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How to add Firefox profiles to quick list for Firefox Launcher?

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I have three separate Firefox profiles, and while I have no problem running them at the same time (via ProfileSwitcher add-on), the default behavior of the Unity Launcher's Firefox icon is to launch the profile that was used last.

Most of this time, this is fine, but sometimes I'd like to select which one I'd like to run. I am thinking that a quicklist menu on the Firefox launcher is a better way to do this than having multiple launchers.

However, I'm not sure how to do this.

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answered 1 Year ago ovierman · Accepted Answer

You can edit the Firefox quicklist with Ubuntu-Tweak.

(Click here to see how to install Ubuntu Tweak).

Once you have Ubuntu-Tweak installed...

Instructions:

Open Ubuntu-Tweak.

Navigate to "Admins".

Choose "QuickLists Editor"

Find the icon that matches the one you want to edit (in this case Firefox).

To add your new QuickList items:
- Click the "+" button to add a new item.
- Enter firefox -p as the command (to open the profile manager).
- For individual profiles, you can use firefox -P <profilename>.
- Name it whatever you want.
- Click save.

The quicklist is update automatically.

Above is an example.

The list of options you can use in your quicklist are as follows:

Usage: firefox [ options ... ] [URL]

       where options include:



X11 options

  --display=DISPLAY  X display to use

  --sync             Make X calls synchronous

  --g-fatal-warnings Make all warnings fatal



Firefox options

  -h or -help        Print this message.

  -v or -version     Print Firefox version.

  -P <profile>       Start with <profile>.

  -migration         Start with migration wizard.

  -ProfileManager    Start with ProfileManager.

  -no-remote         Do not accept or send remote commands; implies -new-instance.

  -new-instance      Open new instance, not a new window in running instance.

  -UILocale <locale> Start with <locale> resources as UI Locale.

  -safe-mode         Disables extensions and themes for this session.

  -jsconsole         Open the Error console.

  -browser           Open a browser window.

  -new-window  <url> Open <url> in a new window.

  -new-tab     <url> Open <url> in a new tab.

  -preferences       Open Preferences dialog.

  -search     <term> Search <term> with your default search engine.

  -private           Enable private browsing mode.

  -private-toggle    Toggle private browsing mode.

  -setDefaultBrowser Set this app as the default browser.



      -g or --debug          Start within debugger

      -d or --debugger       Specify debugger to start with (eg, gdb or valgrind)

      -a or --debugger-args  Specify arguments for debugger

Found by running firefox --help.