content_switches.cc revision 23730a6e56a168d1879203e4b3819bb36e3d8f1f
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 loopback interface to be added in network list for peer connection.
20const char kAllowLoopbackInPeerConnection[] =
21    "allow-loopback-in-peer-connection";
22
23// Enables the sandboxed processes to run without a job object assigned to them.
24// This flag is required to allow Chrome to run in RemoteApps or Citrix. This
25// flag can reduce the security of the sandboxed processes and allow them to do
26// certain API calls like shut down Windows or access the clipboard. Also we
27// lose the chance to kill some processes until the outer job that owns them
28// finishes.
29const char kAllowNoSandboxJob[]             = "allow-no-sandbox-job";
30
31// Allows debugging of sandboxed processes (see zygote_main_linux.cc).
32const char kAllowSandboxDebugging[]         = "allow-sandbox-debugging";
33
34// The same as kAuditHandles except all handles are enumerated.
35const char kAuditAllHandles[]               = "enable-handle-auditing-all";
36
37// Enumerates and prints a child process' most dangerous handles when it
38// is terminated.
39const char kAuditHandles[]                  = "enable-handle-auditing";
40
41// Blacklist the GPU for accelerated compositing.
42const char kBlacklistAcceleratedCompositing[] =
43    "blacklist-accelerated-compositing";
44
45// Blacklist the GPU for WebGL.
46const char kBlacklistWebGL[]                = "blacklist-webgl";
47
48// Choose which logging channels in blink platform to activate.  See
49// Logging.cpp in blink's Source/platform for a list of available channels.
50const char kBlinkPlatformLogChannels[]      = "blink-platform-log-channels";
51
52// Block cross-site documents (i.e., HTML/XML/JSON) from being loaded in
53// subresources when a document is not supposed to read them.  This will later
54// allow us to block them from the entire renderer process when site isolation
55// is enabled.
56const char kBlockCrossSiteDocuments[]     = "block-cross-site-documents";
57
58// Causes the browser process to throw an assertion on startup.
59const char kBrowserAssertTest[]             = "assert-test";
60
61// Causes the browser process to crash on startup.
62const char kBrowserCrashTest[]              = "crash-test";
63
64// Path to the exe to run for the renderer and plugin subprocesses.
65const char kBrowserSubprocessPath[]         = "browser-subprocess-path";
66
67// Dumps extra logging about plugin loading to the log file.
68const char kDebugPluginLoading[] = "debug-plugin-loading";
69
70// Sets the tile size used by composited layers.
71const char kDefaultTileWidth[]              = "default-tile-width";
72const char kDefaultTileHeight[]             = "default-tile-height";
73
74// Disable antialiasing on 2d canvas.
75const char kDisable2dCanvasAntialiasing[]   = "disable-canvas-aa";
76
77// Disables client-visible 3D APIs, in particular WebGL and Pepper 3D.
78// This is controlled by policy and is kept separate from the other
79// enable/disable switches to avoid accidentally regressing the policy
80// support for controlling access to these APIs.
81const char kDisable3DAPIs[]                 = "disable-3d-apis";
82
83// Disable gpu-accelerated 2d canvas.
84const char kDisableAccelerated2dCanvas[]    = "disable-accelerated-2d-canvas";
85
86// Disables accelerated compositing.
87const char kDisableAcceleratedCompositing[] = "disable-accelerated-compositing";
88
89// Disables accelerated compositing for backgrounds of root layers with
90// background-attachment: fixed.
91const char kDisableAcceleratedFixedRootBackground[] =
92    "disable-accelerated-fixed-root-background";
93
94// Disables the hardware acceleration of 3D CSS and animation.
95const char kDisableAcceleratedLayers[]      = "disable-accelerated-layers";
96
97// Disables accelerated compositing for overflow scroll.
98const char kDisableAcceleratedOverflowScroll[] =
99    "disable-accelerated-overflow-scroll";
100
101// Disables layer squashing.
102const char kDisableLayerSquashing[] =
103    "disable-layer-squashing";
104
105// Disables GPU accelerated video display.
106const char kDisableAcceleratedVideo[]       = "disable-accelerated-video";
107
108// Disables hardware acceleration of video decode, where available.
109const char kDisableAcceleratedVideoDecode[] =
110    "disable-accelerated-video-decode";
111
112// Disables the alternate window station for the renderer.
113const char kDisableAltWinstation[]          = "disable-winsta";
114
115// Disable the ApplicationCache.
116const char kDisableApplicationCache[]       = "disable-application-cache";
117
118// Disable limits on the number of backing stores. Can prevent blinking for
119// users with many windows/tabs and lots of memory.
120const char kDisableBackingStoreLimit[]      = "disable-backing-store-limit";
121
122// Disable browser plugin compositing experiment.
123const char kDisableBrowserPluginCompositing[] =
124    "disable-browser-plugin-compositing";
125
126// See comment for kEnableCompositingForFixedPosition.
