content_switches.cc revision 116680a4aac90f2aa7413d9095a592090648e557
1// Copyright (c) 2012 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
2// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3// found in the LICENSE file.
4
5#include "content/public/common/content_switches.h"
6
7#include "base/command_line.h"
8
9namespace switches {
10
11// The number of MSAA samples for canvas2D. Requires MSAA support by GPU to
12// have an effect. 0 disables MSAA.
13const char kAcceleratedCanvas2dMSAASampleCount[] = "canvas-msaa-sample-count";
14
15// By default, file:// URIs cannot read other file:// URIs. This is an
16// override for developers who need the old behavior for testing.
17const char kAllowFileAccessFromFiles[]      = "allow-file-access-from-files";
18
19// Allows frames with an https origin to use WebSockets with an insecure URL
20// (ws://).
21const char kAllowInsecureWebSocketFromHttpsOrigin[] =
22    "allow-insecure-websocket-from-https-origin";
23
24// Allows loopback interface to be added in network list for peer connection.
25const char kAllowLoopbackInPeerConnection[] =
26    "allow-loopback-in-peer-connection";
27
28// Enables the sandboxed processes to run without a job object assigned to them.
29// This flag is required to allow Chrome to run in RemoteApps or Citrix. This
30// flag can reduce the security of the sandboxed processes and allow them to do
31// certain API calls like shut down Windows or access the clipboard. Also we
32// lose the chance to kill some processes until the outer job that owns them
33// finishes.
34const char kAllowNoSandboxJob[]             = "allow-no-sandbox-job";
35
36// Allows debugging of sandboxed processes (see zygote_main_linux.cc).
37const char kAllowSandboxDebugging[]         = "allow-sandbox-debugging";
38
39// The same as kAuditHandles except all handles are enumerated.
40const char kAuditAllHandles[]               = "enable-handle-auditing-all";
41
42// Enumerates and prints a child process' most dangerous handles when it
43// is terminated.
44const char kAuditHandles[]                  = "enable-handle-auditing";
45
46// Choose which logging channels in blink platform to activate.  See
47// Logging.cpp in blink's Source/platform for a list of available channels.
48const char kBlinkPlatformLogChannels[]      = "blink-platform-log-channels";
49
50// Block cross-site documents (i.e., HTML/XML/JSON) from being loaded in
51// subresources when a document is not supposed to read them.  This will later
52// allow us to block them from the entire renderer process when site isolation
53// is enabled.
54const char kBlockCrossSiteDocuments[]     = "block-cross-site-documents";
55
56// Causes the browser process to throw an assertion on startup.
57const char kBrowserAssertTest[]             = "assert-test";
58
59// Causes the browser process to crash on startup.
60const char kBrowserCrashTest[]              = "crash-test";
61
62// Path to the exe to run for the renderer and plugin subprocesses.
63const char kBrowserSubprocessPath[]         = "browser-subprocess-path";
64
65// Dumps extra logging about plugin loading to the log file.
66const char kDebugPluginLoading[] = "debug-plugin-loading";
67
68// Sets the tile size used by composited layers.
69const char kDefaultTileWidth[]              = "default-tile-width";
70const char kDefaultTileHeight[]             = "default-tile-height";
71
72// Disable antialiasing on 2d canvas.
73const char kDisable2dCanvasAntialiasing[]   = "disable-canvas-aa";
74
75// Disables client-visible 3D APIs, in particular WebGL and Pepper 3D.
76// This is controlled by policy and is kept separate from the other
77// enable/disable switches to avoid accidentally regressing the policy
78// support for controlling access to these APIs.
79const char kDisable3DAPIs[]                 = "disable-3d-apis";
80
81// Disable gpu-accelerated 2d canvas.
82const char kDisableAccelerated2dCanvas[]    = "disable-accelerated-2d-canvas";
83
84// Disables accelerated compositing for backgrounds of root layers with
85// background-attachment: fixed.
86const char kDisableAcceleratedFixedRootBackground[] =
87    "disable-accelerated-fixed-root-background";
88
89// Disables accelerated compositing for overflow scroll.
90const char kDisableAcceleratedOverflowScroll[] =
91    "disable-accelerated-overflow-scroll";
92
93// Disables layer squashing.
94const char kDisableLayerSquashing[] =
95    "disable-layer-squashing";
96
97// Disables hardware acceleration of video decode, where available.
98const char kDisableAcceleratedVideoDecode[] =
99    "disable-accelerated-video-decode";
100
101// Disable the ApplicationCache.
102const char kDisableApplicationCache[]       = "disable-application-cache";
103
104// Disable limits on the number of backing stores. Can prevent blinking for
105// users with many windows/tabs and lots of memory.
106const char kDisableBackingStoreLimit[]      = "disable-backing-store-limit";
107
108// See comment for kEnableCompositingForFixedPosition.
109const char kDisableCompositingForFixedPosition[] =
110     "disable-fixed-position-compositing";
111
112// See comment for kEnableCompositingForTransition.
113const char kDisableCompositingForTransition[] =
114     "disable-transition-compositing";
115
116// Disables HTML5 DB support.
117const char kDisableDatabases[]              = "disable-databases";
118
119// Disables delegated renderer.
120const char kDisableDelegatedRenderer[]      = "disable-delegated-renderer";
121
122// Disables desktop notifications (default enabled on windows).
123const char kDisableDesktopNotifications[]   = "disable-desktop-notifications";
124
125// Handles URL requests by NPAPI plugins through the renderer.
