Setting | Description |
---|---|
Whether to find text on a page case-insensitively. |
|
The default page(s) to open at the start, separated by commas. |
|
The page to open if :open -t/-b/-w is used without URL. Use |
|
Whether to start a search when something else than a URL is entered. |
|
Whether to save the config automatically on quit. |
|
How often (in milliseconds) to auto-save config/cookies/etc. |
|
The editor (and arguments) to use for the |
|
Encoding to use for editor. |
|
Do not record visited pages in the history or store web page icons. |
|
Enable extra tools for Web developers. |
|
Whether the background color and images are also drawn when the page is printed. |
|
Whether load requests should be monitored for cross-site scripting attempts. |
|
Enable workarounds for broken sites. |
|
Default encoding to use for websites. |
|
How to open links in an existing instance if a new one is launched. |
|
How to log javascript console messages. |
|
Whether to always save the open pages. |
|
The name of the session to save by default, or empty for the last loaded session. |
|
The URL segments where |
Setting | Description |
---|---|
The available zoom levels, separated by commas. |
|
The default zoom level. |
|
Where to show the downloaded files. |
|
The position of the status bar. |
|
Time (in ms) to show messages in the statusbar for. |
|
Whether to show messages in unfocused windows. |
|
Whether to confirm quitting the application. |
|
Whether the zoom factor on a frame applies only to the text or to all content. |
|
Whether to expand each subframe to its contents. |
|
User stylesheet to use (absolute filename, filename relative to the config directory or CSS string). Will expand environment variables. |
|
Set the CSS media type. |
|
Whether to enable smooth scrolling for webpages. |
|
Number of milliseconds to wait before removing finished downloads. Will not be removed if value is -1. |
|
Whether to hide the statusbar unless a message is shown. |
|
Padding for statusbar (top, bottom, left, right). |
|
The format to use for the window title. The following placeholders are defined: |
|
Whether to hide the mouse cursor. |
|
Use standard JavaScript modal dialog for alert() and confirm() |
|
Hide the window decoration when using wayland (requires restart) |
|
Keychains that shouldn’t be shown in the keyhint dialog |
Setting | Description |
---|---|
Value to send in the |
|
Value to send in the |
|
Send the Referer header |
|
User agent to send. Empty to send the default. |
|
The proxy to use. |
|
Whether to send DNS requests over the configured proxy. |
|
Whether to validate SSL handshakes. |
|
Whether to try to pre-fetch DNS entries to speed up browsing. |
|
Set custom headers for qutebrowser HTTP requests. |
Setting | Description |
---|---|
Automatically open completion when typing. |
|
What to display in the download filename input. |
|
How to format timestamps (e.g. for history) |
|
Whether to show the autocompletion window. |
|
The height of the completion, in px or as percentage of the window. |
|
How many commands to save in the command history. |
|
How many URLs to show in the web history. |
|
Whether to move on to the next part when there’s only one possible completion left. |
|
Whether to shrink the completion to be smaller than the configured size if there are no scrollbars. |
|
Width of the scrollbar in the completion window (in px). |
|
Padding of scrollbar handle in completion window (in px). |
Setting | Description |
---|---|
Timeout for ambiguous key bindings. |
|
Timeout for partially typed key bindings. |
|
Whether to switch to insert mode when clicking flash and other plugins. |
|
Whether to leave insert mode if a non-editable element is clicked. |
|
Whether to automatically enter insert mode if an editable element is focused after page load. |
|
Whether to forward unbound keys to the webview in normal mode. |
|
Enables or disables the Spatial Navigation feature. |
|
Whether hyperlinks should be included in the keyboard focus chain. |
|
Whether to enable Opera-like mouse rocker gestures. This disables the context menu. |
|
How much to divide the mouse wheel movements to translate them into zoom increments. |
Setting | Description |
---|---|
Whether to open new tabs (middleclick/ctrl+click) in background. |
|
Which tab to select when the focused tab is removed. |
|
How new tabs are positioned. |
|
How new tabs opened explicitly are positioned. |
|
Behavior when the last tab is closed. |
|
When to show the tab bar |
|
Time to show the tab bar before hiding it when tabs→show is set to switching. |
|
Whether to wrap when changing tabs. |
|
Whether tabs should be movable. |
|
On which mouse button to close tabs. |
|
The position of the tab bar. |
|
Whether to show favicons in the tab bar. |
|
The width of the tab bar if it’s vertical, in px or as percentage of the window. |
|
Width of the progress indicator (0 to disable). |
|
Whether to open windows instead of tabs. |
|
The format to use for the tab title. The following placeholders are defined: |
|
Alignment of the text inside of tabs |
|
Switch between tabs using the mouse wheel. |
|
Padding for tabs (top, bottom, left, right). |
|
Padding for indicators (top, bottom, left, right). |
Setting | Description |
---|---|
The directory to save downloads to. An empty value selects a sensible os-specific default. Will expand environment variables. |
