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<div class="boilerPlate">This document is provided for your information only.
It may help you take certain steps to protect the privacy and security of
your personal information on the Internet. This document does not, however,
address all online privacy and security issues, nor does it represent a
recommendation about what constitutes adequate privacy and security
protection on the Internet.</div>
<h1 id="controlling_popups">Controlling Popups</h1>
<p><strong>What are Popups?</strong></p>
<p>Pop-up windows, or popups, are windows that appear automatically and without
your permission. They vary in size, but usually don't cover the whole
screen. Some popups open on top of the current browser window, thus popping
up, while others appear underneath the browser (popunders).</p>
<p>&brandShortName; allows you to control both popups and popunders through the
<a href="#privacy_and_security_preferences_popup_windows">Popup Windows
preferences panel</a>. Since popup blocking is turned off by default, you
must enable it to prevent popups from appearing in the browser.</p>
<p>When blocking a popup, &brandShortName; can be set up to play a sound or
display an icon
<img src="chrome://navigator/skin/icons/popup-blocked.png" alt="Popup control
icon"/> in the status bar or a notification bar at the top of the website
content area, or any combination of the above. You can use the icon or the
bar to add a website you're viewing to an exceptions list so that the
website is allowed to again display popups.</p>
<p><strong>Blocking popups may interfere with some websites</strong>: Some
websites, including some banking sites, use popups for important features.
Blocking all popups disables such features. To allow specific websites to
use popups, while blocking all others, you can add specific websites to the
list of allowed websites. For more information, see
<a href="#privacy_and_security_preferences_popup_windows">Privacy &
Security Preferences - Popup Windows</a>.</p>
<p><strong>Blocking popups doesn't always work</strong>: Although
&brandShortName; blocks most popups, some websites, even when blocked, may
use other methods to show popups.</p>
<p><strong>Allowing popups from certain websites</strong>: After you've
enabled popup blocking, you can still allow specific websites to display
popups. Browse to the website, and then from the Tools menu, choose Popup
Manager, and then choose Allow Popups From This Website.</p>
<p>The next section describes how to control popups through preferences and
through the popup control icon.</p>
<h2 id="privacy_and_security_preferences_popup_windows">Privacy & Security
Preferences - Popup Windows</h2>
<p>This section describes how to use the Popup Windows preferences panel. If
you're not already viewing it, follow these steps:</p>
<ol>
<li>Open the
<span class="mac">&brandShortName;</span>
<span class="noMac">Edit</span> menu and choose Preferences.</li>
<li>Under the Privacy & Security Preferences category, click Popup
Windows. (If no subcategories are visible, double-click Privacy &
Security to expand the list.)</li>
</ol>
<ul>
<li><strong>Block unrequested popup windows</strong>: Select this to prevent
popups from appearing in the browser.</li>
<li><strong>Allowed Websites</strong>: Click this to view and edit the list of
websites that you want to allow to display popups.
<ul>
<li><strong>Allowed Websites - Popups</strong>: The list of allowed
websites appears when you click <q>Allowed Sites</q>. You can add or
remove websites that should be allowed to show popups.</li>
<li><strong>Allow</strong>: Click this after typing in a website that you
want to add to the list.</li>
<li><strong>Remove Website</strong>: Click this to remove a selected
website.</li>
<li><strong>Remove All Websites</strong>: Click this to remove all of the
websites in the current list.</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>When a popup window has been blocked</h3>
<ul>
<li><strong>Play a sound</strong>: If you want a sound to play each time
the browser blocks a popup, select this option and choose System beep
or Custom sound file. Selecting Custom sound file enables the following two
buttons:
<ul>
<li><strong>Browse</strong>: Click this to choose a sound file.</li>
<li><strong>Play</strong>: Click this to listen to the chosen
sound.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>Display an icon in the browser status bar</strong>: Select this
to display an icon
<img src="chrome://navigator/skin/icons/popup-blocked.png" alt="Popup control
icon"/> in the browser status bar to indicate that a popup is blocked.
<p><strong>Note</strong>: After the popup control icon
<img src="chrome://navigator/skin/icons/popup-blocked.png" alt="Popup
control icon"/> appears, it remains visible until you visit another
website.</p>
</li>
<li><strong>Display a notification bar at the top of the content area</strong>:
Select this to display a notification bar above the website content area
whenever a popup is blocked. In the bar, use the Preferences button to choose
how to handle popups from that website.
</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Using the popup control icon or notification bar to add allowed
websites</strong>: You can use the popup control icon or notification bar to
quickly add a website to the list of allowed websites. Click the icon
<img src="chrome://navigator/skin/icons/popup-blocked.png" alt="Popup control
icon"/> to open the list of allowed websites. The current website is
already filled in. Click Allow and then click OK to confirm your addition.
Similarly you can use the notification bar to allow popups from the current
website or open the list of allowed websites through Manage Popups. Just
click the Preferences button at the right end of the notification bar.</p>
<p><strong>Note</strong>: Blocking popups may not always work and may interfere
with some websites. For more information about blocking popups, see
<a href="#controlling_popups">Controlling Popups</a>.</p>
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