127const char kDisableCompositingForFixedPosition[] =
128     "disable-fixed-position-compositing";
129
130// See comment for kEnableCompositingForTransition.
131const char kDisableCompositingForTransition[] =
132     "disable-transition-compositing";
133
134// Disables HTML5 DB support.
135const char kDisableDatabases[]              = "disable-databases";
136
137// Disables delegated renderer.
138const char kDisableDelegatedRenderer[]      = "disable-delegated-renderer";
139
140// Disables desktop notifications (default enabled on windows).
141const char kDisableDesktopNotifications[]   = "disable-desktop-notifications";
142
143// Disables experimental navigator content utils implementation.
144const char kDisableNavigatorContentUtils[]  =
145      "disable-navigator-content-utils";
146
147// Handles URL requests by NPAPI plugins through the renderer.
148const char kDisableDirectNPAPIRequests[]    = "disable-direct-npapi-requests";
149
150// Disable the per-domain blocking for 3D APIs after GPU reset.
151// This switch is intended only for tests.
152extern const char kDisableDomainBlockingFor3DAPIs[] =
153    "disable-domain-blocking-for-3d-apis";
154
155// Disable experimental WebGL support.
156const char kDisableExperimentalWebGL[]      = "disable-webgl";
157
158// Disable FileSystem API.
159const char kDisableFileSystem[]             = "disable-file-system";
160
161// Disables sending filters (SkImageFilter objects) between processes over IPC
162const char kDisableFiltersOverIPC[]         = "disable-filters-over-ipc";
163
164const char kDisableFixedPositionCreatesStackingContext[]
165    = "disable-fixed-position-creates-stacking-context";
166
167// Disable 3D inside of flapper.
168const char kDisableFlash3d[]                = "disable-flash-3d";
169
170// Disable Stage3D inside of flapper.
171const char kDisableFlashStage3d[]           = "disable-flash-stage3d";
172
173// This flag disables force compositing mode and prevents it from being enabled
174// via field trials.
175const char kDisableForceCompositingMode[]   = "disable-force-compositing-mode";
176
177// Disable deferral of scroll-ending gesture events when a scroll is active.
178const char kDisableGestureDebounce[]        = "disable-gesture-debounce";
179
180const char kDisableGestureTapHighlight[]    = "disable-gesture-tap-highlight";
181
182// Disable GL multisampling.
183const char kDisableGLMultisampling[]        = "disable-gl-multisampling";
184
185// Disables GPU hardware acceleration.  If software renderer is not in place,
186// then the GPU process won't launch.
187const char kDisableGpu[]                    = "disable-gpu";
188
189// Prevent the compositor from using its GPU implementation.
190const char kDisableGpuCompositing[]         = "disable-gpu-compositing";
191
192// Disable the limit on the number of times the GPU process may be restarted
193// This switch is intended only for tests.
194extern const char kDisableGpuProcessCrashLimit[] =
195    "disable-gpu-process-crash-limit";
196
197// Do not launch the GPU process shortly after browser process launch. Instead
198// launch it when it is first needed.
199const char kDisableGpuProcessPrelaunch[]    = "disable-gpu-process-prelaunch";
200
201// Disable GPU rasterization, i.e. rasterize on the CPU only.
202// Overrides the kEnableGpuRasterization and kForceGpuRasterization flags.
203const char kDisableGpuRasterization[]       = "disable-gpu-rasterization";
204
205// When using CPU rasterizing disable low resolution tiling. This uses
206// less power, particularly during animations, but more white may be seen
207// during fast scrolling especially on slower devices.
208const char kDisableLowResTiling[] = "disable-low-res-tiling";
209
210// Disable the GPU process sandbox.
211const char kDisableGpuSandbox[]             = "disable-gpu-sandbox";
212
213// Disable the thread that crashes the GPU process if it stops responding to
214// messages.
215const char kDisableGpuWatchdog[]            = "disable-gpu-watchdog";
216
217// Suppresses hang monitor dialogs in renderer processes.  This may allow slow
218// unload handlers on a page to prevent the tab from closing, but the Task
219// Manager can be used to terminate the offending process in this case.
220const char kDisableHangMonitor[]            = "disable-hang-monitor";
221
222// Disable the RenderThread's HistogramCustomizer.
223const char kDisableHistogramCustomizer[]    = "disable-histogram-customizer";
224
225// Paint content on the main thread instead of the compositor thread.
226// Overrides the kEnableImplSidePainting flag.
227const char kDisableImplSidePainting[]       = "disable-impl-side-painting";
228
229// Prevent Java from running.
230const char kDisableJava[]                   = "disable-java";
231
232// Don't execute JavaScript (browser JS like the new tab page still runs).
233const char kDisableJavaScript[]             = "disable-javascript";
234
235// Don't kill a child process when it sends a bad IPC message.  Apart
236// from testing, it is a bad idea from a security perspective to enable
237// this switch.