126const char kDisableDirectNPAPIRequests[]    = "disable-direct-npapi-requests";
127
128// Disable the per-domain blocking for 3D APIs after GPU reset.
129// This switch is intended only for tests.
130extern const char kDisableDomainBlockingFor3DAPIs[] =
131    "disable-domain-blocking-for-3d-apis";
132
133// Disable running the SharedWorker inside the renderer process.
134const char kDisableEmbeddedSharedWorker[]    = "disable-embedded-shared-worker";
135
136// Disable experimental WebGL support.
137const char kDisableExperimentalWebGL[]      = "disable-webgl";
138
139// Disable the fast text autosizing implementation.
140const char kDisableFastTextAutosizing[]     = "disable-fast-text-autosizing";
141
142// Disable FileSystem API.
143const char kDisableFileSystem[]             = "disable-file-system";
144
145// Disable 3D inside of flapper.
146const char kDisableFlash3d[]                = "disable-flash-3d";
147
148// Disable Stage3D inside of flapper.
149const char kDisableFlashStage3d[]           = "disable-flash-stage3d";
150
151// Disables GPU hardware acceleration.  If software renderer is not in place,
152// then the GPU process won't launch.
153const char kDisableGpu[]                    = "disable-gpu";
154
155// Prevent the compositor from using its GPU implementation.
156const char kDisableGpuCompositing[]         = "disable-gpu-compositing";
157
158// Disable the limit on the number of times the GPU process may be restarted
159// This switch is intended only for tests.
160extern const char kDisableGpuProcessCrashLimit[] =
161    "disable-gpu-process-crash-limit";
162
163// Disable GPU rasterization, i.e. rasterize on the CPU only.
164// Overrides the kEnableGpuRasterization and kForceGpuRasterization flags.
165const char kDisableGpuRasterization[]       = "disable-gpu-rasterization";
166
167// When using CPU rasterizing disable low resolution tiling. This uses
168// less power, particularly during animations, but more white may be seen
169// during fast scrolling especially on slower devices.
170const char kDisableLowResTiling[] = "disable-low-res-tiling";
171
172// Disable the GPU process sandbox.
173const char kDisableGpuSandbox[]             = "disable-gpu-sandbox";
174
175// Disable the thread that crashes the GPU process if it stops responding to
176// messages.
177const char kDisableGpuWatchdog[]            = "disable-gpu-watchdog";
178
179// Suppresses hang monitor dialogs in renderer processes.  This may allow slow
180// unload handlers on a page to prevent the tab from closing, but the Task
181// Manager can be used to terminate the offending process in this case.
182const char kDisableHangMonitor[]            = "disable-hang-monitor";
183
184// Disable the RenderThread's HistogramCustomizer.
185const char kDisableHistogramCustomizer[]    = "disable-histogram-customizer";
186
187// Paint content on the main thread instead of the compositor thread.
188// Overrides the kEnableImplSidePainting flag.
189const char kDisableImplSidePainting[]       = "disable-impl-side-painting";
190
191// Prevent Java from running.
192const char kDisableJava[]                   = "disable-java";
193
194// Don't execute JavaScript (browser JS like the new tab page still runs).
195const char kDisableJavaScript[]             = "disable-javascript";
196
197// Don't kill a child process when it sends a bad IPC message.  Apart
198// from testing, it is a bad idea from a security perspective to enable
199// this switch.
200const char kDisableKillAfterBadIPC[]        = "disable-kill-after-bad-ipc";
201
202// Disables prefixed Encrypted Media API (e.g. webkitGenerateKeyRequest()).
203const char kDisablePrefixedEncryptedMedia[] =
204    "disable-prefixed-encrypted-media";
205
206// Disables LCD text.
207const char kDisableLCDText[]                = "disable-lcd-text";
208
209// Disables distance field text.
210const char kDisableDistanceFieldText[]      = "disable-distance-field-text";
211
212// Disable LocalStorage.
213const char kDisableLocalStorage[]           = "disable-local-storage";
214
215// Force logging to be disabled.  Logging is enabled by default in debug
216// builds.
217const char kDisableLogging[]                = "disable-logging";
218
219// Disables Media Source API (i.e., the MediaSource object).
220const char kDisableMediaSource[]            = "disable-media-source";
221
222// Disable Pepper3D.
223const char kDisablePepper3d[]               = "disable-pepper-3d";
224
225// Disables compositor-accelerated touch-screen pinch gestures.
226const char kDisablePinch[]                  = "disable-pinch";
227
228// Prevent plugins from running.
229const char kDisablePlugins[]                = "disable-plugins";
230
231// Disable discovering third-party plug-ins. Effectively loading only
232// ones shipped with the browser plus third-party ones as specified by
233// --extra-plugin-dir and --load-plugin switches.
234const char kDisablePluginsDiscovery[]       = "disable-plugins-discovery";
235
236// Disables remote web font support. SVG font should always work whether this
237// option is specified or not.
238const char kDisableRemoteFonts[]            = "disable-remote-fonts";
239
240// Turns off the accessibility in the renderer.
241const char kDisableRendererAccessibility[]  = "disable-renderer-accessibility";
242
243// Disable the seccomp filter sandbox (seccomp-bpf) (Linux only).
244const char kDisableSeccompFilterSandbox[]   = "disable-seccomp-filter-sandbox";
245
246// Disable session storage.