|
Whether to prompt the user for the download location. |
|
Whether to remember the last used download directory. |
|
The maximum number of pages to hold in the global memory page cache. |
|
The capacities for the global memory cache for dead objects such as stylesheets or scripts. Syntax: cacheMinDeadCapacity, cacheMaxDead, totalCapacity. |
|
Default quota for new offline storage databases. |
|
Quota for the offline web application cache. |
|
Whether support for the HTML 5 offline storage feature is enabled. |
|
Whether support for the HTML 5 web application cache feature is enabled. |
|
Whether support for the HTML 5 local storage feature is enabled. |
|
Size of the HTTP network cache. |
Setting | Description |
---|---|
Whether images are automatically loaded in web pages. |
|
Enables or disables the running of JavaScript programs. |
|
Enables or disables plugins in Web pages. |
|
Enables or disables WebGL. |
|
Enable or disable support for CSS regions. |
|
Enable or disable hyperlink auditing (<a ping>). |
|
Allow websites to request geolocations. |
|
Allow websites to show notifications. |
|
Whether JavaScript programs can open new windows. |
|
Whether JavaScript programs can close windows. |
|
Whether JavaScript programs can read or write to the clipboard. |
|
Whether all javascript prompts should be ignored. |
|
Whether all javascript alerts should be ignored. |
|
Whether locally loaded documents are allowed to access remote urls. |
|
Whether locally loaded documents are allowed to access other local urls. |
|
Control which cookies to accept. |
|
Whether to store cookies. |
|
List of URLs of lists which contain hosts to block. |
|
Whether host blocking is enabled. |
|
List of domains that should always be loaded, despite being ad-blocked. |
|
Enable pdf.js to view PDF files in the browser. |
Setting | Description |
---|---|
CSS border value for hints. |
|
Opacity for hints. |
|
Mode to use for hints. |
|
Chars used for hint strings. |
|
Minimum number of chars used for hint strings. |
|
Whether to scatter hint key chains (like Vimium) or not (like dwb). Ignored for number hints. |
|
Make chars in hint strings uppercase. |
|
The dictionary file to be used by the word hints. |
|
Follow a hint immediately when the hint text is completely matched. |
|
A timeout to inhibit normal-mode key bindings after a successfulauto-follow. |
|
A comma-separated list of regexes to use for next links. |
|
A comma-separated list of regexes to use for prev links. |
|
Which implementation to use to find elements to hint. |
Setting | Description |
---|---|
Text color of the completion widget. |
|
Background color of the completion widget. |
|
Alternating background color of the completion widget. |
|
Foreground color of completion widget category headers. |
|
Background color of the completion widget category headers. |
|
Top border color of the completion widget category headers. |
|
Bottom border color of the completion widget category headers. |
|
Foreground color of the selected completion item. |
|
Background color of the selected completion item. |
|
Top border color of the completion widget category headers. |
|
Bottom border color of the selected completion item. |
|
Foreground color of the matched text in the completion. |
|
Color of the scrollbar handle in completion view. |
|
Color of the scrollbar in completion view |
|
Foreground color of the statusbar. |
|
Background color of the statusbar. |
|
Foreground color of the statusbar if there was an error. |
|
Background color of the statusbar if there was an error. |
|
Foreground color of the statusbar if there is a warning. |
|
Background color of the statusbar if there is a warning. |
|
Foreground color of the statusbar if there is a prompt. |
|
Background color of the statusbar if there is a prompt. |
|
Foreground color of the statusbar in insert mode. |
|
Background color of the statusbar in insert mode. |
|
Foreground color of the statusbar in command mode. |
|
Background color of the statusbar in command mode. |
|
Foreground color of the statusbar in caret mode. |
|
Background color of the statusbar in caret mode. |
|
Foreground color of the statusbar in caret mode with a selection |
|
Background color of the statusbar in caret mode with a selection |
|
Background color of the progress bar. |
|
Default foreground color of the URL in the statusbar. |
|
Foreground color of the URL in the statusbar on successful load (http). |
|
Foreground color of the URL in the statusbar on successful load (https). |
|
Foreground color of the URL in the statusbar on error. |
|
Foreground color of the URL in the statusbar when there’s a warning. |
|
Foreground color of the URL in the statusbar for hovered links. |
|
Foreground color of unselected odd tabs. |
|
Background color of unselected odd tabs. |
|
Foreground color of unselected even tabs. |
|
Background color of unselected even tabs. |
|
Foreground color of selected odd tabs. |
|
Background color of selected odd tabs. |
|
Foreground color of selected even tabs. |
|
Background color of selected even tabs. |
|
Background color of the tab bar. |
|
Color gradient start for the tab indicator. |
|
Color gradient end for the tab indicator. |
|
Color for the tab indicator on errors.. |
|
Color gradient interpolation system for the tab indicator. |
|
