempts to navigate to a page that was the result of
391 // a post we prompt to make sure they want to. This switch may be used to
392 // disable that check. This switch is used during automated testing.
393 const char kDisablePromptOnRepost[] = "disable-prompt-on-repost";
395 // Disables support for the QUIC protocol.
396 const char kDisableQuic[] = "disable-quic";
398 // Disables support for the HTTPS over QUIC protocol. This is a temporary
399 // testing flag. This only has an effect if QUIC protocol is enabled.
400 const char kDisableQuicHttps[] = "disable-quic-https";
402 // Prevents the URLs of BackgroundContents from being remembered and
403 // re-launched when the browser restarts.
404 const char kDisableRestoreBackgroundContents[] =
405 "disable-restore-background-contents";
407 // Disables restoring session state (cookies, session storage, etc.) when
408 // restoring the browsing session.
409 const char kDisableRestoreSessionState[] = "disable-restore-session-state";
411 // Disables throttling prints initiated by scripts.
412 const char kDisableScriptedPrintThrottling[] =
413 "disable-scripted-print-throttling";
415 // Disables syncing browser data to a Google Account.
416 const char kDisableSync[] = "disable-sync";
418 // Disables syncing of app settings.
419 const char kDisableSyncAppSettings[] = "disable-sync-app-settings";
421 // Disables syncing of apps.
422 const char kDisableSyncApps[] = "disable-sync-apps";
424 // Disables syncing of autofill.
425 const char kDisableSyncAutofill[] = "disable-sync-autofill";
427 // Disables syncing of autofill Profile.
428 const char kDisableSyncAutofillProfile[] = "disable-sync-autofill-profile";
430 // Disables syncing of bookmarks.
431 const char kDisableSyncBookmarks[] = "disable-sync-bookmarks";
433 // Disables syncing of dictionary.
434 const char kDisableSyncDictionary[] = "disable-sync-dictionary";
436 // Disables syncing extension settings.
437 const char kDisableSyncExtensionSettings[] = "disable-sync-extension-settings";
439 // Disables syncing of extensions.
440 const char kDisableSyncExtensions[] = "disable-sync-extensions";
442 // Disables syncing of favicons.
443 const char kDisableSyncFavicons[] = "disable-sync-favicons";
445 // Disables syncing browser passwords.
446 const char kDisableSyncPasswords[] = "disable-sync-passwords";
448 // Disables syncing of preferences.
449 const char kDisableSyncPreferences[] = "disable-sync-preferences";
451 // Disables syncing of priority preferences.
452 const char kDisableSyncPriorityPreferences[] =
453 "disable-sync-priority-preferences";
455 // Disable syncing custom search engines.
456 const char kDisableSyncSearchEngines[] = "disable-sync-search-engines";
458 // Disable synced notifications.
459 const char kDisableSyncSyncedNotifications[] =
460 "disable-sync-synced-notifications";
462 // Disables syncing browser sessions. Will override kEnableSyncTabs.
463 const char kDisableSyncTabs[] = "disable-sync-tabs";
465 // Disables syncing of themes.
466 const char kDisableSyncThemes[] = "disable-sync-themes";
468 // Disables syncing browser typed urls.
469 const char kDisableSyncTypedUrls[] = "disable-sync-typed-urls";
471 // Allows disabling of translate from the command line to assist with automated
472 // browser testing (e.g. Selenium/WebDriver). Normal browser users should
473 // disable translate with the preference.
474 const char kDisableTranslate[] = "disable-translate";
476 // Disables TLS Channel ID extension.
477 const char kDisableTLSChannelID[] = "disable-tls-channel-id";
479 // Disables the backend service for web resources.
480 const char kDisableWebResources[] = "disable-web-resources";
482 // Some tests seem to require the application to close when the last
483 // browser window is closed. Thus, we need a switch to force this behavior
484 // for ChromeOS Aura, disable "zero window mode".
485 // TODO(pkotwicz): Investigate if this bug can be removed.
486 // (http://crbug.com/119175)
487 const char kDisableZeroBrowsersOpenForTests[] =
488 "disable-zero-browsers-open-for-tests";
490 // Use a specific disk cache location, rather than one derived from the
491 // UserDatadir.
492 const char kDiskCacheDir[] = "disk-cache-dir";
494 // Forces the maximum disk space to be used by the disk cache, in bytes.
495 const char kDiskCacheSize[] = "disk-cache-size";
497 const char kDnsLogDetails[] = "dns-log-details";
499 // Disables prefetching of DNS information.
500 const char kDnsPrefetchDisable[] = "dns-prefetch-disable";
502 // Enables the <adview> tag in packaged apps.
503 const char kEnableAdview[] = "enable-adview";
505 // If set, the app list will be enabled as if enabled from CWS.
506 const char kEnableAppList[] = "enable-app-list";
508 // Enables specifying a "src" attribute on <adview> elements
509 // (for testing purposes, to skip the whitelist).
510 const char kEnableAdviewSrcAttribute[] = "enable-adview-src-attribute";
512 // Enables the <window-controls> tag in platform apps.
513 const char kEnableAppWindowControls[] = "enable-app-window-controls";
515 // Enables the experimental asynchronous DNS client.
516 const char kEnableAsyncDns[] = "enable-async-dns";
518 // Enables the inclusion of non-standard ports when generating the Kerberos SPN
519 // in response to a Negotiate challenge. See
520 // HttpAuthHandlerNegotiate::CreateSPN for more background.
521 const char kEnableAuthNegotiatePort[] = "enable-auth-negotiate-port";
523 // Enable using a public suffix based domain matching for autofill of passwords.
524 const char kEnablePasswordAutofillPublicSuffixDomainMatching[] =
525 "enable-password-autofill-public-suffix-domain-matching";
527 // Enables the pre- and auto-login features. When a user signs in to sync, the
528 // browser's cookie jar is pre-filled with GAIA cookies. When the user visits a
529 // GAIA login page, an info bar can help the user login.
530 const char kEnableAutologin[] = "enable-autologin";
532 // Enables the benchmarking extensions.
533 const char kEnableBenchmarking[] = "enable-benchmarking";
535 // Enables pushing cloud policy to Chrome using an invalidation service.
536 const char kEnableCloudPolicyPush[] = "enable-cloud-policy-push";
538 // This applies only when the process type is "service". Enables the Cloud
539 // Print Proxy component within the service process.
540 const char kEnableCloudPrintProxy[] = "enable-cloud-print-proxy";
542 // Enables fetching and storing cloud policy for components. This currently
543 // supports policy for extensions on Chrome OS.
544 const char kEnableComponentCloudPolicy[] = "enable-component-cloud-policy";
546 // Enables fetching the user's contacts from Google and showing them in the
547 // Chrome OS apps list.
548 const char kEnableContacts[] = "enable-contacts";
550 // Enables device discovery.
551 const char kEnableDeviceDiscovery[] = "enable-device-discovery";
553 // If true devtools experimental settings are enabled.