247const char kDisableSessionStorage[]         = "disable-session-storage";
248
249// Disable the setuid sandbox (Linux only).
250const char kDisableSetuidSandbox[]          = "disable-setuid-sandbox";
251
252// Disable shared workers.
253const char kDisableSharedWorkers[]          = "disable-shared-workers";
254
255// Disables site-specific tailoring to compatibility issues in WebKit.
256const char kDisableSiteSpecificQuirks[]     = "disable-site-specific-quirks";
257
258// Disable smooth scrolling for testing.
259const char kDisableSmoothScrolling[]        = "disable-smooth-scrolling";
260
261// Disables the use of a 3D software rasterizer.
262const char kDisableSoftwareRasterizer[]     = "disable-software-rasterizer";
263
264// Disable multithreaded GPU compositing of web content.
265const char kDisableThreadedCompositing[]     = "disable-threaded-compositing";
266
267// Don't enforce the same-origin policy. (Used by people testing their sites.)
268const char kDisableWebSecurity[]            = "disable-web-security";
269
270// Disables support for XSLT.
271const char kDisableXSLT[]                   = "disable-xslt";
272
273// Disables Blink's XSSAuditor. The XSSAuditor mitigates reflective XSS.
274const char kDisableXSSAuditor[]             = "disable-xss-auditor";
275
276// Disable rasterizer that writes directly to GPU memory associated with tiles.
277// Overrides the kEnableZeroCopy flag.
278const char kDisableZeroCopy[]               = "disable-zero-copy";
279
280// Specifies if the |DOMAutomationController| needs to be bound in the
281// renderer. This binding happens on per-frame basis and hence can potentially
282// be a performance bottleneck. One should only enable it when automating dom
283// based tests.
284const char kDomAutomationController[]       = "dom-automation";
285
286// Enable bleeding-edge code to make Chrome draw content faster. The changes
287// behind this path are very likely to break lots of content.
288// ** DO NOT use this flag unless you know what you are doing. **
289const char kEnableBleedingEdgeRenderingFastPaths[] =
290    "enable-bleeding-edge-rendering-fast-paths";
291
292// Disable deferred image filters.
293const char kDisableDeferredFilters[]         = "disable-deferred-filters";
294
295// Enables accelerated compositing for backgrounds of root layers with
296// background-attachment: fixed.
297const char kEnableAcceleratedFixedRootBackground[] =
298    "enable-accelerated-fixed-root-background";
299
300// Enables accelerated compositing for overflow scroll. Promotes eligible
301// overflow:scroll elements to layers to enable accelerated scrolling for them.
302const char kEnableAcceleratedOverflowScroll[] =
303    "enable-accelerated-overflow-scroll";
304
305// Enables LCD text.
306const char kEnableLCDText[]                 = "enable-lcd-text";
307
308// Enables using signed distance fields when rendering text.
309// Only valid if GPU rasterization is enabled as well.
310const char kEnableDistanceFieldText[]       = "enable-distance-field-text";
311
312// Enables experimental feature that maps multiple RenderLayers to
313// one composited layer to avoid pathological layer counts.
314const char kEnableLayerSquashing[] =
315    "enable-layer-squashing";
316
317// Enable experimental container node culling.
318const char kEnableContainerCulling[]        = "enable-container-culling";
319
320// Use a BeginFrame signal from browser to renderer to schedule rendering.
321const char kEnableBeginFrameScheduling[]    = "enable-begin-frame-scheduling";
322
323// Enable the creation of compositing layers for fixed position
324// elements. Three options are needed to support four possible scenarios:
325//  1. Default (disabled)
326//  2. Enabled always (to allow dogfooding)
327//  3. Disabled always (to give safety fallback for users)
328//  4. Enabled only if we detect a highDPI display
329//
330// Option #4 may soon be the default, because the feature is needed soon for
331// high DPI, but cannot be used (yet) for low DPI. Options #2 and #3 will
332// override Option #4.
333const char kEnableCompositingForFixedPosition[] =
334     "enable-fixed-position-compositing";
335
336// Enable/Disable the creation of compositing layers for RenderLayers with a
337// transition on a property that supports accelerated animation (that is,
338// opacity, -webkit-transform, and -webkit-filter), even when no animation is
339// running. These options allow for three possible scenarios:
340//  1. Default (enabled only if we dectect a highDPI display)
341//  2. Enabled always.
342//  3. Disabled always.
343const char kEnableCompositingForTransition[] =
344     "enable-transition-compositing";
345
346// Defer image decoding in WebKit until painting.
347const char kEnableDeferredImageDecoding[]   = "enable-deferred-image-decoding";
348
349// Enables delegated renderer.
350const char kEnableDelegatedRenderer[]       = "enable-delegated-renderer";
351
352// Enables restarting interrupted downloads.
353const char kEnableDownloadResumption[]      = "enable-download-resumption";
354
355// Enables support for Encrypted Media Extensions (e.g. MediaKeys).
356const char kEnableEncryptedMedia[] = "enable-encrypted-media";
357
358// Enable experimental canvas features, e.g. canvas 2D context attributes
359const char kEnableExperimentalCanvasFeatures[] =
360    "enable-experimental-canvas-features";
361
362// Enables Web Platform features that are in development.
363const char kEnableExperimentalWebPlatformFeatures[] =
364    "enable-experimental-web-platform-features";
365
366// By default, cookies are not allowed on file://. They are needed for testing,
367// for example page cycler and layout tests. See bug 1157243.