Font color for hints. |
|
Background color for hints. |
|
Font color for the matched part of hints. |
|
Background color for the download bar. |
|
Color gradient start for download text. |
|
Color gradient start for download backgrounds. |
|
Color gradient end for download text. |
|
Color gradient stop for download backgrounds. |
|
Color gradient interpolation system for download text. |
|
Color gradient interpolation system for download backgrounds. |
|
Foreground color for downloads with errors. |
|
Background color for downloads with errors. |
|
Background color for webpages if unset (or empty to use the theme’s color) |
|
Text color for the keyhint widget. |
|
Highlight color for keys to complete the current keychain |
|
Background color of the keyhint widget. |
Setting | Description |
---|---|
Default monospace fonts. |
|
Font used in the completion widget. |
|
Font used in the tab bar. |
|
Font used in the statusbar. |
|
Font used for the downloadbar. |
|
Font used for the hints. |
|
Font used for the debugging console. |
|
Font family for standard fonts. |
|
Font family for fixed fonts. |
|
Font family for serif fonts. |
|
Font family for sans-serif fonts. |
|
Font family for cursive fonts. |
|
Font family for fantasy fonts. |
|
The hard minimum font size. |
|
The minimum logical font size that is applied when zooming out. |
|
The default font size for regular text. |
|
The default font size for fixed-pitch text. |
|
Font used in the keyhint widget. |
general
General/miscellaneous options.
ignore-case
Whether to find text on a page case-insensitively.
Valid values:
-
true
: Search case-insensitively -
false
: Search case-sensitively -
smart
: Search case-sensitively if there are capital chars
Default: smart
startpage
The default page(s) to open at the start, separated by commas.
Default: https://duckduckgo.com
default-page
The page to open if :open -t/-b/-w is used without URL. Use about:blank
for a blank page.
Default: ${startpage}
auto-search
Whether to start a search when something else than a URL is entered.
Valid values:
-
naive
: Use simple/naive check. -
dns
: Use DNS requests (might be slow!). -
false
: Never search automatically.
Default: naive
auto-save-config
Whether to save the config automatically on quit.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
auto-save-interval
How often (in milliseconds) to auto-save config/cookies/etc.
Default: 15000
editor
The editor (and arguments) to use for the open-editor
command.
The arguments get split like in a shell, so you can use "
or '
to quote them.
{}
gets replaced by the filename of the file to be edited.
Default: gvim -f "{}"
editor-encoding
Encoding to use for editor.
Default: utf-8
private-browsing
Do not record visited pages in the history or store web page icons.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
developer-extras
Enable extra tools for Web developers.
This needs to be enabled for :inspector
to work and also adds an Inspect entry to the context menu.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
print-element-backgrounds
Whether the background color and images are also drawn when the page is printed.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
xss-auditing
Whether load requests should be monitored for cross-site scripting attempts.
Suspicious scripts will be blocked and reported in the inspector’s JavaScript console. Enabling this feature might have an impact on performance.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
site-specific-quirks
Enable workarounds for broken sites.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
default-encoding
Default encoding to use for websites.
The encoding must be a string describing an encoding such as utf-8, iso-8859-1, etc. If left empty a default value will be used.
Default: empty
new-instance-open-target
How to open links in an existing instance if a new one is launched.
Valid values:
-
tab
: Open a new tab in the existing window and activate the window. -
tab-bg
: Open a new background tab in the existing window and activate the window. -
tab-silent
: Open a new tab in the existing window without activating the window. -
tab-bg-silent
: Open a new background tab in the existing window without activating the window. -
window
: Open in a new window.
Default: tab
log-javascript-console
How to log javascript console messages.
Valid values:
-
none
: Don’t log messages. -
debug
: Log messages with debug level. -
info
: Log messages with info level.
Default: debug
save-session
Whether to always save the open pages.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
session-default-name
The name of the session to save by default, or empty for the last loaded session.
Default: empty
url-incdec-segments
The URL segments where :navigate increment/decrement
will search for a number.
Valid values:
-
host
-
path
-
query
-
anchor
Default: path,query
ui
General options related to the user interface.
zoom-levels
The available zoom levels, separated by commas.
Default: 25%,33%,50%,67%,75%,90%,100%,110%,125%,150%,175%,200%,250%,300%,400%,500%
default-zoom
The default zoom level.
Default: 100%
downloads-position
Where to show the downloaded files.
Valid values:
-
top
-
bottom
Default: top
status-position
The position of the status bar.
Valid values:
-
top
-
bottom
Default: bottom
message-timeout
Time (in ms) to show messages in the statusbar for.
