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Bug 693801 - Allow disabling of Overview for new tab page
Allow disabling of Overview for new tab page
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: epiphany
Classification: Core
Component: Preferences
3.6.x (obsolete)
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Epiphany Maintainers
Epiphany Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks: 755388
 
 
Reported: 2013-02-14 14:46 UTC by Andrew Brouwers
Modified: 2017-05-31 15:00 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Attachments
Add hint on how to get a blank new tab page (1.35 KB, patch)
2016-11-26 13:53 UTC, Michael Catanzaro
committed Details | Review

Description Andrew Brouwers 2013-02-14 14:46:41 UTC
In 3.4, there was a dconf flag to allow setting the homepage.  While the overview is really great, I would really like to disable its use on a few installations, and instead just have a blank page for a new-tab, or similar, and using a homepage for a new window.

It would be great to add some options, either in the UI or via. dconf, to disable the overview, and possibly set a homepage to use instead for a new window.
Comment 1 Reinout van Schouwen 2013-02-15 16:00:27 UTC
I can imagine this would be useful in a lockdown scenario...
Comment 2 Andrew Brouwers 2013-06-13 17:11:28 UTC
*poke*  any chance for this for 3.10 ?
Comment 3 Jean-François Fortin Tam 2014-05-04 18:57:08 UTC
My 2¢: wondering if this should be inside gnome control center's privacy settings, or epiphany's privacy tab in the preferences dialog?
Comment 4 Michael Catanzaro 2016-11-26 13:52:47 UTC
(In reply to Andrew Brouwers from comment #2)
> *poke*  any chance for this for 3.10 ?

Better late than never: it will be possible in 3.24! You will have to set two hidden settings. I will add a hint to the settings description to make it more clear how to get the behavior you want.
Comment 5 Michael Catanzaro 2016-11-26 13:53:08 UTC
The following fix has been pushed:
4d3083e Add hint on how to get a blank new tab page
Comment 6 Michael Catanzaro 2016-11-26 13:53:13 UTC
Created attachment 340798 [details] [review]
Add hint on how to get a blank new tab page
Comment 7 Stephen 2017-05-31 14:39:10 UTC
I don't see this in the schema (or anywhere else) for Web 3.24.2?
Comment 8 Stephen 2017-05-31 15:00:19 UTC
OK never mind, it was removed:

https://mail.gnome.org/archives/commits-list/2016-December/msg01304.html

Unfortunately the comment there "It's a lot simpler to just use homepage-url always for new tabs and windows if present" doesn't actually happen as of 3.24.2. I'll file a new bug.