238const char kDisableKillAfterBadIPC[]        = "disable-kill-after-bad-ipc";
239
240// Disables prefixed Encrypted Media API (e.g. webkitGenerateKeyRequest()).
241const char kDisablePrefixedEncryptedMedia[] =
242    "disable-prefixed-encrypted-media";
243
244// Disables LCD text.
245const char kDisableLCDText[]                = "disable-lcd-text";
246
247// Disable LocalStorage.
248const char kDisableLocalStorage[]           = "disable-local-storage";
249
250// Force logging to be disabled.  Logging is enabled by default in debug
251// builds.
252const char kDisableLogging[]                = "disable-logging";
253
254// Disable rasterizer that writes directly to GPU memory.
255// Overrides the kEnableMapImage flag.
256const char kDisableMapImage[]               = "disable-map-image";
257
258// Disable Pepper3D.
259const char kDisablePepper3d[]               = "disable-pepper-3d";
260
261// Disables compositor-accelerated touch-screen pinch gestures.
262const char kDisablePinch[]                  = "disable-pinch";
263
264// Prevent plugins from running.
265const char kDisablePlugins[]                = "disable-plugins";
266
267// Disable discovering third-party plug-ins. Effectively loading only
268// ones shipped with the browser plus third-party ones as specified by
269// --extra-plugin-dir and --load-plugin switches.
270const char kDisablePluginsDiscovery[]       = "disable-plugins-discovery";
271
272// Disables remote web font support. SVG font should always work whether this
273// option is specified or not.
274const char kDisableRemoteFonts[]            = "disable-remote-fonts";
275
276// Turns off the accessibility in the renderer.
277const char kDisableRendererAccessibility[]  = "disable-renderer-accessibility";
278
279// Disables the new layout/paint system which paints after layout is complete.
280const char kDisableRepaintAfterLayout[]     = "disable-repaint-after-layout";
281
282// Disable the seccomp filter sandbox (seccomp-bpf) (Linux only).
283const char kDisableSeccompFilterSandbox[]   = "disable-seccomp-filter-sandbox";
284
285// Disable session storage.
286const char kDisableSessionStorage[]         = "disable-session-storage";
287
288// Disable the setuid sandbox (Linux only).
289const char kDisableSetuidSandbox[]          = "disable-setuid-sandbox";
290
291// Enable shared workers. Functionality not yet complete.
292const char kDisableSharedWorkers[]          = "disable-shared-workers";
293
294// Disables site-specific tailoring to compatibility issues in WebKit.
295const char kDisableSiteSpecificQuirks[]     = "disable-site-specific-quirks";
296
297// Disable smooth scrolling for testing.
298const char kDisableSmoothScrolling[]        = "disable-smooth-scrolling";
299
300// Disables the use of a 3D software rasterizer.
301const char kDisableSoftwareRasterizer[]     = "disable-software-rasterizer";
302
303// Disables speech input.
304const char kDisableSpeechInput[]            = "disable-speech-input";
305
306// Disable False Start in SSL and TLS connections.
307const char kDisableSSLFalseStart[]          = "disable-ssl-false-start";
308
309// Disable multithreaded GPU compositing of web content.
310const char kDisableThreadedCompositing[]     = "disable-threaded-compositing";
311
312// Disables the threaded HTML parser in Blink
313const char kDisableThreadedHTMLParser[]     = "disable-threaded-html-parser";
314
315// Disable accelerated overflow scrolling in corner cases (that would not be
316// handled by enable-accelerated-overflow-scroll).
317const char kDisableUniversalAcceleratedOverflowScroll[] =
318    "disable-universal-accelerated-overflow-scroll";
319
320// Disables unprefixed Media Source API (i.e., the MediaSource object).
321const char kDisableUnprefixedMediaSource[]  = "disable-unprefixed-media-source";
322
323// Disables prefixed Media Source API (i.e., the WebKitMediaSource object).
324const char kDisableWebKitMediaSource[]      = "disable-webkit-media-source";
325
326// Don't enforce the same-origin policy. (Used by people testing their sites.)
327const char kDisableWebSecurity[]            = "disable-web-security";
328
329// Disables support for XSLT.
330const char kDisableXSLT[]                   = "disable-xslt";
331
332// Disables Blink's XSSAuditor. The XSSAuditor mitigates reflective XSS.
333const char kDisableXSSAuditor[]             = "disable-xss-auditor";
334
335// Specifies if the |DOMAutomationController| needs to be bound in the
336// renderer. This binding happens on per-frame basis and hence can potentially
337// be a performance bottleneck. One should only enable it when automating dom
338// based tests.
339const char kDomAutomationController[]       = "dom-automation";
340
341// Enable bleeding-edge code to make Chrome draw content faster. The changes
342// behind this path are very likely to break lots of content.
343// ** DO NOT use this flag unless you know what you are doing. **
344const char kEnableBleedingEdgeRenderingFastPaths[] =
345    "enable-bleeding-edge-rendering-fast-paths";
346
347// Disable gpu-accelerated 2d canvas.