Default: 2000
message-unfocused
Whether to show messages in unfocused windows.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
confirm-quit
Whether to confirm quitting the application.
Valid values:
-
always
: Always show a confirmation. -
multiple-tabs
: Show a confirmation if multiple tabs are opened. -
downloads
: Show a confirmation if downloads are running -
never
: Never show a confirmation.
Default: never
zoom-text-only
Whether the zoom factor on a frame applies only to the text or to all content.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
frame-flattening
Whether to expand each subframe to its contents.
This will flatten all the frames to become one scrollable page.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
user-stylesheet
User stylesheet to use (absolute filename, filename relative to the config directory or CSS string). Will expand environment variables.
Default: ::-webkit-scrollbar { width: 0px; height: 0px; }
css-media-type
Set the CSS media type.
Default: empty
smooth-scrolling
Whether to enable smooth scrolling for webpages.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
remove-finished-downloads
Number of milliseconds to wait before removing finished downloads. Will not be removed if value is -1.
Default: -1
hide-statusbar
Whether to hide the statusbar unless a message is shown.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
statusbar-padding
Padding for statusbar (top, bottom, left, right).
Default: 1,1,0,0
window-title-format
The format to use for the window title. The following placeholders are defined:
-
{perc}
: The percentage as a string like[10%]
. -
{perc_raw}
: The raw percentage, e.g.10
-
{title}
: The title of the current web page -
{title_sep}
: The string ` - ` if a title is set, empty otherwise. -
{id}
: The internal window ID of this window. -
{scroll_pos}
: The page scroll position. -
{host}
: The host of the current web page.
Default: {perc}{title}{title_sep}qutebrowser
hide-mouse-cursor
Whether to hide the mouse cursor.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
modal-js-dialog
Use standard JavaScript modal dialog for alert() and confirm()
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
hide-wayland-decoration
Hide the window decoration when using wayland (requires restart)
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
keyhint-blacklist
Keychains that shouldn’t be shown in the keyhint dialog
Globs are supported, so ;* will blacklist all keychainsstarting with ;. Use * to disable keyhints
Default: empty
network
Settings related to the network.
do-not-track
Value to send in the DNT
header.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
accept-language
Value to send in the accept-language
header.
Default: en-US,en
referer-header
Send the Referer header
Valid values:
-
always
: Always send. -
never
: Never send; this is not recommended, as some sites may break. -
same-domain
: Only send for the same domain. This will still protect your privacy, but shouldn’t break any sites.
Default: same-domain
user-agent
User agent to send. Empty to send the default.
Default: empty
proxy
The proxy to use.
In addition to the listed values, you can use a socks://...
or http://...
URL.
Valid values:
-
system
: Use the system wide proxy. -
none
: Don’t use any proxy
Default: system
proxy-dns-requests
Whether to send DNS requests over the configured proxy.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
ssl-strict
Whether to validate SSL handshakes.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
-
ask
Default: ask
dns-prefetch
Whether to try to pre-fetch DNS entries to speed up browsing.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
custom-headers
Set custom headers for qutebrowser HTTP requests.
Default: empty
completion
Options related to completion and command history.
auto-open
Automatically open completion when typing.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
download-path-suggestion
What to display in the download filename input.
Valid values:
-
path
: Show only the download path. -
filename
: Show only download filename. -
both
: Show download path and filename.
Default: path
timestamp-format
How to format timestamps (e.g. for history)
Default: %Y-%m-%d
show
Whether to show the autocompletion window.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
height
The height of the completion, in px or as percentage of the window.
Default: 50%
cmd-history-max-items
How many commands to save in the command history.
0: no history / -1: unlimited
Default: 100
web-history-max-items
How many URLs to show in the web history.
0: no history / -1: unlimited
Default: 1000
quick-complete
Whether to move on to the next part when there’s only one possible completion left.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
shrink
Whether to shrink the completion to be smaller than the configured size if there are no scrollbars.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
scrollbar-width
Width of the scrollbar in the completion window (in px).
Default: 12
scrollbar-padding
Padding of scrollbar handle in completion window (in px).
Default: 2
input
Options related to input modes.
timeout
Timeout for ambiguous key bindings.
If the current input forms both a complete match and a partial match, the complete match will be executed after this time.
Default: 500
partial-timeout
Timeout for partially typed key bindings.
If the current input forms only partial matches, the keystring will be cleared after this time.
Default: 5000
insert-mode-on-plugins
Whether to switch to insert mode when clicking flash and other plugins.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
auto-leave-insert-mode
Whether to leave insert mode if a non-editable element is clicked.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
auto-insert-mode
Whether to automatically enter insert mode if an editable element is focused after page load.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
forward-unbound-keys
Whether to forward unbound keys to the webview in normal mode.