368const char kEnableFileCookies[]             = "enable-file-cookies";
369
370// Enable the fast text autosizing implementation.
371const char kEnableFastTextAutosizing[]      = "enable-fast-text-autosizing";
372
373// Enables TRACE for GL calls in the renderer.
374const char kEnableGpuClientTracing[]        = "enable-gpu-client-tracing";
375
376// Allow heuristics to determine when a layer tile should be drawn with the
377// Skia GPU backend. Only valid with GPU accelerated compositing +
378// impl-side painting.
379const char kEnableGpuRasterization[]        = "enable-gpu-rasterization";
380
381// When using CPU rasterizing generate low resolution tiling. Low res
382// tiles may be displayed during fast scrolls especially on slower devices.
383const char kEnableLowResTiling[] = "enable-low-res-tiling";
384
385// See comment for kEnableCompositingForFixedPosition.
386const char kEnableHighDpiCompositingForFixedPosition[] =
387     "enable-high-dpi-fixed-position-compositing";
388
389// Paint content on the compositor thread instead of the main thread.
390const char kEnableImplSidePainting[]        = "enable-impl-side-painting";
391
392// Enables support for inband text tracks in media content.
393const char kEnableInbandTextTracks[]        = "enable-inband-text-tracks";
394
395// Force logging to be enabled.  Logging is disabled by default in release
396// builds.
397const char kEnableLogging[]                 = "enable-logging";
398
399// Enables the memory benchmarking extension
400const char kEnableMemoryBenchmarking[]      = "enable-memory-benchmarking";
401
402// Enable rasterizer that writes directly to GPU memory.
403const char kEnableOneCopy[]                 = "enable-one-copy";
404
405// Enables use of hardware overlay for fullscreen video playback. Android only.
406const char kEnableOverlayFullscreenVideo[]  = "enable-overlay-fullscreen-video";
407
408// Disables blink subtitle and media control on top of overlay fullscreen video.
409const char kDisableOverlayFullscreenVideoSubtitle[] =
410    "disable-overlay-fullscreen-video-subtitle";
411
412// Forward overscroll event data from the renderer to the browser.
413const char kEnableOverscrollNotifications[] = "enable-overscroll-notifications";
414
415// Enables compositor-accelerated touch-screen pinch gestures.
416const char kEnablePinch[]                   = "enable-pinch";
417
418// Make the values returned to window.performance.memory more granular and more
419// up to date in shared worker. Without this flag, the memory information is
420// still available, but it is bucketized and updated less frequently. This flag
421// also applys to workers.
422const char kEnablePreciseMemoryInfo[] = "enable-precise-memory-info";
423
424// Enable caching of pre-parsed JS script data.  See http://crbug.com/32407.
425const char kEnablePreparsedJsCaching[]      = "enable-preparsed-js-caching";
426
427// Enables the CSS multicol implementation that uses the regions implementation.
428const char kEnableRegionBasedColumns[] =
429    "enable-region-based-columns";
430
431// Enables targeted style recalculation optimizations.
432const char kEnableTargetedStyleRecalc[] =
433    "enable-targeted-style-recalc";
434
435// Cause the OS X sandbox write to syslog every time an access to a resource
436// is denied by the sandbox.
437const char kEnableSandboxLogging[]          = "enable-sandbox-logging";
438
439// Enables seccomp-bpf support for Android. Requires experimental kernel
440// support. <http://crbug.com/166704>
441const char kEnableSeccompFilterSandbox[] =
442    "enable-seccomp-filter-sandbox";
443
444// Enables the Skia benchmarking extension
445const char kEnableSkiaBenchmarking[]        = "enable-skia-benchmarking";
446
447// On platforms that support it, enables smooth scroll animation.
448const char kEnableSmoothScrolling[]         = "enable-smooth-scrolling";
449
450// Enable spatial navigation
451const char kEnableSpatialNavigation[]       = "enable-spatial-navigation";
452
453// Enables the synthesis part of the Web Speech API.
454const char kEnableSpeechSynthesis[]         = "enable-speech-synthesis";
455
456// Enables StatsTable, logging statistics to a global named shared memory table.
457const char kEnableStatsTable[]              = "enable-stats-table";
458
459// Experimentally ensures that each renderer process:
460// 1) Only handles rendering for pages from a single site, apart from iframes.
461// (Note that a page can reference content from multiple origins due to images,
462// JavaScript files, etc.  Cross-site iframes are also loaded in-process.)
463// 2) Only has authority to see or use cookies for the page's top-level origin.
464// (So if a.com iframes b.com, the b.com network request will be sent without
465// cookies.)
466// This is expected to break compatibility with many pages for now.  Unlike the
467// --site-per-process flag, this allows cross-site iframes, but it blocks all
468// cookies on cross-site requests.
469const char kEnableStrictSiteIsolation[]     = "enable-strict-site-isolation";
470
471// Enable support for sync events in ServiceWorkers.
472const char kEnableServiceWorkerSync[]       = "enable-service-worker-sync";
473
474// Enable use of experimental TCP sockets API for sending data in the
475// SYN packet.
476const char kEnableTcpFastOpen[]             = "enable-tcp-fastopen";
477
478// Enabled threaded compositing for layout tests.
479const char kEnableThreadedCompositing[] = "enable-threaded-compositing";
480
481// Enable screen capturing support for MediaStream API.