348const char kEnableDeferredFilters[]         = "enable-deferred-filters";
349
350// Enables accelerated compositing for backgrounds of root layers with
351// background-attachment: fixed. Requires kForceCompositingMode.
352const char kEnableAcceleratedFixedRootBackground[] =
353    "enable-accelerated-fixed-root-background";
354
355// Enables accelerated compositing for overflow scroll. Promotes eligible
356// overflow:scroll elements to layers to enable accelerated scrolling for them.
357const char kEnableAcceleratedOverflowScroll[] =
358    "enable-accelerated-overflow-scroll";
359
360// Enables LCD text.
361const char kEnableLCDText[]                 = "enable-lcd-text";
362
363// Enables experimental feature that maps multiple RenderLayers to
364// one composited layer to avoid pathological layer counts.
365const char kEnableLayerSquashing[] =
366    "enable-layer-squashing";
367
368// Turns on extremely verbose logging of accessibility events.
369const char kEnableAccessibilityLogging[]    = "enable-accessibility-logging";
370
371// Use a BeginImplFrame signal from browser to renderer to schedule rendering.
372const char kEnableBeginFrameScheduling[]    = "enable-begin-frame-scheduling";
373
374// Enables browser plugin for all types of pages.
375const char kEnableBrowserPluginForAllViewTypes[] =
376    "enable-browser-plugin-for-all-view-types";
377
378// Enable the creation of compositing layers for fixed position
379// elements. Three options are needed to support four possible scenarios:
380//  1. Default (disabled)
381//  2. Enabled always (to allow dogfooding)
382//  3. Disabled always (to give safety fallback for users)
383//  4. Enabled only if we detect a highDPI display
384//
385// Option #4 may soon be the default, because the feature is needed soon for
386// high DPI, but cannot be used (yet) for low DPI. Options #2 and #3 will
387// override Option #4.
388const char kEnableCompositingForFixedPosition[] =
389     "enable-fixed-position-compositing";
390
391// Enable/Disable the creation of compositing layers for RenderLayers with a
392// transition on a property that supports accelerated animation (that is,
393// opacity, -webkit-transform, and -webkit-filter), even when no animation is
394// running. These options allow for three possible scenarios:
395//  1. Default (enabled only if we dectect a highDPI display)
396//  2. Enabled always.
397//  3. Disabled always.
398const char kEnableCompositingForTransition[] =
399     "enable-transition-compositing";
400
401// Defer image decoding in WebKit until painting.
402const char kEnableDeferredImageDecoding[]   = "enable-deferred-image-decoding";
403
404// Enables delegated renderer.
405const char kEnableDelegatedRenderer[]       = "enable-delegated-renderer";
406
407// Enables restarting interrupted downloads.
408const char kEnableDownloadResumption[]      = "enable-download-resumption";
409
410// Enables running the SharedWorker inside the renderer process.
411const char kEnableEmbeddedSharedWorker[]    = "enable-embedded-shared-worker";
412
413// Enables support for Encrypted Media Extensions (e.g. MediaKeys).
414const char kEnableEncryptedMedia[] = "enable-encrypted-media";
415
416// Enable experimental canvas features, e.g. canvas 2D context attributes
417const char kEnableExperimentalCanvasFeatures[] =
418    "enable-experimental-canvas-features";
419
420// Enables Web Platform features that are in development.
421const char kEnableExperimentalWebPlatformFeatures[] =
422    "enable-experimental-web-platform-features";
423
424// Enable an experimental WebSocket implementation.
425const char kEnableExperimentalWebSocket[]   = "enable-experimental-websocket";
426
427// By default, cookies are not allowed on file://. They are needed for testing,
428// for example page cycler and layout tests. See bug 1157243.
429const char kEnableFileCookies[]             = "enable-file-cookies";
430
431// Enable the fast text autosizing implementation.
432const char kEnableFastTextAutosizing[]      = "enable-fast-text-autosizing";
433
434const char kEnableFixedPositionCreatesStackingContext[]
435    = "enable-fixed-position-creates-stacking-context";
436
437// Enable Gesture Tap Highlight
438const char kEnableGestureTapHighlight[]     = "enable-gesture-tap-highlight";
439
440// Enables TRACE for GL calls in the renderer.
441const char kEnableGpuClientTracing[]        = "enable-gpu-client-tracing";
442
443// Allow heuristics to determine when a layer tile should be drawn with the
444// Skia GPU backend. Only valid with GPU accelerated compositing +
445// impl-side painting.
446const char kEnableGpuRasterization[]        = "enable-gpu-rasterization";
447
448// When using CPU rasterizing generate low resolution tiling. Low res
449// tiles may be displayed during fast scrolls especially on slower devices.
450const char kEnableLowResTiling[] = "enable-low-res-tiling";
451
452// See comment for kEnableCompositingForFixedPosition.