Valid values:
-
all
: Forward all unbound keys. -
auto
: Forward unbound non-alphanumeric keys. -
none
: Don’t forward any keys.
Default: auto
spatial-navigation
Enables or disables the Spatial Navigation feature.
Spatial navigation consists in the ability to navigate between focusable elements in a Web page, such as hyperlinks and form controls, by using Left, Right, Up and Down arrow keys. For example, if a user presses the Right key, heuristics determine whether there is an element he might be trying to reach towards the right and which element he probably wants.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
links-included-in-focus-chain
Whether hyperlinks should be included in the keyboard focus chain.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
rocker-gestures
Whether to enable Opera-like mouse rocker gestures. This disables the context menu.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
mouse-zoom-divider
How much to divide the mouse wheel movements to translate them into zoom increments.
Default: 512
tabs
Configuration of the tab bar.
background-tabs
Whether to open new tabs (middleclick/ctrl+click) in background.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
select-on-remove
Which tab to select when the focused tab is removed.
Valid values:
-
left
: Select the tab on the left. -
right
: Select the tab on the right. -
previous
: Select the previously selected tab.
Default: right
new-tab-position
How new tabs are positioned.
Valid values:
-
left
: On the left of the current tab. -
right
: On the right of the current tab. -
first
: At the left end. -
last
: At the right end.
Default: right
new-tab-position-explicit
How new tabs opened explicitly are positioned.
Valid values:
-
left
: On the left of the current tab. -
right
: On the right of the current tab. -
first
: At the left end. -
last
: At the right end.
Default: last
last-close
Behavior when the last tab is closed.
Valid values:
-
ignore
: Don’t do anything. -
blank
: Load a blank page. -
startpage
: Load the start page. -
default-page
: Load the default page. -
close
: Close the window.
Default: ignore
show
When to show the tab bar
Valid values:
-
always
: Always show the tab bar. -
never
: Always hide the tab bar. -
multiple
: Hide the tab bar if only one tab is open. -
switching
: Show the tab bar when switching tabs.
Default: always
show-switching-delay
Time to show the tab bar before hiding it when tabs→show is set to switching.
Default: 800
wrap
Whether to wrap when changing tabs.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
movable
Whether tabs should be movable.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
close-mouse-button
On which mouse button to close tabs.
Valid values:
-
right
: Close tabs on right-click. -
middle
: Close tabs on middle-click. -
none
: Don’t close tabs using the mouse.
Default: middle
position
The position of the tab bar.
Valid values:
-
top
-
bottom
-
left
-
right
Default: top
show-favicons
Whether to show favicons in the tab bar.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
width
The width of the tab bar if it’s vertical, in px or as percentage of the window.
Default: 20%
indicator-width
Width of the progress indicator (0 to disable).
Default: 3
tabs-are-windows
Whether to open windows instead of tabs.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
title-format
The format to use for the tab title. The following placeholders are defined:
-
{perc}
: The percentage as a string like[10%]
. -
{perc_raw}
: The raw percentage, e.g.10
-
{title}
: The title of the current web page -
{title_sep}
: The string ` - ` if a title is set, empty otherwise. -
{index}
: The index of this tab. -
{id}
: The internal tab ID of this tab. -
{scroll_pos}
: The page scroll position. -
{host}
: The host of the current web page.
Default: {index}: {title}
title-alignment
Alignment of the text inside of tabs
Valid values:
-
left
-
right
-
center
Default: left
mousewheel-tab-switching
Switch between tabs using the mouse wheel.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
padding
Padding for tabs (top, bottom, left, right).
Default: 0,0,5,5
indicator-padding
Padding for indicators (top, bottom, left, right).
Default: 2,2,0,4
storage
Settings related to cache and storage.
download-directory
The directory to save downloads to. An empty value selects a sensible os-specific default. Will expand environment variables.
Default: empty
prompt-download-directory
Whether to prompt the user for the download location. If set to false, download-directory will be used.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
remember-download-directory
Whether to remember the last used download directory.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
maximum-pages-in-cache
The maximum number of pages to hold in the global memory page cache.
The Page Cache allows for a nicer user experience when navigating forth or back to pages in the forward/back history, by pausing and resuming up to n pages.
For more information about the feature, please refer to: http://webkit.org/blog/427/webkit-page-cache-i-the-basics/
Default: empty
object-cache-capacities
The capacities for the global memory cache for dead objects such as stylesheets or scripts. Syntax: cacheMinDeadCapacity, cacheMaxDead, totalCapacity.
The cacheMinDeadCapacity specifies the minimum number of bytes that dead objects should consume when the cache is under pressure.
cacheMaxDead is the maximum number of bytes that dead objects should consume when the cache is not under pressure.
totalCapacity specifies the maximum number of bytes that the cache should consume overall.
