Preferences Builtin Browser

March 4, 2025

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Display options

By default, the Builtin browser opens with only the title bar, but no navigation bar.

To display the navigation bar with additional functions, open the properties of your browser application and click Advanced.[1[[ ]from 15 2101 und eLux RP 6 2103]]

With which functions the navigation bar is displayed, you also define in the Advanced browser settings:

Browser


1	Back
2	Forward
3	Home button to open home page
4	Refresh
5	Address bar
6	Print

The title bar is always shown.

User Agent-String

With each page request, the Builtin browser transmits a ‘User Agent’ string, which is predefined by the WebKit2 engine. It contains information like Mozilla compatibility and operating system.

To transmit individual information, define an Advanced file entry:

In the Scout Console, for the relevant devices, open Advanced device configuration > Advanced file entries.


File	`/setup/sessions.ini`
Section	`[BuiltinBrowserDefaults]`
Entry	`UserAgentString`
Value	`<name/version> <individual string>`
Example	`Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64)`

For further information, see Advanced file entries.

Note:

Name and version must be included in the User Agent string.

DNS cache

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The DNS cache of the Builtin browser is set to 120 seconds by default. To configure the timeout value individually, define an environment variable in the Advanced device configuration:

In the Scout Console, for the relevant devices, open Advanced device configuration > Environment.
To define a new variable, click New.
Enter the variable using the format: WEBKIT_DNS_CACHE_EXPIRE_TIMEOUT=<number of seconds> and confirm with OK.

The new variable is shown in the list.

For further information, see Environment variables.

Clearing the browser cache

To delete all browser data including cookies, press CTRL+SHIFT+DELETE

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Preferences Builtin Browser

March 4, 2025

Contributed by:

C M

March 4, 2025

Contributed by:

C M

Preferences Builtin Browser

Display options

User Agent-String

DNS cache

Clearing the browser cache

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