453const char kEnableHighDpiCompositingForFixedPosition[] =
454     "enable-high-dpi-fixed-position-compositing";
455
456#if defined(OS_WIN)
457// Disable the Legacy Window which corresponds to the size of the WebContents.
458const char kDisableLegacyIntermediateWindow[] = "disable-legacy-window";
459
460// Enables the DirectWrite font rendering system on windows.
461const char kEnableDirectWrite[]             = "enable-direct-write";
462
463// Use high resolution timers for TimeTicks.
464const char kEnableHighResolutionTime[]      = "enable-high-resolution-time";
465#endif
466
467// Enable HTML Imports
468extern const char kEnableHTMLImports[]      = "enable-html-imports";
469
470// Paint content on the compositor thread instead of the main thread.
471const char kEnableImplSidePainting[]        = "enable-impl-side-painting";
472
473// Enables support for inband text tracks in media content.
474const char kEnableInbandTextTracks[]        = "enable-inband-text-tracks";
475
476// Force logging to be enabled.  Logging is disabled by default in release
477// builds.
478const char kEnableLogging[]                 = "enable-logging";
479
480// Enable rasterizer that writes directly to GPU memory.
481const char kEnableMapImage[]                = "enable-map-image";
482
483// Enables the memory benchmarking extension
484const char kEnableMemoryBenchmarking[]      = "enable-memory-benchmarking";
485
486// On Windows, converts the page to the currently-installed monitor profile.
487// This does NOT enable color management for images. The source is still
488// assumed to be sRGB.
489const char kEnableMonitorProfile[]          = "enable-monitor-profile";
490
491// Enables use of cache if offline, even if it's stale
492const char kEnableOfflineCacheAccess[]      = "enable-offline-cache-access";
493
494// Enables use of hardware overlay for fullscreen video playback. Android only.
495const char kEnableOverlayFullscreenVideo[]  = "enable-overlay-fullscreen-video";
496
497// Disables blink subtitle and media control on top of overlay fullscreen video.
498const char kDisableOverlayFullscreenVideoSubtitle[] =
499    "disable-overlay-fullscreen-video-subtitle";
500
501// Forward overscroll event data from the renderer to the browser.
502const char kEnableOverscrollNotifications[] = "enable-overscroll-notifications";
503
504// Enables compositor-accelerated touch-screen pinch gestures.
505const char kEnablePinch[]                   = "enable-pinch";
506
507// Enable caching of pre-parsed JS script data.  See http://crbug.com/32407.
508const char kEnablePreparsedJsCaching[]      = "enable-preparsed-js-caching";
509
510// Enable privileged WebGL extensions; without this switch such extensions are
511// available only to Chrome extensions.
512const char kEnablePrivilegedWebGLExtensions[] =
513    "enable-privileged-webgl-extensions";
514
515// Enables the CSS multicol implementation that uses the regions implementation.
516const char kEnableRegionBasedColumns[] =
517    "enable-region-based-columns";
518
519// Enables the new layout/paint system which paints after layout is complete.
520const char kEnableRepaintAfterLayout[] =
521    "enable-repaint-after-layout";
522
523// Enables targeted style recalculation optimizations.
524const char kEnableTargetedStyleRecalc[] =
525    "enable-targeted-style-recalc";
526
527// Cause the OS X sandbox write to syslog every time an access to a resource
528// is denied by the sandbox.
529const char kEnableSandboxLogging[]          = "enable-sandbox-logging";
530
531// Enables the Skia benchmarking extension
532const char kEnableSkiaBenchmarking[]        = "enable-skia-benchmarking";
533
534// On platforms that support it, enables smooth scroll animation.
535const char kEnableSmoothScrolling[]         = "enable-smooth-scrolling";
536
537// Allow the compositor to use its software implementation if GL fails.
538const char kEnableSoftwareCompositing[]     = "enable-software-compositing";
539
540// Enable spatial navigation
541const char kEnableSpatialNavigation[]       = "enable-spatial-navigation";
542
543// Enables the synthesis part of the Web Speech API.
544const char kEnableSpeechSynthesis[]         = "enable-speech-synthesis";
545
546// Enables StatsTable, logging statistics to a global named shared memory table.
547const char kEnableStatsTable[]              = "enable-stats-table";
548
549// Experimentally ensures that each renderer process:
550// 1) Only handles rendering for pages from a single site, apart from iframes.
551// (Note that a page can reference content from multiple origins due to images,
552// JavaScript files, etc.  Cross-site iframes are also loaded in-process.)
553// 2) Only has authority to see or use cookies for the page's top-level origin.
554// (So if a.com iframes b.com, the b.com network request will be sent without
555// cookies.)
556// This is expected to break compatibility with many pages for now.  Unlike the
557// --site-per-process flag, this allows cross-site iframes, but it blocks all
558// cookies on cross-site requests.
559const char kEnableStrictSiteIsolation[]     = "enable-strict-site-isolation";
560
561// Enable support for ServiceWorker. See
562// https://github.com/slightlyoff/ServiceWorker for more information.