554 const char kEnableDevToolsExperiments[] = "enable-devtools-experiments";
556 // Force-enables DNS probes on main frame DNS errors. (The user must still
557 // opt in to "Use web service to resolve navigation errors".)
558 const char kEnableDnsProbes[] = "enable-dns-probes";
560 // Enables extensions to be easily installed from sites other than the web
561 // store. Without this flag, they can still be installed, but must be manually
562 // dragged onto chrome://extensions/.
563 const char kEasyOffStoreExtensionInstall[] =
564 "easy-off-store-extension-install";
566 // Enables logging for extension activity.
567 const char kEnableExtensionActivityLogging[] =
568 "enable-extension-activity-logging";
570 const char kEnableExtensionActivityLogTesting[] =
571 "enable-extension-activity-log-testing";
573 // Enables or disables showing extensions in the action box.
574 const char kExtensionsInActionBox[] = "extensions-in-action-box";
576 // Enable the fast unload controller, which speeds up tab/window close by
577 // running a tab's onunload js handler independently of the GUI -
578 // crbug.com/142458 .
579 const char kEnableFastUnload[] = "enable-fast-unload";
581 // By default, cookies are not allowed on file://. They are needed for testing,
582 // for example page cycler and layout tests. See bug 1157243.
583 const char kEnableFileCookies[] = "enable-file-cookies";
585 // Enables Google Now integration.
586 const char kEnableGoogleNowIntegration[] = "enable-google-now-integration";
588 // Enable HTTP/2 draft 04. This is a temporary testing flag.
589 const char kEnableHttp2Draft04[] = "enable-http2-draft-04";
591 // Enable Instant extended API. On mobile, this merely enables query extraction,
592 // not the rest of the instant-extended functionality.
593 const char kEnableInstantExtendedAPI[] = "enable-instant-extended-api";
595 // Enables IPv6 support, even if probes suggest that it may not be fully
596 // supported. Some probes may require internet connections, and this flag will
597 // allow support independent of application testing. This flag overrides
598 // "disable-ipv6" which appears elswhere in this file.
599 const char kEnableIPv6[] = "enable-ipv6";
601 /// Enables the IPC fuzzer for reliability testing
602 const char kEnableIPCFuzzing[] = "enable-ipc-fuzzing";
604 // Enables IP Pooling within the networks stack (SPDY only). When a connection
605 // is needed for a domain which shares an IP with an existing connection,
606 // attempt to use the existing connection.
607 const char kEnableIPPooling[] = "enable-ip-pooling";
609 // Enable always using the local NTP for the first NTP load of a new window.
610 const char kEnableLocalFirstLoadNTP[] = "enable-local-first-load-ntp";
612 // Enables support for user profiles that are managed by another user and can
613 // have restrictions applied.
614 const char kEnableManagedUsers[] = "enable-managed-users";
616 // Make the values returned to window.performance.memory more granular and more
617 // up to date. Without this flag, the memory information is still available, but
618 // it is bucketized and updated less frequently.
619 const char kEnableMemoryInfo[] = "enable-memory-info";
621 // Enables metrics recording and reporting in the browser startup sequence, as
622 // if this was an official Chrome build where the user allowed metrics
623 // reporting. This is used for testing only.
624 const char kEnableMetricsReportingForTesting[] =
625 "enable-metrics-reporting-for-testing";
627 // Runs the Native Client inside the renderer process and enables GPU plugin
628 // (internally adds lEnableGpuPlugin to the command line).
629 const char kEnableNaCl[] = "enable-nacl";
631 // Enables the network-related benchmarking extensions.
632 const char kEnableNetBenchmarking[] = "enable-net-benchmarking";
634 // Enables NPN and SPDY. In case server supports SPDY, browser will use SPDY.
635 const char kEnableNpn[] = "enable-npn";
637 // Enables NPN with HTTP. It means NPN is enabled but SPDY won't be used.
638 // HTTP is still used for all requests.
639 const char kEnableNpnHttpOnly[] = "enable-npn-http";
641 // Enables omnibox auto-completion when IME is active. The auto-completion for
642 // IME is shown in the same style as the normal(non-IME) auto-completion.
643 const char kEnableOmniboxAutoCompletionForIme[] =
644 "enable-omnibox-auto-completion-for-ime";
646 // Enables panels (always on-top docked pop-up windows).
647 const char kEnablePanels[] = "enable-panels";
649 // Enables password generation when we detect that the user is going through
650 // account creation.
651 const char kEnablePasswordGeneration[] = "enable-password-generation";
653 // Disables the usage of Portable Native Client.
654 const char kDisablePnacl[] = "disable-pnacl";
656 // Disables the installation of Portable Native Client.
657 const char kDisablePnaclInstall[] = "disable-pnacl-install";
659 // Enables tracking of tasks in profiler for viewing via about:profiler.
660 // To predominantly disable tracking (profiling), use the command line switch:
661 // --enable-profiling=0
662 // Some tracking will still take place at startup, but it will be turned off
663 // during chrome_browser_main.
664 const char kEnableProfiling[] = "enable-profiling";
666 // Enables support for the QUIC protocol. This is a temporary testing flag.
667 const char kEnableQuic[] = "enable-quic";
669 // Enables support for the HTTPS over QUIC protocol. This is a temporary
670 // testing flag. This only has an effect if QUIC protocol is enabled.
671 const char kEnableQuicHttps[] = "enable-quic-https";
673 // Enables the Quickoffoce/Chrome document viewer rather than the editor.
674 const char kEnableQuickofficeViewing[] = "enable-quickoffice-viewing";
676 // Enables support in chrome://settings to reset settings in your profile
677 // that are often touched by malware.
678 const char kEnableResetProfileSettings[] = "enable-reset-profile-settings";
680 // Enables content settings based on host *and* plug-in in the user
681 // preferences.
682 const char kEnableResourceContentSettings[] =
683 "enable-resource-content-settings";
685 // Enables save password prompt bubble.
686 const char kEnableSavePasswordBubble[] = "enable-save-password-bubble";
688 // Controls the support for SDCH filtering (dictionary based expansion of
689 // content). By default SDCH filtering is enabled. To disable SDCH filtering,
690 // use "--enable-sdch=0" as command line argument. SDCH is currently only
691 // supported server-side for searches on google.com.
692 const char kEnableSdch[] = "enable-sdch";
694 // Enables support of sticky keys.
695 const char kEnableStickyKeys[] = "enable-sticky-keys";
697 // Disables support of sticky keys.
698 const char kDisableStickyKeys[] = "disable-sticky-keys";
700 // Disable SPDY/3.1. This is a temporary testing flag.
701 const char kDisableSpdy31[] = "disable-spdy31";
703 // Enable SPDY/4 alpha 2. This is a temporary testing flag.
704 const char kEnableSpdy4a2[] = "enable-spdy4a2";
706 // Enable SPDY CREDENTIAL frame support. This is a temporary testing flag.