482const char kEnableUserMediaScreenCapturing[] =
483    "enable-usermedia-screen-capturing";
484
485// Enables the use of the @viewport CSS rule, which allows
486// pages to control aspects of their own layout. This also turns on touch-screen
487// pinch gestures.
488const char kEnableViewport[]                = "enable-viewport";
489
490// Enables the use of the legacy viewport meta tag. Turning this on also
491// turns on the @viewport CSS rule
492const char kEnableViewportMeta[]            = "enable-viewport-meta";
493
494// Resizes of the main frame are the caused by changing between landscape
495// and portrait mode (i.e. Android) so the page should be rescaled to fit
496const char kMainFrameResizesAreOrientationChanges[] =
497    "main-frame-resizes-are-orientation-changes";
498
499// Enable the Vtune profiler support.
500const char kEnableVtune[]                   = "enable-vtune-support";
501
502// Enable SVG Animations on the Web Animations model.
503const char kEnableWebAnimationsSVG[]        = "enable-web-animations-svg";
504
505// Enables WebGL extensions not yet approved by the community.
506const char kEnableWebGLDraftExtensions[] = "enable-webgl-draft-extensions";
507
508// Enables WebGL rendering into a scanout buffer for overlay support.
509const char kEnableWebGLImageChromium[] = "enable-webgl-image-chromium";
510
511// Enables Web MIDI API.
512const char kEnableWebMIDI[]                 = "enable-web-midi";
513
514// Enable rasterizer that writes directly to GPU memory associated with tiles.
515const char kEnableZeroCopy[]                = "enable-zero-copy";
516
517// Load NPAPI plugins from the specified directory.
518const char kExtraPluginDir[]                = "extra-plugin-dir";
519
520// Some field trials may be randomized in the browser, and the randomly selected
521// outcome needs to be propagated to the renderer. For instance, this is used
522// to modify histograms recorded in the renderer, or to get the renderer to
523// also set of its state (initialize, or not initialize components) to match the
524// experiment(s). The option is also useful for forcing field trials when
525// testing changes locally. The argument is a list of name and value pairs,
526// separated by slashes. See FieldTrialList::CreateTrialsFromString() in
527// field_trial.h for details.
528const char kForceFieldTrials[]              = "force-fieldtrials";
529
530// Always use the Skia GPU backend for drawing layer tiles. Only valid with GPU
531// accelerated compositing + impl-side painting. Overrides the
532// kEnableGpuRasterization flag.
533const char kForceGpuRasterization[]        = "force-gpu-rasterization";
534
535// Force renderer accessibility to be on instead of enabling it on demand when
536// a screen reader is detected. The disable-renderer-accessibility switch
537// overrides this if present.
538const char kForceRendererAccessibility[]    = "force-renderer-accessibility";
539
540// Passes gpu device_id from browser process to GPU process.
541const char kGpuDeviceID[]                   = "gpu-device-id";
542
543// Passes gpu driver_vendor from browser process to GPU process.
544const char kGpuDriverVendor[]               = "gpu-driver-vendor";
545
546// Passes gpu driver_version from browser process to GPU process.
547const char kGpuDriverVersion[]              = "gpu-driver-version";
548
549// Extra command line options for launching the GPU process (normally used
550// for debugging). Use like renderer-cmd-prefix.
551const char kGpuLauncher[]                   = "gpu-launcher";
552
553// Makes this process a GPU sub-process.
554const char kGpuProcess[]                    = "gpu-process";
555
556// Allows shmat() system call in the GPU sandbox.
557const char kGpuSandboxAllowSysVShm[]        = "gpu-sandbox-allow-sysv-shm";
558
559// Makes GPU sandbox failures fatal.
560const char kGpuSandboxFailuresFatal[]       = "gpu-sandbox-failures-fatal";
561
562// Starts the GPU sandbox before creating a GL context.
563const char kGpuSandboxStartEarly[]          = "gpu-sandbox-start-early";
564
565// Causes the GPU process to display a dialog on launch.
566const char kGpuStartupDialog[]              = "gpu-startup-dialog";
567
568// Passes gpu vendor_id from browser process to GPU process.
569const char kGpuVendorID[]                   = "gpu-vendor-id";
570
571// These mappings only apply to the host resolver.
572const char kHostResolverRules[]             = "host-resolver-rules";
573
574// Ignores certificate-related errors.
575const char kIgnoreCertificateErrors[]       = "ignore-certificate-errors";
576
577// Ignores GPU blacklist.
578const char kIgnoreGpuBlacklist[]            = "ignore-gpu-blacklist";
579
580// Run the GPU process as a thread in the browser process.
581const char kInProcessGPU[]                  = "in-process-gpu";
582
583// Overrides the timeout, in seconds, that a child process waits for a
584// connection from the browser before killing itself.
585const char kIPCConnectionTimeout[]          = "ipc-connection-timeout";
586
587// Specifies the flags passed to JS engine
588const char kJavaScriptFlags[]               = "js-flags";
589
590// Load an NPAPI plugin from the specified path.
591const char kLoadPlugin[]                    = "load-plugin";
592
593// Logs GPU control list decisions when enforcing blacklist rules.
594const char kLogGpuControlListDecisions[]    = "log-gpu-control-list-decisions";
595
596// Sets the minimum log level. Valid values are from 0 to 3:
597// INFO = 0, WARNING = 1, LOG_ERROR = 2, LOG_FATAL = 3.
598const char kLoggingLevel[]                  = "log-level";
599
600// Enables saving net log events to a file and sets the file name to use.