563const char kEnableServiceWorker[]           = "enable-service-worker";
564
565// Enable use of experimental TCP sockets API for sending data in the
566// SYN packet.
567const char kEnableTcpFastOpen[]             = "enable-tcp-fastopen";
568
569// Enable multithreaded GPU compositing of web content.
570const char kEnableThreadedCompositing[]     = "enable-threaded-compositing";
571
572// Enable accelerated overflow scrolling in all cases.
573const char kEnableUniversalAcceleratedOverflowScroll[] =
574    "enable-universal-accelerated-overflow-scroll";
575
576// Enable screen capturing support for MediaStream API.
577const char kEnableUserMediaScreenCapturing[] =
578    "enable-usermedia-screen-capturing";
579
580// Enables the use of the @viewport CSS rule, which allows
581// pages to control aspects of their own layout. This also turns on touch-screen
582// pinch gestures.
583const char kEnableViewport[]                = "enable-viewport";
584
585// Enables the use of the legacy viewport meta tag. Turning this on also
586// turns on the @viewport CSS rule
587const char kEnableViewportMeta[]            = "enable-viewport-meta";
588
589// Resizes of the main frame are the caused by changing between landscape
590// and portrait mode (i.e. Android) so the page should be rescaled to fit
591const char kMainFrameResizesAreOrientationChanges[] =
592    "main-frame-resizes-are-orientation-changes";
593
594// Enables moving cursor by word in visual order.
595const char kEnableVisualWordMovement[]      = "enable-visual-word-movement";
596
597// Enable the Vtune profiler support.
598const char kEnableVtune[]                   = "enable-vtune-support";
599
600// Enable SVG Animations on the Web Animations model.
601const char kEnableWebAnimationsSVG[]        = "enable-web-animations-svg";
602
603// Enables WebGL extensions not yet approved by the community.
604const char kEnableWebGLDraftExtensions[] = "enable-webgl-draft-extensions";
605
606// Enables Web MIDI API.
607const char kEnableWebMIDI[]                 = "enable-web-midi";
608
609// Load NPAPI plugins from the specified directory.
610const char kExtraPluginDir[]                = "extra-plugin-dir";
611
612// If accelerated compositing is supported, always enter compositing mode for
613// the base layer even when compositing is not strictly required.
614const char kForceCompositingMode[]          = "force-compositing-mode";
615
616// Some field trials may be randomized in the browser, and the randomly selected
617// outcome needs to be propagated to the renderer. For instance, this is used
618// to modify histograms recorded in the renderer, or to get the renderer to
619// also set of its state (initialize, or not initialize components) to match the
620// experiment(s). The option is also useful for forcing field trials when
621// testing changes locally. The argument is a list of name and value pairs,
622// separated by slashes. See FieldTrialList::CreateTrialsFromString() in
623// field_trial.h for details.
624const char kForceFieldTrials[]              = "force-fieldtrials";
625
626// Always use the Skia GPU backend for drawing layer tiles. Only valid with GPU
627// accelerated compositing + impl-side painting. Overrides the
628// kEnableGpuRasterization flag.
629const char kForceGpuRasterization[]        = "force-gpu-rasterization";
630
631// Force renderer accessibility to be on instead of enabling it on demand when
632// a screen reader is detected. The disable-renderer-accessibility switch
633// overrides this if present.
634const char kForceRendererAccessibility[]    = "force-renderer-accessibility";
635
636// Passes gpu device_id from browser process to GPU process.
637const char kGpuDeviceID[]                   = "gpu-device-id";
638
639// Passes gpu driver_vendor from browser process to GPU process.
640const char kGpuDriverVendor[]               = "gpu-driver-vendor";
641
642// Passes gpu driver_version from browser process to GPU process.
643const char kGpuDriverVersion[]              = "gpu-driver-version";
644
645// Extra command line options for launching the GPU process (normally used
646// for debugging). Use like renderer-cmd-prefix.
647const char kGpuLauncher[]                   = "gpu-launcher";
648
649// Makes this process a GPU sub-process.
650const char kGpuProcess[]                    = "gpu-process";
651
652// Allow shmat system call in GPU sandbox.
653const char kGpuSandboxAllowSysVShm[]        = "gpu-sandbox-allow-sysv-shm";
654
655// Makes GPU sandbox failures fatal.
656const char kGpuSandboxFailuresFatal[]       = "gpu-sandbox-failures-fatal";
657
658// Causes the GPU process to display a dialog on launch.
659const char kGpuStartupDialog[]              = "gpu-startup-dialog";
660
661// Passes gpu vendor_id from browser process to GPU process.
662const char kGpuVendorID[]                   = "gpu-vendor-id";
663
664// These mappings only apply to the host resolver.
665const char kHostResolverRules[]             = "host-resolver-rules";
666
667// Ignores certificate-related errors.
668const char kIgnoreCertificateErrors[]       = "ignore-certificate-errors";
669
670// Ignores GPU blacklist.