707 const char kEnableSpdyCredentialFrames[] = "enable-spdy-credential-frames";
709 // Enables auto correction for misspelled words.
710 const char kEnableSpellingAutoCorrect[] = "enable-spelling-auto-correct";
712 // Enables sending user feedback to spelling service.
713 const char kEnableSpellingServiceFeedback[] =
714 "enable-spelling-service-feedback";
716 // Enables the stacked tabstrip.
717 const char kEnableStackedTabStrip[] = "enable-stacked-tab-strip";
719 // Enables experimental suggestions pane in New Tab page.
720 const char kEnableSuggestionsTabPage[] = "enable-suggestions-ntp";
722 // Enables synced notifications.
723 const char kEnableSyncSyncedNotifications[] =
724 "enable-sync-synced-notifications";
726 // Enables context menu for selecting groups of tabs.
727 const char kEnableTabGroupsContextMenu[] = "enable-tab-groups-context-menu";
729 // Enables fanciful thumbnail processing. Used with NTP for
730 // instant-extended-api, where thumbnails are generally smaller.
731 const char kEnableThumbnailRetargeting[] = "enable-thumbnail-retargeting";
733 // Enables Translate settings in chrome://settings/languages.
734 const char kEnableTranslateSettings[] = "enable-translate-settings";
736 // Enables unrestricted SSL 3.0 fallback.
737 // With this switch, SSL 3.0 fallback will be enabled for all sites.
738 // Without this switch, SSL 3.0 fallback will be disabled for a site
739 // pinned to the Google pin list (indicating that it is a Google site).
740 // Note: until http://crbug/237055 is resolved, unrestricted SSL 3.0
741 // fallback is always enabled, with or without this switch.
742 const char kEnableUnrestrictedSSL3Fallback[] =
743 "enable-unrestricted-ssl3-fallback";
745 // Enables Alternate-Protocol when the port is user controlled (> 1024).
746 const char kEnableUserAlternateProtocolPorts[] =
747 "enable-user-controlled-alternate-protocol-ports";
749 // Spawns threads to watch for excessive delays in specified message loops.
750 // User should set breakpoints on Alarm() to examine problematic thread.
752 // Usage: -enable-watchdog=[ui][io]
754 // Order of the listed sub-arguments does not matter.
755 const char kEnableWatchdog[] = "enable-watchdog";
757 // Uses WebSocket over SPDY.
758 const char kEnableWebSocketOverSpdy[] = "enable-websocket-over-spdy";
760 // Explicitly allows additional ports using a comma-separated list of port
761 // numbers.
762 const char kExplicitlyAllowedPorts[] = "explicitly-allowed-ports";
764 // The time in seconds that an extension event page can be idle before it
765 // is shut down.
766 const char kEventPageIdleTime[] = "event-page-idle-time";
768 // The time in seconds that an extension event page has between being notified
769 // of its impending unload and that unload happening.
770 const char kEventPageSuspendingTime[] = "event-page-unloading-time";
772 // Marks a renderer as extension process.
773 const char kExtensionProcess[] = "extension-process";
775 // Frequency in seconds for Extensions auto-update.
776 const char kExtensionsUpdateFrequency[] = "extensions-update-frequency";
778 // Additional query params to insert in the search and instant URLs. Useful for
779 // testing.
780 const char kExtraSearchQueryParams[] = "extra-search-query-params";
782 // Fakes the channel of the browser for purposes of Variations filtering. This
783 // is to be used for testing only. Possible values are "stable", "beta", "dev"
784 // and "canary". Note that this only applies if the browser's reported channel
785 // is UNKNOWN.
786 const char kFakeVariationsChannel[] = "fake-variations-channel";
788 // If this flag is present then this command line is being delegated to an
789 // already running chrome process via the fast path, ie: before chrome.dll is
790 // loaded. It is useful to tell the difference for tracking purposes.
791 const char kFastStart[] = "fast-start";
793 // These two flags are added around the switches about:flags adds to the
794 // command line. This is useful to see which switches were added by about:flags
795 // on about:version. They don't have any effect.
796 const char kFlagSwitchesBegin[] = "flag-switches-begin";
797 const char kFlagSwitchesEnd[] = "flag-switches-end";
799 // Alternative feedback server to use when submitting user feedback
800 const char kFeedbackServer[] = "feedback-server";
802 // The file descriptor limit is set to the value of this switch, subject to the
803 // OS hard limits. Useful for testing that file descriptor exhaustion is
804 // handled gracefully.
805 const char kFileDescriptorLimit[] = "file-descriptor-limit";
807 // Forces application mode. This hides certain system UI elements and forces
808 // the app to be installed if it hasn't been already.
809 const char kForceAppMode[] = "force-app-mode";
811 // Displays the First Run experience when the browser is started, regardless of
812 // whether or not it's actually the First Run (this overrides kNoFirstRun).
813 const char kForceFirstRun[] = "force-first-run";
815 // Tries to load cloud policy for every signed in user, regardless of whether
816 // they are a dasher user or not. Used to allow any GAIA account to be used for
817 // testing the cloud policy framework.
818 const char kForceLoadCloudPolicy[] = "force-load-cloud-policy";
820 // Enables using GAIA information to populate profile name and icon.
821 const char kGaiaProfileInfo[] = "gaia-profile-info";
823 // Specifies an alternate URL to use for speaking to Google. Useful for testing.
824 const char kGoogleBaseURL[] = "google-base-url";
826 // Specifies an alternate URL to use for retrieving the search domain for
827 // Google. Useful for testing.
828 const char kGoogleSearchDomainCheckURL[] = "google-search-domain-check-url";
830 // Specifies a custom name for the GSSAPI library to load.
831 const char kGSSAPILibraryName[] = "gssapi-library-name";
833 // These flags show the man page on Linux. They are equivalent to each
834 // other.
835 const char kHelp[] = "help";
836 const char kHelpShort[] = "h";
838 // Makes Windows happy by allowing it to show "Enable access to this program"
839 // checkbox in Add/Remove Programs->Set Program Access and Defaults. This only
840 // shows an error box because the only way to hide Chrome is by uninstalling
841 // it.
842 const char kHideIcons[] = "hide-icons";
844 // Disables full history sync.
845 const char kHistoryDisableFullHistorySync[] = "disable-full-history-sync";
847 // Enables grouping websites by domain and filtering them by period.
848 const char kHistoryEnableGroupByDomain[] = "enable-grouped-history";
850 // Specifies which page will be displayed in newly-opened tabs. We need this
851 // for testing purposes so that the UI tests don't depend on what comes up for
852 // http://google.com.
853 const char kHomePage[] = "homepage";
855 // Comma-separated list of rules that control how hostnames are mapped.
857 // For example:
858 // "MAP * 127.0.0.1" --> Forces all hostnames to be mapped to 127.0.0.1
859 // "MAP *.google.com proxy" --> Forces all google.com subdomains to be
860 // resolved to "proxy".