601const char kLogNetLog[]                     = "log-net-log";
602
603// Make plugin processes log their sent and received messages to VLOG(1).
604const char kLogPluginMessages[]             = "log-plugin-messages";
605
606// Sets the width and height above which a composited layer will get tiled.
607const char kMaxUntiledLayerHeight[]         = "max-untiled-layer-height";
608const char kMaxUntiledLayerWidth[]          = "max-untiled-layer-width";
609
610// Sample memory usage with high frequency and store the results to the
611// Renderer.Memory histogram. Used in memory tests.
612const char kMemoryMetrics[]                 = "memory-metrics";
613
614// Mutes audio sent to the audio device so it is not audible during
615// automated testing.
616const char kMuteAudio[]                     = "mute-audio";
617
618// Don't send HTTP-Referer headers.
619const char kNoReferrers[]                   = "no-referrers";
620
621// Disables the sandbox for all process types that are normally sandboxed.
622const char kNoSandbox[]                     = "no-sandbox";
623
624// Number of worker threads used to rasterize content.
625const char kNumRasterThreads[]              = "num-raster-threads";
626
627// Enables or disables history navigation in response to horizontal overscroll.
628// Set the value to '1' to enable the feature, and set to '0' to disable.
629// Defaults to enabled.
630const char kOverscrollHistoryNavigation[] =
631    "overscroll-history-navigation";
632
633// Specifies a command that should be used to launch the plugin process.  Useful
634// for running the plugin process through purify or quantify.  Ex:
635//   --plugin-launcher="path\to\purify /Run=yes"
636const char kPluginLauncher[]                = "plugin-launcher";
637
638// Tells the plugin process the path of the plugin to load
639const char kPluginPath[]                    = "plugin-path";
640
641// Causes the process to run as a plugin subprocess.
642const char kPluginProcess[]                 = "plugin";
643
644// Causes the plugin process to display a dialog on launch.
645const char kPluginStartupDialog[]           = "plugin-startup-dialog";
646
647// Argument to the process type that indicates a PPAPI broker process type.
648const char kPpapiBrokerProcess[]            = "ppapi-broker";
649
650// "Command-line" arguments for the PPAPI Flash; used for debugging options.
651const char kPpapiFlashArgs[]                = "ppapi-flash-args";
652
653// Runs PPAPI (Pepper) plugins in-process.
654const char kPpapiInProcess[]                = "ppapi-in-process";
655
656// Like kPluginLauncher for PPAPI plugins.
657const char kPpapiPluginLauncher[]           = "ppapi-plugin-launcher";
658
659// Argument to the process type that indicates a PPAPI plugin process type.
660const char kPpapiPluginProcess[]            = "ppapi";
661
662// Causes the PPAPI sub process to display a dialog on launch. Be sure to use
663// --no-sandbox as well or the sandbox won't allow the dialog to display.
664const char kPpapiStartupDialog[]            = "ppapi-startup-dialog";
665
666// Runs a single process for each site (i.e., group of pages from the same
667// registered domain) the user visits.  We default to using a renderer process
668// for each site instance (i.e., group of pages from the same registered
669// domain with script connections to each other).
670const char kProcessPerSite[]                = "process-per-site";
671
672// Runs each set of script-connected tabs (i.e., a BrowsingInstance) in its own
673// renderer process.  We default to using a renderer process for each
674// site instance (i.e., group of pages from the same registered domain with
675// script connections to each other).
676const char kProcessPerTab[]                 = "process-per-tab";
677
678// The value of this switch determines whether the process is started as a
679// renderer or plugin host.  If it's empty, it's the browser.
680const char kProcessType[]                   = "type";
681
682// Enables more web features over insecure connections. Designed to be used
683// for testing purposes only.
684const char kReduceSecurityForTesting[]      = "reduce-security-for-testing";
685
686// Register Pepper plugins (see pepper_plugin_list.cc for its format).
687const char kRegisterPepperPlugins[]         = "register-pepper-plugins";
688
689// Enables remote debug over HTTP on the specified port.
690const char kRemoteDebuggingPort[]           = "remote-debugging-port";
691
692// Causes the renderer process to throw an assertion on launch.
693const char kRendererAssertTest[]            = "renderer-assert-test";
694
695// On POSIX only: the contents of this flag are prepended to the renderer
696// command line. Useful values might be "valgrind" or "xterm -e gdb --args".
697const char kRendererCmdPrefix[]             = "renderer-cmd-prefix";
698
699// Causes the process to run as renderer instead of as browser.
700const char kRendererProcess[]               = "renderer";
701
702// Overrides the default/calculated limit to the number of renderer processes.
703// Very high values for this setting can lead to high memory/resource usage
704// or instability.
705const char kRendererProcessLimit[]          = "renderer-process-limit";
706
707// Causes the renderer process to display a dialog on launch.
708const char kRendererStartupDialog[]         = "renderer-startup-dialog";
709
710// Causes the process to run as a sandbox IPC subprocess.
711const char kSandboxIPCProcess[]             = "sandbox-ipc";
712
713// Enables or disables scroll end effect in response to vertical overscroll.
714// Set the value to '1' to enable the feature, and set to '0' to disable.
715// Defaults to disabled.
716const char kScrollEndEffect[] = "scroll-end-effect";
717
718// Visibly render a border around paint rects in the web page to help debug
719// and study painting behavior.
