On 21/06/2024 00:26, Pranjal Singh wrote:
What I've done is changing /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop:
- Exec=firefox %u
+ Exec=firefox -private-window %u
I also created a desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications, but
that too didn't work.
You may file a bug (if it does not exist yet) against the Debian package
to add alternative actions in the desktop file, see
<https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/file/tip/taskcluster/docker/firefox-snap/firefox.desktop>
It would not open private widow by default though, it just would make it
available from GUI.
Have you checked your files using the desktop-file-validate tool?
Are you sure that your desktop environment uses namely files you have
edited, not a copy of the original file? Menus may use cache with data
extracted from desktop files instead of files directly. Try to set
unique Name and Comment.
Notice that the firefox-esr bookworm package contains
/usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop, not
/usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop. I would avoid editing
/usr/share/applications/firefox-esr.desktop since every package update
means revert to original version with loosing changes.