861 // "MAP test.com [::1]:77 --> Forces "test.com" to resolve to IPv6 loopback.
862 // Will also force the port of the resulting
863 // socket address to be 77.
864 // "MAP * baz, EXCLUDE www.google.com" --> Remaps everything to "baz",
865 // except for "www.google.com".
867 // These mappings apply to the endpoint host in a net::URLRequest (the TCP
868 // connect and host resolver in a direct connection, and the CONNECT in an http
869 // proxy connection, and the endpoint host in a SOCKS proxy connection).
870 const char kHostRules[] = "host-rules";
872 // The maximum number of concurrent host resolve requests (i.e. DNS) to allow
873 // (not counting backup attempts which would also consume threads).
874 // --host-resolver-retry-attempts must be set to zero for this to be exact.
875 const char kHostResolverParallelism[] = "host-resolver-parallelism";
877 // The maximum number of retry attempts to resolve the host. Set this to zero
878 // to disable host resolver retry attempts.
879 const char kHostResolverRetryAttempts[] = "host-resolver-retry-attempts";
881 // Causes net::URLFetchers to ignore requests for SSL client certificates,
882 // causing them to attempt an unauthenticated SSL/TLS session. This is intended
883 // for use when testing various service URLs (eg: kPromoServerURL, kSbURLPrefix,
884 // kSyncServiceURL, etc)
885 const char kIgnoreUrlFetcherCertRequests[] =
886 "ignore-urlfetcher-cert-requests";
888 // Causes the browser to launch directly in incognito mode.
889 const char kIncognito[] = "incognito";
891 // Causes Chrome to attempt to get metadata from the webstore for the
892 // app/extension ID given, and then prompt the user to download and install it.
893 const char kInstallFromWebstore[] = "install-from-webstore";
895 // Causes Chrome to load this URL instead of chrome://newtab for New Tab pages.
896 const char kInstantNewTabURL[] = "instant-new-tab-url";
898 // Marks a renderer as an Instant process.
899 const char kInstantProcess[] = "instant-process";
901 // Used for testing - keeps browser alive after last browser window closes.
902 const char kKeepAliveForTest[] = "keep-alive-for-test";
904 // Enable Kiosk mode.
905 const char kKioskMode[] = "kiosk";
907 // Print automatically in kiosk mode. |kKioskMode| must be set as well.
908 // See http://crbug.com/31395.
909 const char kKioskModePrinting[] = "kiosk-printing";
911 // Causes Chrome to attempt to get metadata from the webstore for the
912 // given item, and then prompt the user to download and install it.
913 const char kLimitedInstallFromWebstore[] = "limited-install-from-webstore";
915 // Comma-separated list of directories with component extensions to load.
916 const char kLoadComponentExtension[] = "load-component-extension";
918 // If present, disables the loading and application of cloud policy for
919 // signed-in users.
920 const char kDisableCloudPolicyOnSignin[] = "disable-cloud-policy-on-signin";
922 // Loads an extension from the specified directory.
923 const char kLoadExtension[] = "load-extension";
925 // Makes Chrome default browser
926 const char kMakeDefaultBrowser[] = "make-default-browser";
928 // Used to authenticate requests to the Sync service for managed users. Setting
929 // this switch also causes Sync to be set up for a managed user.
930 const char kManagedUserSyncToken[] = "managed-user-sync-token";
932 // Forces the maximum disk space to be used by the media cache, in bytes.
933 const char kMediaCacheSize[] = "media-cache-size";
935 // Enables dynamic loading of the Memory Profiler DLL, which will trace all
936 // memory allocations during the run.
937 const char kMemoryProfiling[] = "memory-profile";
939 // Enables histograming of tasks served by MessageLoop. See
940 // about:histograms/Loop for results, which show frequency of messages on each
941 // thread, including APC count, object signalling count, etc.
942 const char kMessageLoopHistogrammer[] = "message-loop-histogrammer";
944 // Enables the recording of metrics reports but disables reporting. In contrast
945 // to kDisableMetrics, this executes all the code that a normal client would
946 // use for reporting, except the report is dropped rather than sent to the
947 // server. This is useful for finding issues in the metrics code during UI and
948 // performance tests.
949 const char kMetricsRecordingOnly[] = "metrics-recording-only";
951 // Enables multiprofile Chrome.
952 const char kMultiProfiles[] = "multi-profiles";
954 // List of native messaging hosts outside of the default location. Used for
955 // tests. The value must be comma-separate lists of key-value pairs separated
956 // equal sign. E.g. "host1=/path/to/host1/manifest.json,host2=/path/host2.json".
957 const char kNativeMessagingHosts[] = "native-messaging-hosts";
959 // Sets the base logging level for the net log. Log 0 logs the most data.
960 // Intended primarily for use with --log-net-log.
961 const char kNetLogLevel[] = "net-log-level";
963 // Use new profile management system, including profile sign-out and new
964 // choosers.
965 const char kNewProfileManagement[] = "new-profile-management";
967 // Disables the default browser check. Useful for UI/browser tests where we
968 // want to avoid having the default browser info-bar displayed.
969 const char kNoDefaultBrowserCheck[] = "no-default-browser-check";
971 // By default, an https page can load images, fonts or frames from an http
972 // page. This switch overrides this to block this lesser mixed-content problem.
973 const char kNoDisplayingInsecureContent[] = "no-displaying-insecure-content";
975 // Don't record/playback events when using record & playback.
976 const char kNoEvents[] = "no-events";
978 // Disables all experiments set on about:flags. Does not disable about:flags
979 // itself. Useful if an experiment makes chrome crash at startup: One can start
980 // chrome with --no-experiments, disable the problematic lab at about:flags and
981 // then restart chrome without this switch again.
982 const char kNoExperiments[] = "no-experiments";
984 // Skip First Run tasks, whether or not it's actually the First Run. Overridden
985 // by kForceFirstRun.
986 // Also drops the First Run beacon so that First Run will not occur in
987 // subsequent runs as well.
988 const char kNoFirstRun[] = "no-first-run";
990 // Support a separate switch that enables the v8 playback extension.
991 // The extension causes javascript calls to Date.now() and Math.random()
992 // to return consistent values, such that subsequent loads of the same
993 // page will result in consistent js-generated data and XHR requests.
994 // Pages may still be able to generate inconsistent data from plugins.
995 const char kNoJsRandomness[] = "no-js-randomness";
997 // Whether or not the browser should warn if the profile is on a network share.
998 // This flag is only relevant for Windows currently.
999 const char kNoNetworkProfileWarning[] = "no-network-profile-warning";
1001 // Don't send hyperlink auditing pings
1002 const char kNoPings[] = "no-pings";
1004 // Don't use a proxy server, always make direct connections. Overrides any
1005 // other proxy server flags that are passed.
1006 const char kNoProxyServer[] = "no-proxy-server";
1008 // Disables the service process from adding itself as an autorun process. This
1009 // does not delete existing autorun registrations, it just prevents the service
1010 // from registering a new one.