671const char kIgnoreGpuBlacklist[]            = "ignore-gpu-blacklist";
672
673// Run the GPU process as a thread in the browser process.
674const char kInProcessGPU[]                  = "in-process-gpu";
675
676// These mappings only apply to the host resolver, and can insert additional
677// resolutions in front of resolutions that match a pattern.
678const char kIpResolverRules[]               = "ip-resolver-rules";
679
680// Specifies the flags passed to JS engine
681const char kJavaScriptFlags[]               = "js-flags";
682
683// Load an NPAPI plugin from the specified path.
684const char kLoadPlugin[]                    = "load-plugin";
685
686// Logs GPU control list decisions when enforcing blacklist rules.
687const char kLogGpuControlListDecisions[]    = "log-gpu-control-list-decisions";
688
689// Sets the minimum log level. Valid values are from 0 to 3:
690// INFO = 0, WARNING = 1, LOG_ERROR = 2, LOG_FATAL = 3.
691const char kLoggingLevel[]                  = "log-level";
692
693// Enables saving net log events to a file and sets the file name to use.
694const char kLogNetLog[]                     = "log-net-log";
695
696// Make plugin processes log their sent and received messages to VLOG(1).
697const char kLogPluginMessages[]             = "log-plugin-messages";
698
699// Sets the width and height above which a composited layer will get tiled.
700const char kMaxUntiledLayerHeight[]         = "max-untiled-layer-height";
701const char kMaxUntiledLayerWidth[]          = "max-untiled-layer-width";
702
703// Sample memory usage with high frequency and store the results to the
704// Renderer.Memory histogram. Used in memory tests.
705const char kMemoryMetrics[]                 = "memory-metrics";
706
707// Mutes audio sent to the audio device so it is not audible during
708// automated testing.
709const char kMuteAudio[]                     = "mute-audio";
710
711// Don't send HTTP-Referer headers.
712const char kNoReferrers[]                   = "no-referrers";
713
714// Disables the sandbox for all process types that are normally sandboxed.
715const char kNoSandbox[]                     = "no-sandbox";
716
717// Number of worker threads used to rasterize content.
718const char kNumRasterThreads[]              = "num-raster-threads";
719
720// Enables or disables history navigation in response to horizontal overscroll.
721// Set the value to '1' to enable the feature, and set to '0' to disable.
722// Defaults to enabled.
723const char kOverscrollHistoryNavigation[] =
724    "overscroll-history-navigation";
725
726// Specifies a command that should be used to launch the plugin process.  Useful
727// for running the plugin process through purify or quantify.  Ex:
728//   --plugin-launcher="path\to\purify /Run=yes"
729const char kPluginLauncher[]                = "plugin-launcher";
730
731// Tells the plugin process the path of the plugin to load
732const char kPluginPath[]                    = "plugin-path";
733
734// Causes the process to run as a plugin subprocess.
735const char kPluginProcess[]                 = "plugin";
736
737// Causes the plugin process to display a dialog on launch.
738const char kPluginStartupDialog[]           = "plugin-startup-dialog";
739
740// Argument to the process type that indicates a PPAPI broker process type.
741const char kPpapiBrokerProcess[]            = "ppapi-broker";
742
743// "Command-line" arguments for the PPAPI Flash; used for debugging options.
744const char kPpapiFlashArgs[]                = "ppapi-flash-args";
745
746// Runs PPAPI (Pepper) plugins in-process.
747const char kPpapiInProcess[]                = "ppapi-in-process";
748
749// Like kPluginLauncher for PPAPI plugins.
750const char kPpapiPluginLauncher[]           = "ppapi-plugin-launcher";
751
752// Argument to the process type that indicates a PPAPI plugin process type.
753const char kPpapiPluginProcess[]            = "ppapi";
754
755// Causes the PPAPI sub process to display a dialog on launch. Be sure to use
756// --no-sandbox as well or the sandbox won't allow the dialog to display.
757const char kPpapiStartupDialog[]            = "ppapi-startup-dialog";
758
759// Runs a single process for each site (i.e., group of pages from the same
760// registered domain) the user visits.  We default to using a renderer process
761// for each site instance (i.e., group of pages from the same registered
762// domain with script connections to each other).
763const char kProcessPerSite[]                = "process-per-site";
764
765// Runs each set of script-connected tabs (i.e., a BrowsingInstance) in its own
766// renderer process.  We default to using a renderer process for each
767// site instance (i.e., group of pages from the same registered domain with
768// script connections to each other).
769const char kProcessPerTab[]                 = "process-per-tab";
770
771// The value of this switch determines whether the process is started as a
772// renderer or plugin host.  If it's empty, it's the browser.
773const char kProcessType[]                   = "type";
774
775// Enables more web features over insecure connections. Designed to be used
776// for testing purposes only.
777const char kReduceSecurityForTesting[]      = "reduce-security-for-testing";
778
779// Register Pepper plugins (see pepper_plugin_list.cc for its format).