Default: empty
offline-storage-default-quota
Default quota for new offline storage databases.
Default: empty
offline-web-application-cache-quota
Quota for the offline web application cache.
Default: empty
offline-storage-database
Whether support for the HTML 5 offline storage feature is enabled.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
offline-web-application-storage
Whether support for the HTML 5 web application cache feature is enabled.
An application cache acts like an HTTP cache in some sense. For documents that use the application cache via JavaScript, the loader engine will first ask the application cache for the contents, before hitting the network.
The feature is described in details at: http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#appcache
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
local-storage
Whether support for the HTML 5 local storage feature is enabled.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
cache-size
Size of the HTTP network cache.
Default: 52428800
content
Loaded plugins/scripts and allowed actions.
allow-images
Whether images are automatically loaded in web pages.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
allow-javascript
Enables or disables the running of JavaScript programs.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
allow-plugins
Enables or disables plugins in Web pages.
Qt plugins with a mimetype such as "application/x-qt-plugin" are not affected by this setting.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
webgl
Enables or disables WebGL.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
css-regions
Enable or disable support for CSS regions.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
hyperlink-auditing
Enable or disable hyperlink auditing (<a ping>).
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
geolocation
Allow websites to request geolocations.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
-
ask
Default: ask
notifications
Allow websites to show notifications.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
-
ask
Default: ask
javascript-can-open-windows
Whether JavaScript programs can open new windows.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
javascript-can-close-windows
Whether JavaScript programs can close windows.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
javascript-can-access-clipboard
Whether JavaScript programs can read or write to the clipboard.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
ignore-javascript-prompt
Whether all javascript prompts should be ignored.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
ignore-javascript-alert
Whether all javascript alerts should be ignored.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
local-content-can-access-remote-urls
Whether locally loaded documents are allowed to access remote urls.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
local-content-can-access-file-urls
Whether locally loaded documents are allowed to access other local urls.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
cookies-accept
Control which cookies to accept.
Valid values:
-
all
: Accept all cookies. -
no-3rdparty
: Accept cookies from the same origin only. -
no-unknown-3rdparty
: Accept cookies from the same origin only, unless a cookie is already set for the domain. -
never
: Don’t accept cookies at all.
Default: no-3rdparty
cookies-store
Whether to store cookies.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
host-block-lists
List of URLs of lists which contain hosts to block.
The file can be in one of the following formats:
-
An /etc/hosts-like file
-
One host per line
-
A zip-file of any of the above, with either only one file, or a file named hosts (with any extension).
Default: http://www.malwaredomainlist.com/hostslist/hosts.txt,http://someonewhocares.org/hosts/hosts,http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.zip,http://malwaredomains.lehigh.edu/files/justdomains.zip,http://pgl.yoyo.org/adservers/serverlist.php?hostformat=hosts&mimetype=plaintext
host-blocking-enabled
Whether host blocking is enabled.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
host-blocking-whitelist
List of domains that should always be loaded, despite being ad-blocked.
Domains may contain * and ? wildcards and are otherwise required to exactly match the requested domain.
Local domains are always exempt from hostblocking.
Default: piwik.org
enable-pdfjs
Enable pdf.js to view PDF files in the browser.
Note that the files can still be downloaded by clicking the download button in the pdf.js viewer.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
hints
Hinting settings.
border
CSS border value for hints.
Default: 1px solid #E3BE23
opacity
Opacity for hints.
Default: 0.7
mode
Mode to use for hints.
Valid values:
-
number
: Use numeric hints. -
letter
: Use the chars in the hints → chars setting. -
word
: Use hints words based on the html elements and the extra words.
Default: letter
chars
Chars used for hint strings.
Default: asdfghjkl
min-chars
Minimum number of chars used for hint strings.
Default: 1
scatter
Whether to scatter hint key chains (like Vimium) or not (like dwb). Ignored for number hints.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
uppercase
Make chars in hint strings uppercase.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: false
dictionary
The dictionary file to be used by the word hints.
Default: /usr/share/dict/words
auto-follow
Follow a hint immediately when the hint text is completely matched.
Valid values:
-
true
-
false
Default: true
auto-follow-timeout
A timeout to inhibit normal-mode key bindings after a successfulauto-follow.
Default: 0
next-regexes
A comma-separated list of regexes to use for next links.
Default: \bnext\b,\bmore\b,\bnewer\b,\b[>→≫\b,\b(>>|»)\b,\bcontinue\b]
prev-regexes
A comma-separated list of regexes to use for prev links.
Default: \bprev(ious)?\b,\bback\b,\bolder\b,\b[<←≪\b,\b(<<|«)\b]
find-implementation
Which implementation to use to find elements to hint.
Valid values:
-
javascript
: Better but slower -
python
: Slightly worse but faster
Default: javascript
searchengines
Definitions of search engines which can be used via the address bar.