1011 const char kNoServiceAutorun[] = "no-service-autorun";
1013 // Does not automatically open a browser window on startup (used when
1014 // launching Chrome for the purpose of hosting background apps).
1015 const char kNoStartupWindow[] = "no-startup-window";
1017 // Disables checking whether we received an acknowledgment when registering
1018 // a supervised user. Also disables the timeout during registration that waits
1019 // for the ack. Useful when debugging against a server that does not
1020 // support notifications.
1021 const char kNoManagedUserAcknowledgmentCheck[] =
1022 "no-managed-user-acknowledgment-check";
1024 // Specifies the maximum number of threads to use for running the Proxy
1025 // Autoconfig (PAC) script.
1026 const char kNumPacThreads[] = "num-pac-threads";
1028 // When the option to block third-party cookies is enabled, only block
1029 // third-party cookies from being set.
1030 const char kOnlyBlockSettingThirdPartyCookies[] =
1031 "only-block-setting-third-party-cookies";
1033 // Launches URL in new browser window.
1034 const char kOpenInNewWindow[] = "new-window";
1036 // Simulates an organic Chrome install.
1037 const char kOrganicInstall[] = "organic";
1039 // Force use of QUIC for requests to the specified origin.
1040 const char kOriginToForceQuicOn[] = "origin-to-force-quic-on";
1042 // The time that a new chrome process which is delegating to an already running
1043 // chrome process started. (See ProcessSingleton for more details.)
1044 const char kOriginalProcessStartTime[] = "original-process-start-time";
1046 // Packages an extension to a .crx installable file from a given directory.
1047 const char kPackExtension[] = "pack-extension";
1049 // Optional PEM private key to use in signing packaged .crx.
1050 const char kPackExtensionKey[] = "pack-extension-key";
1052 // Specifies the path to the user data folder for the parent profile.
1053 const char kParentProfile[] = "parent-profile";
1055 // Launches PerformanceMonitor at startup, which will gather statistics about
1056 // Chrome's CPU and memory usage, page load times, startup times, and network
1057 // usage, and will also store information about events which may be of interest,
1058 // such as extension-related occurrences and crashes. Optionally, this may be
1059 // run with an integer value representing the interval between the timed
1060 // metric gatherings, measured in seconds (if invalid or not provided, the
1061 // default interval is used).
1062 const char kPerformanceMonitorGathering[] = "performance-monitor-gathering";
1064 // Read previously recorded data from the cache. Only cached data is read.
1065 // See kRecordMode.
1066 const char kPlaybackMode[] = "playback-mode";
1068 // Overrides the path to the location that PNaCl is installed.
1069 const char kPnaclDir[] = "pnacl-dir";
1071 // Forces the PPAPI version of Flash (if it's being used) to run in the
1072 // renderer process rather than in a separate plugin process.
1073 const char kPpapiFlashInProcess[] = "ppapi-flash-in-process";
1075 // Use the PPAPI (Pepper) Flash found at the given path.
1076 const char kPpapiFlashPath[] = "ppapi-flash-path";
1078 // Report the given version for the PPAPI (Pepper) Flash. The version should be
1079 // numbers separated by '.'s (e.g., "12.3.456.78"). If not specified, it
1080 // defaults to "10.2.999.999".
1081 const char kPpapiFlashVersion[] = "ppapi-flash-version";
1083 // Triggers prerendering of pages from suggestions in the omnibox. Only has an
1084 // effect when Instant is either disabled or restricted to search, and when
1085 // prerender is enabled.
1086 const char kPrerenderFromOmnibox[] = "prerender-from-omnibox";
1087 // These are the values the kPrerenderFromOmnibox switch may have, as in
1088 // "--prerender-from-omnibox=auto". auto: Allow field trial selection.
1089 const char kPrerenderFromOmniboxSwitchValueAuto[] = "auto";
1090 // disabled: No prerendering.
1091 const char kPrerenderFromOmniboxSwitchValueDisabled[] = "disabled";
1092 // enabled: Guaranteed prerendering.
1093 const char kPrerenderFromOmniboxSwitchValueEnabled[] = "enabled";
1094 // Controls speculative prerendering of pages, and content prefetching. Both
1095 // are dispatched from <link rel=prefetch href=...> elements.
1096 const char kPrerenderMode[] = "prerender";
1097 // These are the values the kPrerenderMode switch may have, as in
1098 // "--prerender=auto".
1099 // auto: Allow field trial selection in both prerender and prefetch.
1100 const char kPrerenderModeSwitchValueAuto[] = "auto";
1101 // disabled: No prerendering or prefetching.
1102 const char kPrerenderModeSwitchValueDisabled[] = "disabled";
1103 // enabled: Both prerendering and prefetching.
1104 const char kPrerenderModeSwitchValueEnabled[] = "enabled";
1105 // prefetch_only: No prerendering, but enables prefetching.
1106 const char kPrerenderModeSwitchValuePrefetchOnly[] = "prefetch_only";
1108 // Enable conversion from vector to raster for any page.
1109 const char kPrintRaster[] = "print-raster";
1111 // Outputs the product version information and quit. Used as an internal api to
1112 // detect the installed version of Chrome on Linux.
1113 const char kProductVersion[] = "product-version";
1115 // Selects directory of profile to associate with the first browser launched.
1116 const char kProfileDirectory[] = "profile-directory";
1118 // Starts the sampling based profiler for the browser process at startup. This
1119 // will only work if chrome has been built with the gyp variable profiling=1.
1120 // The output will go to the value of kProfilingFile.
1121 const char kProfilingAtStart[] = "profiling-at-start";
1123 // Specifies a location for profiling output. This will only work if chrome has
1124 // been built with the gyp variable profiling=1.
1126 // {pid} if present will be replaced by the pid of the process.
1127 // {count} if present will be incremented each time a profile is generated
1128 // for this process.
1129 // The default is chrome-profile-{pid}.
1130 const char kProfilingFile[] = "profiling-file";
1132 // Specifies a path for the output of task-level profiling which can be loaded
1133 // and viewed in about:profiler.
1134 const char kProfilingOutputFile[] = "profiling-output-file";
1136 // Controls whether profile data is periodically flushed to a file. Normally
1137 // the data gets written on exit but cases exist where chrome doesn't exit
1138 // cleanly (especially when using single-process). A time in seconds can be
1139 // specified.
1140 const char kProfilingFlush[] = "profiling-flush";
1142 // Specifies a custom URL for fetching NTP promo data.
1143 const char kPromoServerURL[] = "promo-server-url";
1145 // Should we prompt the user before allowing external extensions to install?
1146 // Default is yes.
1147 const char kPromptForExternalExtensions[] = "prompt-for-external-extensions";
1149 // Forces proxy auto-detection.