720const char kShowPaintRects[]                = "show-paint-rects";
721
722// Runs the renderer and plugins in the same process as the browser
723const char kSingleProcess[]                 = "single-process";
724
725// Experimentally enforces a one-site-per-process security policy.
726// All cross-site navigations force process swaps, and we can restrict a
727// renderer process's access rights based on its site.  For details, see:
728// http://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/site-isolation
729//
730// Unlike --enable-strict-site-isolation (which allows cross-site iframes),
731// this flag does not affect which cookies are attached to cross-site requests.
732// Support is being added to render cross-site iframes in a different process
733// than their parent pages.
734const char kSitePerProcess[]                = "site-per-process";
735
736// Skip gpu info collection, blacklist loading, and blacklist auto-update
737// scheduling at browser startup time.
738// Therefore, all GPU features are available, and about:gpu page shows empty
739// content. The switch is intended only for layout tests.
740// TODO(gab): Get rid of this switch entirely.
741const char kSkipGpuDataLoading[]            = "skip-gpu-data-loading";
742
743// Specifies if the browser should start in fullscreen mode, like if the user
744// had pressed F11 right after startup.
745const char kStartFullscreen[] = "start-fullscreen";
746
747// Specifies if the |StatsCollectionController| needs to be bound in the
748// renderer. This binding happens on per-frame basis and hence can potentially
749// be a performance bottleneck. One should only enable it when running a test
750// that needs to access the provided statistics.
751const char kStatsCollectionController[] =
752    "enable-stats-collection-bindings";
753
754// Upscale defaults to "good".
755const char kTabCaptureDownscaleQuality[]    = "tab-capture-downscale-quality";
756
757// Scaling quality for capturing tab. Should be one of "fast", "good" or "best".
758// One flag for upscaling, one for downscaling.
759// Upscale defaults to "best".
760const char kTabCaptureUpscaleQuality[]      = "tab-capture-upscale-quality";
761
762// Allows for forcing socket connections to http/https to use fixed ports.
763const char kTestingFixedHttpPort[]          = "testing-fixed-http-port";
764const char kTestingFixedHttpsPort[]         = "testing-fixed-https-port";
765
766// Type of the current test harness ("browser" or "ui").
767const char kTestType[]                      = "test-type";
768
769const char kTouchScrollingMode[]            = "touch-scrolling-mode";
770const char kTouchScrollingModeAsyncTouchmove[] = "async-touchmove";
771const char kTouchScrollingModeSyncTouchmove[] = "sync-touchmove";
772const char kTouchScrollingModeTouchcancel[] = "touchcancel";
773
774// Causes TRACE_EVENT flags to be recorded beginning with shutdown. Optionally,
775// can specify the specific trace categories to include (e.g.
776// --trace-shutdown=base,net) otherwise, all events are recorded.
777// --trace-shutdown-file can be used to control where the trace log gets stored
778// to since there is otherwise no way to access the result.
779const char kTraceShutdown[]                 = "trace-shutdown";
780
781// If supplied, sets the file which shutdown tracing will be stored into, if
782// omitted the default will be used "chrometrace.log" in the current directory.
783// Has no effect unless --trace-shutdown is also supplied.
784// Example: --trace-shutdown --trace-shutdown-file=/tmp/trace_event.log
785const char kTraceShutdownFile[]             = "trace-shutdown-file";
786
787// Causes TRACE_EVENT flags to be recorded from startup. Optionally, can
788// specify the specific trace categories to include (e.g.
789// --trace-startup=base,net) otherwise, all events are recorded. Setting this
790// flag results in the first call to BeginTracing() to receive all trace events
791// since startup. In Chrome, you may find --trace-startup-file and
792// --trace-startup-duration to control the auto-saving of the trace (not
793// supported in the base-only TraceLog component).
794const char kTraceStartup[]                  = "trace-startup";
795
796// Sets the time in seconds until startup tracing ends. If omitted a default of
797// 5 seconds is used. Has no effect without --trace-startup, or if
798// --startup-trace-file=none was supplied.
799const char kTraceStartupDuration[]          = "trace-startup-duration";
800
801// If supplied, sets the file which startup tracing will be stored into, if
802// omitted the default will be used "chrometrace.log" in the current directory.
803// Has no effect unless --trace-startup is also supplied.
804// Example: --trace-startup --trace-startup-file=/tmp/trace_event.log
805// As a special case, can be set to 'none' - this disables automatically saving
806// the result to a file and the first manually recorded trace will then receive
807// all events since startup.
808const char kTraceStartupFile[]              = "trace-startup-file";
809
810// Sets the target URL for uploading tracing data.
811const char kTraceUploadURL[]                = "trace-upload-url";
812
813
814// Prioritizes the UI's command stream in the GPU process
815extern const char kUIPrioritizeInGpuProcess[] =
816    "ui-prioritize-in-gpu-process";
817
818// Overrides the preferred discardable memory implementation.
819const char kUseDiscardableMemory[] = "use-discardable-memory";
820
821// Bypass the media stream infobar by selecting the default device for media
822// streams (e.g. WebRTC). Works with --use-fake-device-for-media-stream.
823const char kUseFakeUIForMediaStream[]     = "use-fake-ui-for-media-stream";
824
825// Set when Chromium should use a mobile user agent.
826const char kUseMobileUserAgent[] = "use-mobile-user-agent";
827
828// Use the new surfaces system to handle compositor delegation.
829const char kUseSurfaces[] = "use-surfaces";
830
831// On POSIX only: the contents of this flag are prepended to the utility
832// process command line. Useful values might be "valgrind" or "xterm -e gdb
833// --args".