The searchengine named DEFAULT
is used when general -> auto-search
is true and something else than a URL was entered to be opened. Other search engines can be used by prepending the search engine name to the search term, e.g. :open google qutebrowser
. The string {}
will be replaced by the search term, use {{
and }}
for literal {
/}
signs.
aliases
Aliases for commands.
By default, no aliases are defined. Example which adds a new command :qtb
to open qutebrowsers website:
qtb = open http://www.qutebrowser.org/
colors
Colors used in the UI. A value can be in one of the following format:
-
#RGB
/#RRGGBB
/#RRRGGGBBB
/#RRRRGGGGBBBB
-
An SVG color name as specified in the W3C specification.
-
transparent (no color)
-
rgb(r, g, b)
/rgba(r, g, b, a)
(values 0-255 or percentages) -
hsv(h, s, v)
/hsva(h, s, v, a)
(values 0-255, hue 0-359) -
A gradient as explained in the Qt documentation under “Gradient”.
A *.system value determines the color system to use for color interpolation between similarly-named *.start and *.stop entries, regardless of how they are defined in the options. Valid values are rgb, hsv, and hsl.
The hints.*
values are a special case as they’re real CSS colors, not Qt-CSS colors. There, for a gradient, you need to use -webkit-gradient
, see the WebKit documentation.
completion.fg
Text color of the completion widget.
Default: white
completion.bg
Background color of the completion widget.
Default: #333333
completion.alternate-bg
Alternating background color of the completion widget.
Default: #444444
completion.category.fg
Foreground color of completion widget category headers.
Default: white
completion.category.bg
Background color of the completion widget category headers.
Default: qlineargradient(x1:0, y1:0, x2:0, y2:1, stop:0 #888888, stop:1 #505050)
completion.category.border.top
Top border color of the completion widget category headers.
Default: black
completion.category.border.bottom
Bottom border color of the completion widget category headers.
Default: ${completion.category.border.top}
completion.item.selected.fg
Foreground color of the selected completion item.
Default: black
completion.item.selected.bg
Background color of the selected completion item.
Default: #e8c000
completion.item.selected.border.top
Top border color of the completion widget category headers.
Default: #bbbb00
completion.item.selected.border.bottom
Bottom border color of the selected completion item.
Default: ${completion.item.selected.border.top}
completion.match.fg
Foreground color of the matched text in the completion.
Default: #ff4444
completion.scrollbar.fg
Color of the scrollbar handle in completion view.
Default: ${completion.fg}
completion.scrollbar.bg
Color of the scrollbar in completion view
Default: ${completion.bg}
statusbar.fg
Foreground color of the statusbar.
Default: white
statusbar.bg
Background color of the statusbar.
Default: black
statusbar.fg.error
Foreground color of the statusbar if there was an error.
Default: ${statusbar.fg}
statusbar.bg.error
Background color of the statusbar if there was an error.
Default: red
statusbar.fg.warning
Foreground color of the statusbar if there is a warning.
Default: ${statusbar.fg}
statusbar.bg.warning
Background color of the statusbar if there is a warning.
Default: darkorange
statusbar.fg.prompt
Foreground color of the statusbar if there is a prompt.
Default: ${statusbar.fg}
statusbar.bg.prompt
Background color of the statusbar if there is a prompt.
Default: darkblue
statusbar.fg.insert
Foreground color of the statusbar in insert mode.
Default: ${statusbar.fg}
statusbar.bg.insert
Background color of the statusbar in insert mode.
Default: darkgreen
statusbar.fg.command
Foreground color of the statusbar in command mode.
Default: ${statusbar.fg}
statusbar.bg.command
Background color of the statusbar in command mode.
Default: ${statusbar.bg}
statusbar.fg.caret
Foreground color of the statusbar in caret mode.
Default: ${statusbar.fg}
statusbar.bg.caret
Background color of the statusbar in caret mode.
Default: purple
statusbar.fg.caret-selection
Foreground color of the statusbar in caret mode with a selection
Default: ${statusbar.fg}
statusbar.bg.caret-selection
Background color of the statusbar in caret mode with a selection
Default: #a12dff
statusbar.progress.bg
Background color of the progress bar.
Default: white
statusbar.url.fg
Default foreground color of the URL in the statusbar.
Default: ${statusbar.fg}
statusbar.url.fg.success
Foreground color of the URL in the statusbar on successful load (http).
Default: white
statusbar.url.fg.success.https
Foreground color of the URL in the statusbar on successful load (https).
Default: lime
statusbar.url.fg.error
Foreground color of the URL in the statusbar on error.
Default: orange
statusbar.url.fg.warn
Foreground color of the URL in the statusbar when there’s a warning.