1150 const char kProxyAutoDetect[] = "proxy-auto-detect";
1152 // Specifies a list of hosts for whom we bypass proxy settings and use direct
1153 // connections. Ignored if --proxy-auto-detect or --no-proxy-server are also
1154 // specified. This is a comma-separated list of bypass rules. See:
1155 // "net/proxy/proxy_bypass_rules.h" for the format of these rules.
1156 const char kProxyBypassList[] = "proxy-bypass-list";
1158 // Uses the pac script at the given URL
1159 const char kProxyPacUrl[] = "proxy-pac-url";
1161 // Uses a specified proxy server, overrides system settings. This switch only
1162 // affects HTTP and HTTPS requests.
1163 const char kProxyServer[] = "proxy-server";
1165 // Adds a "Purge memory" button to the Task Manager, which tries to dump as
1166 // much memory as possible. This is mostly useful for testing how well the
1167 // MemoryPurger functionality works.
1169 // NOTE: This is only implemented for Views.
1170 const char kPurgeMemoryButton[] = "purge-memory-button";
1172 // Capture resource consumption information through page cycling and output the
1173 // data to the specified file.
1174 const char kRecordStats[] = "record-stats";
1176 // Chrome supports a playback and record mode. Record mode saves *everything*
1177 // to the cache. Playback mode reads data exclusively from the cache. This
1178 // allows us to record a session into the cache and then replay it at will.
1179 // See also kPlaybackMode.
1180 const char kRecordMode[] = "record-mode";
1182 // Uses custom front-end URL for the remote debugging.
1183 const char kRemoteDebuggingFrontend[] = "remote-debugging-frontend";
1185 // Enables remote debugging of Chrome for Android via raw USB.
1186 const char kRemoteDebuggingRawUSB[] = "remote-debugging-raw-usb";
1188 // Enables print preview in the renderer. This flag is generated internally by
1189 // Chrome and does nothing when directly passed to the browser.
1190 const char kRendererPrintPreview[] = "renderer-print-preview";
1192 // Forces a reset of the one-time-randomized FieldTrials on this client, also
1193 // known as the Chrome Variations state.
1194 const char kResetVariationState[] = "reset-variation-state";
1196 // Indicates the last session should be restored on startup. This overrides the
1197 // preferences value and is primarily intended for testing. The value of this
1198 // switch is the number of tabs to wait until loaded before 'load completed' is
1199 // sent to the ui_test.
1200 const char kRestoreLastSession[] = "restore-last-session";
1202 // Disable saving pages as HTML-only, disable saving pages as HTML Complete
1203 // (with a directory of sub-resources). Enable only saving pages as MHTML.
1204 // See http://crbug.com/120416 for how to remove this switch.
1205 const char kSavePageAsMHTML[] = "save-page-as-mhtml";
1207 // URL prefix used by safebrowsing to fetch hash, download data and report
1208 // malware.
1209 const char kSbURLPrefix[] = "safebrowsing-url-prefix";
1211 // If present, safebrowsing only performs update when
1212 // SafeBrowsingProtocolManager::ForceScheduleNextUpdate() is explicitly called.
1213 // This is used for testing only.
1214 const char kSbDisableAutoUpdate[] = "safebrowsing-disable-auto-update";
1216 // TODO(lzheng): Remove this flag once the feature works fine
1217 // (http://crbug.com/74848).
1219 // Disables safebrowsing feature that checks download url and downloads
1220 // content's hash to make sure the content are not malicious.
1221 const char kSbDisableDownloadProtection[] =
1222 "safebrowsing-disable-download-protection";
1224 // Disables safebrowsing feature that checks for blacklisted extensions.
1225 const char kSbDisableExtensionBlacklist[] =
1226 "safebrowsing-disable-extension-blacklist";
1228 // Disables safebrowsing feature that provides a side-effect free whitelist.
1229 const char kSbDisableSideEffectFreeWhitelist[] =
1230 "safebrowsing-disable-side-effect-free-whitelist";
1232 // URL to send safebrowsing download feedback reports to.
1233 const char kSbDownloadFeedbackURL[] = "safebrowsing-download-feedback-url";
1235 // Enable safebrowsing download feedback.
1236 const char kSbEnableDownloadFeedback[] =
1237 "safebrowsing-enable-download-feedback";
1239 // Enables or disables extension scripts badges in the location bar.
1240 const char kScriptBadges[] = "script-badges";
1242 // Enable or diable the "script bubble" icon in the URL bar that tells you how
1243 // many extensions are running scripts on a page.
1244 const char kScriptBubble[] = "script-bubble";
1246 // Causes the process to run as a service process.
1247 const char kServiceProcess[] = "service";
1249 // Sets a token in the token service, for testing.
1250 const char kSetToken[] = "set-token";
1252 // If true the app list will be shown.
1253 const char kShowAppList[] = "show-app-list";
1255 // See kHideIcons.
1256 const char kShowIcons[] = "show-icons";
1258 // If true the alignment of the shelf can be changed.
1259 const char kShowShelfAlignmentMenu[] = "show-launcher-alignment-menu";
1261 // Marks a renderer as the signin process.
1262 const char kSigninProcess[] = "signin-process";
1264 // Does not show an infobar when an extension attaches to a page using
1265 // chrome.debugger page. Required to attach to extension background pages.
1266 const char kSilentDebuggerExtensionAPI[] = "silent-debugger-extension-api";
1268 // Changes the DCHECKS to dump memory and continue instead of displaying error
1269 // dialog. This is valid only in Release mode when --enable-dcheck is
1270 // specified.
1271 const char kSilentDumpOnDCHECK[] = "silent-dump-on-dcheck";
1273 // Causes Chrome to launch without opening any windows by default. Useful if
1274 // one wishes to use Chrome as an ash server.
1275 const char kSilentLaunch[] = "silent-launch";
1277 // Simulates an update being available.
1278 const char kSimulateUpgrade[] = "simulate-upgrade";
1280 // Simulates a critical update being available.
1281 const char kSimulateCriticalUpdate[] = "simulate-critical-update";
1283 // Simulates that current version is outdated.
1284 const char kSimulateOutdated[] = "simulate-outdated";
1286 // Replaces the buffered data source for <audio> and <video> with a simplified
1287 // resource loader that downloads the entire resource into memory.
1289 // Origin for which SpdyProxy authentication is supported.
1290 const char kSpdyProxyAuthOrigin[] = "spdy-proxy-auth-origin";
1292 // Speculative resource prefetching.
1293 const char kSpeculativeResourcePrefetching[] =
1294 "speculative-resource-prefetching";
1296 // Speculative resource prefetching is disabled.
1297 const char kSpeculativeResourcePrefetchingDisabled[] = "disabled";
1299 // Speculative resource prefetching will only learn about resources that need to
1300 // be prefetched but will not prefetch them.
1301 const char kSpeculativeResourcePrefetchingLearning[] = "learning";
1303 // Speculative resource prefetching is enabled.
