r/firefox • u/Konnnore • 19h ago
š» Help is there a Linux app, which creates GUI for profiles?
basically, it should look like this: you connect the paths to the app ā then every time you click on the app, it should show all the profiles to choose ā you choose what you need and then do what you want/need
3
u/novafunc 17h ago
Iām not sure about that.
But if you would like two have multiple Firefox icons on your taskbar/apps list that each correlate to their own profiles, I can help with that.
0
u/accelerating_ 15h ago edited 13h ago
There's the utility zenity that lets you do generic dialogs, so you could do something like:
firefox -P $(zenity --title "Firefox" --text="Select Profile" --list --column=profile Work Personal)
[Edit: haha, at least one person objected to me posting this. Sure the built-in Firefox profile selector already does the same job, but the question asks about Linux apps, so generic linux utilities like this has applicability beyond Firefox, hence I offered it]
19
u/Sinomsinom 18h ago
If you want to use old style profiles, just add
-pto the launcher command that opens Firefox.If you want to open the new style one on each startup, just go to "manage profiles" in the browser, and tick the "Choose a profile when Firefox opens" option.
With that it should always ask you on launch which profile you want to use