Default: yellow
statusbar.url.fg.hover
Foreground color of the URL in the statusbar for hovered links.
Default: aqua
tabs.fg.odd
Foreground color of unselected odd tabs.
Default: white
tabs.bg.odd
Background color of unselected odd tabs.
Default: grey
tabs.fg.even
Foreground color of unselected even tabs.
Default: white
tabs.bg.even
Background color of unselected even tabs.
Default: darkgrey
tabs.fg.selected.odd
Foreground color of selected odd tabs.
Default: white
tabs.bg.selected.odd
Background color of selected odd tabs.
Default: black
tabs.fg.selected.even
Foreground color of selected even tabs.
Default: ${tabs.fg.selected.odd}
tabs.bg.selected.even
Background color of selected even tabs.
Default: ${tabs.bg.selected.odd}
tabs.bg.bar
Background color of the tab bar.
Default: #555555
tabs.indicator.start
Color gradient start for the tab indicator.
Default: #0000aa
tabs.indicator.stop
Color gradient end for the tab indicator.
Default: #00aa00
tabs.indicator.error
Color for the tab indicator on errors..
Default: #ff0000
tabs.indicator.system
Color gradient interpolation system for the tab indicator.
Valid values:
-
rgb
: Interpolate in the RGB color system. -
hsv
: Interpolate in the HSV color system. -
hsl
: Interpolate in the HSL color system. -
none
: Don’t show a gradient.
Default: rgb
hints.fg
Font color for hints.
Default: black
hints.bg
Background color for hints.
Default: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0%,#FFF785), color-stop(100%,#FFC542))
hints.fg.match
Font color for the matched part of hints.
Default: green
downloads.bg.bar
Background color for the download bar.
Default: black
downloads.fg.start
Color gradient start for download text.
Default: white
downloads.bg.start
Color gradient start for download backgrounds.
Default: #0000aa
downloads.fg.stop
Color gradient end for download text.
Default: ${downloads.fg.start}
downloads.bg.stop
Color gradient stop for download backgrounds.
Default: #00aa00
downloads.fg.system
Color gradient interpolation system for download text.
Valid values:
-
rgb
: Interpolate in the RGB color system. -
hsv
: Interpolate in the HSV color system. -
hsl
: Interpolate in the HSL color system. -
none
: Don’t show a gradient.
Default: rgb
downloads.bg.system
Color gradient interpolation system for download backgrounds.
Valid values:
-
rgb
: Interpolate in the RGB color system. -
hsv
: Interpolate in the HSV color system. -
hsl
: Interpolate in the HSL color system. -
none
: Don’t show a gradient.
Default: rgb
downloads.fg.error
Foreground color for downloads with errors.
Default: white
downloads.bg.error
Background color for downloads with errors.
Default: red
webpage.bg
Background color for webpages if unset (or empty to use the theme’s color)
Default: white
keyhint.fg
Text color for the keyhint widget.
Default: #FFFFFF
keyhint.fg.suffix
Highlight color for keys to complete the current keychain
Default: #FFFF00
keyhint.bg
Background color of the keyhint widget.
Default: rgba(0, 0, 0, 80%)
fonts
Fonts used for the UI, with optional style/weight/size.
-
Style:
normal
/italic
/oblique
-
Weight:
normal
,bold
,100
..900
-
Size: number
px
/pt
_monospace
Default monospace fonts.
Default: Terminus, Monospace, "DejaVu Sans Mono", Monaco, "Bitstream Vera Sans Mono", "Andale Mono", "Courier New", Courier, "Liberation Mono", monospace, Fixed, Consolas, Terminal
completion
Font used in the completion widget.
Default: 8pt ${_monospace}
tabbar
Font used in the tab bar.
Default: 8pt ${_monospace}
statusbar
Font used in the statusbar.
Default: 8pt ${_monospace}
downloads
Font used for the downloadbar.
Default: 8pt ${_monospace}
hints
Font used for the hints.
Default: bold 13px Monospace
debug-console
Font used for the debugging console.
Default: 8pt ${_monospace}
web-family-standard
Font family for standard fonts.
Default: empty
web-family-fixed
Font family for fixed fonts.
Default: empty
web-family-serif
Font family for serif fonts.
Default: empty
web-family-sans-serif
Font family for sans-serif fonts.
Default: empty
web-family-cursive
Font family for cursive fonts.
Default: empty
web-family-fantasy
Font family for fantasy fonts.
Default: empty
web-size-minimum
The hard minimum font size.
Default: empty
web-size-minimum-logical
The minimum logical font size that is applied when zooming out.
Default: empty
web-size-default
The default font size for regular text.
Default: empty
web-size-default-fixed
The default font size for fixed-pitch text.
Default: empty
keyhint
Font used in the keyhint widget.
Default: 8pt ${_monospace}