1304 const char kSpeculativeResourcePrefetchingEnabled[] = "enabled";
1306 // Specifies the URL where spelling service feedback data will be sent instead
1307 // of the default URL. This switch is for temporary testing only.
1308 // TODO(rouslan): Remove this flag when feedback testing is complete. Revisit by
1309 // August 2013.
1310 const char kSpellingServiceFeedbackUrl[] = "spelling-service-feedback-url";
1312 // Specifies the number of seconds between sending batches of feedback to
1313 // spelling service. The default is 30 minutes. The mininum is 5 seconds. This
1314 // switch is for temporary testing only.
1315 // TODO(rouslan): Remove this flag when feedback testing is complete. Revisit by
1316 // August 2013.
1317 const char kSpellingServiceFeedbackIntervalSeconds[] =
1318 "spelling-service-feedback-interval-seconds";
1320 // Specifies the maximum SSL/TLS version ("ssl3", "tls1", "tls1.1", or
1321 // "tls1.2").
1322 const char kSSLVersionMax[] = "ssl-version-max";
1324 // Specifies the minimum SSL/TLS version ("ssl3", "tls1", "tls1.1", or
1325 // "tls1.2").
1326 const char kSSLVersionMin[] = "ssl-version-min";
1328 // Starts the browser maximized, regardless of any previous settings.
1329 const char kStartMaximized[] = "start-maximized";
1331 // Controls the width of time-of-day filters on the 'suggested' ntp page, in
1332 // minutes.
1333 const char kSuggestionNtpFilterWidth[] = "suggestion-ntp-filter-width";
1335 // Enables a normal distribution dropoff to the relevancy of visits with respect
1336 // to the time of day.
1337 const char kSuggestionNtpGaussianFilter[] = "suggestion-ntp-gaussian-filter";
1339 // Enables a linear dropoff to the relevancy of visits with respect to the time
1340 // of day.
1341 const char kSuggestionNtpLinearFilter[] = "suggestion-ntp-linear-filter";
1343 // Allows insecure XMPP connections for sync (for testing).
1344 const char kSyncAllowInsecureXmppConnection[] =
1345 "sync-allow-insecure-xmpp-connection";
1347 // Invalidates any login info passed into sync's XMPP connection.
1348 const char kSyncInvalidateXmppLogin[] = "sync-invalidate-xmpp-login";
1350 // This flag causes sync to retry very quickly (see polling_constants.h) the
1351 // when it encounters an error, as the first step towards exponential backoff.
1352 const char kSyncShortInitialRetryOverride[] =
1353 "sync-short-initial-retry-override";
1355 // Overrides the default host:port used for sync notifications.
1356 const char kSyncNotificationHostPort[] = "sync-notification-host-port";
1358 // Overrides the default server used for profile sync.
1359 const char kSyncServiceURL[] = "sync-url";
1361 // Makes the sync code to throw an unrecoverable error after initialization.
1362 // Useful for testing unrecoverable error scenarios.
1363 const char kSyncThrowUnrecoverableError[] = "sync-throw-unrecoverable-error";
1366 // Tries to connect to XMPP using SSLTCP first (for testing).
1367 const char kSyncTrySsltcpFirstForXmpp[] = "sync-try-ssltcp-first-for-xmpp";
1369 // Enables deferring sync backend initialization until user initiated changes
1370 // occur.
1371 const char kSyncEnableDeferredStartup[] = "sync-enable-deferred-startup";
1373 // Disables use of OAuth2 token in sync components and reverts behavior to
1374 // ClientLogin token.
1375 const char kSyncDisableOAuth2Token[] = "sync-disable-oauth2-token";
1377 // Enables feature to avoid unnecessary GetUpdate requests.
1378 const char kSyncEnableGetUpdateAvoidance[] =
1379 "sync-enable-get-update-avoidance";
1381 // Enables directory support for sync filesystem
1382 const char kSyncfsEnableDirectoryOperation[] =
1383 "enable-syncfs-directory-operation";
1385 // Enables tab dragging to create a real browser.
1386 const char kTabBrowserDragging[] = "enable-tab-browser-dragging";
1388 // Passes the name of the current running automated test to Chrome.
1389 const char kTestName[] = "test-name";
1391 // Type of the current test harness ("browser" or "ui").
1392 const char kTestType[] = "test-type";
1394 // Tells the app to listen for and broadcast testing-related messages on IPC
1395 // channel with the given ID.
1396 const char kTestingChannelID[] = "testing-channel";
1398 // Enables tracking the amount of non-idle time spent viewing pages.
1399 const char kTrackActiveVisitTime[] = "track-active-visit-time";
1401 // Overrides the default server used for Google Translate.
1402 const char kTranslateScriptURL[] = "translate-script-url";
1404 // Overrides security-origin with which Translate runs in an isolated world.
1405 const char kTranslateSecurityOrigin[] = "translate-security-origin";
1407 // Disables same-origin check on HTTP resources pushed via a SPDY proxy.
1408 // The value is the host:port of the trusted proxy.
1409 const char kTrustedSpdyProxy[] = "trusted-spdy-proxy";
1411 // Experimental. Shows a dialog asking the user to try chrome. This flag is to
1412 // be used only by the upgrade process.
1413 const char kTryChromeAgain[] = "try-chrome-again";
1415 // Uninstalls an extension with the specified extension id.
1416 const char kUninstallExtension[] = "uninstall-extension";
1418 // Runs un-installation steps that were done by chrome first-run.
1419 const char kUninstall[] = "uninstall";
1421 // Overrides per-origin quota settings to unlimited storage for any
1422 // apps/origins. This should be used only for testing purpose.
1423 const char kUnlimitedStorage[] = "unlimited-storage";
1425 // Uses Spdy for the transport protocol instead of HTTP. This is a temporary
1426 // testing flag.
1427 const char kUseSpdy[] = "use-spdy";
1429 // Disables use of the spelling web service and only provides suggestions.
1430 // This will only work if asynchronous spell checking is not disabled.
1431 const char kUseSpellingSuggestions[] = "use-spelling-suggestions";
1433 // Sets the maximum concurrent streams over a SPDY session.
1434 const char kMaxSpdyConcurrentStreams[] = "max-spdy-concurrent-streams";
1436 // Specifies the user data directory, which is where the browser will look for
1437 // all of its state.
1438 const char kUserDataDir[] = "user-data-dir";
1440 // Examines a .crx for validity and prints the result.
1441 const char kValidateCrx[] = "validate-crx";
1443 // Uses experimental simple cache backend if possible.
1444 const char kUseSimpleCacheBackend[] = "use-simple-cache-backend";
1446 // Specifies a custom URL for the server which reports variation data to the
1447 // client. Specifying this switch enables the Variations service on
1448 // unofficial builds. See variations_service.cc.
1449 const char kVariationsServerURL[] = "variations-server-url";
1451 // Prints version information and quits.
1452 const char kVersion[] = "version";
1454 // Cycle through a series of URLs listed in the specified file.