834const char kUtilityCmdPrefix[]              = "utility-cmd-prefix";
835
836// Causes the process to run as a utility subprocess.
837const char kUtilityProcess[]                = "utility";
838
839// The utility process is sandboxed, with access to one directory. This flag
840// specifies the directory that can be accessed.
841const char kUtilityProcessAllowedDir[]      = "utility-allowed-dir";
842
843// Allows MDns to access network in sandboxed process.
844const char kUtilityProcessEnableMDns[]      = "utility-enable-mdns";
845
846const char kUtilityProcessRunningElevated[] = "utility-run-elevated";
847
848// In debug builds, asserts that the stream of input events is valid.
849const char kValidateInputEventStream[] = "validate-input-event-stream";
850
851// Will add kWaitForDebugger to every child processes. If a value is passed, it
852// will be used as a filter to determine if the child process should have the
853// kWaitForDebugger flag passed on or not.
854const char kWaitForDebuggerChildren[]       = "wait-for-debugger-children";
855
856// Causes the process to run as a worker subprocess.
857const char kWorkerProcess[]                 = "worker";
858
859// The prefix used when starting the zygote process. (i.e. 'gdb --args')
860const char kZygoteCmdPrefix[]               = "zygote-cmd-prefix";
861
862// Causes the process to run as a renderer zygote.
863const char kZygoteProcess[]                 = "zygote";
864
865#if defined(ENABLE_WEBRTC)
866// Disables audio processing in a MediaStreamTrack. When this flag is on, AEC,
867// NS and AGC will be done in PeerConnection instead of MediaStreamTrack.
868const char kDisableAudioTrackProcessing[]    = "disable-audio-track-processing";
869
870// Disables HW decode acceleration for WebRTC.
871const char kDisableWebRtcHWDecoding[]       = "disable-webrtc-hw-decoding";
872
873// Disables encryption of RTP Media for WebRTC. When Chrome embeds Content, it
874// ignores this switch on its stable and beta channels.
875const char kDisableWebRtcEncryption[]      = "disable-webrtc-encryption";
876
877// Disables HW encode acceleration for WebRTC.
878const char kDisableWebRtcHWEncoding[]       = "disable-webrtc-hw-encoding";
879
880// Enables VP8 HW encode acceleration for WebRTC.
881const char kEnableWebRtcHWVp8Encoding[]     = "enable-webrtc-hw-vp8-encoding";
882#endif
883
884#if defined(OS_ANDROID)
885// Disable user gesture requirement for media playback.
886const char kDisableGestureRequirementForMediaPlayback[] =
887    "disable-gesture-requirement-for-media-playback";
888
889// Disable the click delay by sending click events during double tap.
890const char kDisableClickDelay[]             = "disable-click-delay";
891
892// Disable overscroll edge effects like those found in Android views.
893const char kDisableOverscrollEdgeEffect[]   = "disable-overscroll-edge-effect";
894
895// WebRTC is enabled by default on Android.
896const char kDisableWebRTC[]                 = "disable-webrtc";
897
898// Enable the recognition part of the Web Speech API.
899const char kEnableSpeechRecognition[]       = "enable-speech-recognition";
900
901// Always use the video overlay for the embedded video.
902// This switch is intended only for tests.
903const char kForceUseOverlayEmbeddedVideo[] = "force-use-overlay-embedded-video";
904
905// The telephony region (ISO country code) to use in phone number detection.
906const char kNetworkCountryIso[] = "network-country-iso";
907
908// Enables remote debug over HTTP on the specified socket name.
909const char kRemoteDebuggingSocketName[]     = "remote-debugging-socket-name";
910#endif
911
912// Disable web audio API.
913const char kDisableWebAudio[]               = "disable-webaudio";
914
915#if defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
916// Disables panel fitting (used for mirror mode).
917const char kDisablePanelFitting[]           = "disable-panel-fitting";
918
919// Enables VA-API accelerated video encode.
920const char kEnableVaapiAcceleratedVideoEncode[] =
921    "enable-vaapi-accelerated-video-encode";
922#endif
923
924#if defined(OS_MACOSX) && !defined(OS_IOS)
925// Disables support for Core Animation plugins. This is triggered when
926// accelerated compositing is disabled. See http://crbug.com/122430 .
927const char kDisableCoreAnimationPlugins[] =
928    "disable-core-animation-plugins";
929#endif
930
931#if defined(OS_WIN)
932// Device scale factor passed to certain processes like renderers, etc.
933const char kDeviceScaleFactor[]     = "device-scale-factor";
934
935// Disables the DirectWrite font rendering system on windows.
936const char kDisableDirectWrite[]             = "disable-direct-write";
937
938// Disable the Legacy Window which corresponds to the size of the WebContents.
939const char kDisableLegacyIntermediateWindow[] = "disable-legacy-window";
940
941// Use high resolution timers for TimeTicks.
942const char kEnableHighResolutionTime[]      = "enable-high-resolution-time";
943
944// Enable the Win32K process mitigation policy for renderer processes which
945// prevents them from invoking user32 and gdi32 system calls which enter
946// the kernel. This is only supported on Windows 8 and beyond.
947const char kEnableWin32kRendererLockDown[]
948    = "enable_win32k_renderer_lockdown";
949#endif
950
951// Don't dump stuff here, follow the same order as the header.
952
953}  // namespace switches
954