1455 const char kVisitURLs[] = "visit-urls";
1457 // Adds the given extension ID to all the permission whitelists.
1458 const char kWhitelistedExtensionID[] = "whitelisted-extension-id";
1460 // Specify the initial window position: --window-position=x,y
1461 const char kWindowPosition[] = "window-position";
1463 // Specify the initial window size: --window-size=w,h
1464 const char kWindowSize[] = "window-size";
1466 // Uses WinHTTP to fetch and evaluate PAC scripts. Otherwise the default is to
1467 // use Chromium's network stack to fetch, and V8 to evaluate.
1468 const char kWinHttpProxyResolver[] = "winhttp-proxy-resolver";
1470 #if defined(ENABLE_PLUGIN_INSTALLATION)
1471 // Specifies a custom URL for fetching plug-ins metadata. Used for testing.
1472 const char kPluginsMetadataServerURL[] = "plugins-metadata-server-url";
1473 #endif
1475 #if defined(OS_ANDROID) || defined(OS_IOS)
1476 // Enable SPDY proxy.
1477 const char kEnableSpdyProxyAuth[] = "enable-spdy-proxy-auth";
1478 #endif // defined(OS_ANDROID) || defined(OS_IOS)
1480 #if defined(OS_ANDROID)
1481 // Enables the new NTP.
1482 const char kEnableNewNTP[] = "enable-new-ntp";
1484 // Pops the translate infobar if possible.
1485 const char kEnableTranslate[] = "enable-translate";
1487 // Registers for cloud policy using the BROWSER client type instead of the
1488 // ANDROID_BROWSER type. This enables skipping the server whitelist.
1489 // TODO(joaodasilva): remove this. http://crbug.com/248527
1490 const char kFakeCloudPolicyType[] = "fake-cloud-policy-type";
1492 // Uses the tablet specific UI components when available.
1493 const char kTabletUI[] = "tablet-ui";
1494 #endif
1496 #if defined(USE_ASH)
1497 const char kAshDisableTabScrubbing[] = "ash-disable-tab-scrubbing";
1498 const char kOpenAsh[] = "open-ash";
1499 #endif
1501 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
1502 // Used for turning on Breakpad crash reporting in a debug environment where
1503 // crash reporting is typically compiled but disabled.
1504 const char kEnableCrashReporterForTesting[] =
1505 "enable-crash-reporter-for-testing";
1507 #if !defined(OS_MACOSX) && !defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
1508 // Specifies which password store to use (detect, default, gnome, kwallet).
1509 const char kPasswordStore[] = "password-store";
1510 #endif
1511 #endif // OS_POSIX
1513 #if defined(OS_MACOSX)
1514 // Forcibly disables Lion-style on newer OSes, to allow developers to test the
1515 // older, SnowLeopard-style fullscreen.
1516 const char kDisableSystemFullscreenForTesting[] =
1517 "disable-system-fullscreen-for-testing";
1519 // Enables the app list OSX .app shim, for showing the app list. If the flag is
1520 // not present, Chrome will check if the shim exists at startup, and delete it
1521 // if it does.
1522 const char kEnableAppListShim[] = "enable-app-list-shim";
1524 // Enable to allow creation and launch of app shims for platform apps.
1525 const char kEnableAppShims[] = "enable-app-shims";
1527 // Enables the tabs expose feature ( http://crbug.com/50307 ).
1528 const char kEnableExposeForTabs[] = "enable-expose-for-tabs";
1530 // Enables a simplified fullscreen UI on Mac.
1531 const char kEnableSimplifiedFullscreen[] = "enable-simplified-fullscreen";
1533 // Performs Keychain reauthorization from the command line on behalf of a
1534 // special Keychain reauthorization stub executable. Used during auto-update.
1535 const char kKeychainReauthorize[] = "keychain-reauthorize";
1537 // A process type (switches::kProcessType) that relaunches the browser. See
1538 // chrome/browser/mac/relauncher.h.
1539 const char kRelauncherProcess[] = "relauncher";
1541 // Uses mock keychain for testing purposes, which prevents blocking dialogs
1542 // from causing timeouts.
1543 const char kUseMockKeychain[] = "use-mock-keychain";
1544 #endif
1546 #if defined(OS_WIN)
1547 // For the DelegateExecute verb handler to launch Chrome in metro mode on
1548 // Windows 8 and higher. Used when relaunching metro Chrome.
1549 const char kForceImmersive[] = "force-immersive";
1551 // For the DelegateExecute verb handler to launch Chrome in desktop mode on
1552 // Windows 8 and higher. Used when relaunching metro Chrome.
1553 const char kForceDesktop[] = "force-desktop";
1555 // Allows for disabling the overlapped I/O for TCP reads.
1556 // Possible values are "on" or "off".
1557 // The default is "on" which matches the existing behavior.
1558 // "off" switches to use non-blocking reads and WSAEventSelect.
1559 const char kOverlappedRead[] = "overlapped-reads";
1561 // Relaunches metro Chrome on Windows 8 and higher using a given shortcut.
1562 const char kRelaunchShortcut[] = "relaunch-shortcut";
1564 // Waits for the given handle to be signaled before relaunching metro Chrome on
1565 // Windows 8 and higher.
1566 const char kWaitForMutex[] = "wait-for-mutex";
1568 // Indicates that chrome was launched to service a search request in Windows 8.
1569 const char kWindows8Search[] = "windows8-search";
1571 #endif
1573 #if defined(OS_WIN) && defined(USE_AURA)
1574 // Requests that Chrome connect to the running Metro viewer process.
1575 const char kViewerConnect[] = "viewer-connect";
1577 // Requests that Chrome launch the Metro viewer process via the given appid
1578 // (which is assumed to be registered as default browser) and synchronously
1579 // connect to it.
1580 const char kViewerLaunchViaAppId[] = "viewer-launch-via-appid";
1581 #endif
1583 #ifndef NDEBUG
1584 // Enables overriding the path of file manager extension.
1585 const char kFileManagerExtensionPath[] = "filemgr-ext-path";
1587 // Enables overriding the path of image loader extension.
1588 const char kImageLoaderExtensionPath[] = "image-loader-ext-path";
1589 #endif // NDEBUG
1591 // Controls print preview in the browser process.
1592 #if defined(GOOGLE_CHROME_BUILD)
1593 // Disables print preview (For testing, and for users who don't like us. :[ )
1594 const char kDisablePrintPreview[] = "disable-print-preview";
1595 #else
1596 // Enables print preview (Force enable on Chromium, which normally does not
1597 // have the PDF viewer required for print preview.)
1598 const char kEnablePrintPreview[] = "enable-print-preview";
1599 #endif
1601 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1602 // DO NOT ADD YOUR CRAP TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS FILE.
1604 // You were going to just dump your switches here, weren't you? Instead, please
1605 // put them in alphabetical order above, or in order inside the appropriate
1606 // ifdef at the bottom. The order should match the header.
1607 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
1609 } // namespace switches