780const char kRegisterPepperPlugins[]         = "register-pepper-plugins";
781
782// Enables remote debug over HTTP on the specified port.
783const char kRemoteDebuggingPort[]           = "remote-debugging-port";
784
785// Causes the renderer process to throw an assertion on launch.
786const char kRendererAssertTest[]            = "renderer-assert-test";
787
788// On POSIX only: the contents of this flag are prepended to the renderer
789// command line. Useful values might be "valgrind" or "xterm -e gdb --args".
790const char kRendererCmdPrefix[]             = "renderer-cmd-prefix";
791
792// Causes the process to run as renderer instead of as browser.
793const char kRendererProcess[]               = "renderer";
794
795// Overrides the default/calculated limit to the number of renderer processes.
796// Very high values for this setting can lead to high memory/resource usage
797// or instability.
798const char kRendererProcessLimit[]          = "renderer-process-limit";
799
800// Causes the renderer process to display a dialog on launch.
801const char kRendererStartupDialog[]         = "renderer-startup-dialog";
802
803// Causes the process to run as a sandbox IPC subprocess.
804const char kSandboxIPCProcess[]             = "sandbox-ipc";
805
806// Enables or disables scroll end effect in response to vertical overscroll.
807// Set the value to '1' to enable the feature, and set to '0' to disable.
808// Defaults to disabled.
809const char kScrollEndEffect[] = "scroll-end-effect";
810
811// Visibly render a border around paint rects in the web page to help debug
812// and study painting behavior.
813const char kShowPaintRects[]                = "show-paint-rects";
814
815// Map mouse input events into touch gesture events.  Useful for debugging touch
816// gestures without needing a touchscreen.
817const char kSimulateTouchScreenWithMouse[]  =
818    "simulate-touch-screen-with-mouse";
819
820// Runs the renderer and plugins in the same process as the browser
821const char kSingleProcess[]                 = "single-process";
822
823// Experimentally enforces a one-site-per-process security policy.
824// All cross-site navigations force process swaps, and we can restrict a
825// renderer process's access rights based on its site.  For details, see:
826// http://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/site-isolation
827//
828// Unlike --enable-strict-site-isolation (which allows cross-site iframes),
829// this flag does not affect which cookies are attached to cross-site requests.
830// Support is being added to render cross-site iframes in a different process
831// than their parent pages.
832const char kSitePerProcess[]                = "site-per-process";
833
834// Skip gpu info collection, blacklist loading, and blacklist auto-update
835// scheduling at browser startup time.
836// Therefore, all GPU features are available, and about:gpu page shows empty
837// content. The switch is intended only for layout tests.
838// TODO(gab): Get rid of this switch entirely.
839const char kSkipGpuDataLoading[]            = "skip-gpu-data-loading";
840
841// Specifies if the browser should start in fullscreen mode, like if the user
842// had pressed F11 right after startup.
843const char kStartFullscreen[] = "start-fullscreen";
844
845// Specifies if the |StatsCollectionController| needs to be bound in the
846// renderer. This binding happens on per-frame basis and hence can potentially
847// be a performance bottleneck. One should only enable it when running a test
848// that needs to access the provided statistics.
849const char kStatsCollectionController[] =
850    "enable-stats-collection-bindings";
851
852// Upscale defaults to "good".
853const char kTabCaptureDownscaleQuality[]    = "tab-capture-downscale-quality";
854
855// Scaling quality for capturing tab. Should be one of "fast", "good" or "best".
856// One flag for upscaling, one for downscaling.
857// Upscale defaults to "best".
858const char kTabCaptureUpscaleQuality[]      = "tab-capture-upscale-quality";
859
860// Allows for forcing socket connections to http/https to use fixed ports.
861const char kTestingFixedHttpPort[]          = "testing-fixed-http-port";
862const char kTestingFixedHttpsPort[]         = "testing-fixed-https-port";
863
864// Runs the security test for the renderer sandbox.
865const char kTestSandbox[]                   = "test-sandbox";
866
867// Type of the current test harness ("browser" or "ui").
868const char kTestType[]                      = "test-type";
869
870// Enable timeout-based touch event cancellation if a touch ack is delayed.
871// If unspecified, touch timeout behavior will be disabled.
872const char kTouchAckTimeoutDelayMs[]        = "touch-ack-timeout-delay-ms";
873
874const char kTouchScrollingMode[]            = "touch-scrolling-mode";
875const char kTouchScrollingModeTouchcancel[] = "touchcancel";
876const char kTouchScrollingModeSyncTouchmove[] = "sync-touchmove";
877const char kTouchScrollingModeAbsorbTouchmove[] = "absorb-touchmove";
878
879// Causes TRACE_EVENT flags to be recorded beginning with shutdown. Optionally,
880// can specify the specific trace categories to include (e.g.
881// --trace-shutdown=base,net) otherwise, all events are recorded.
882// --trace-shutdown-file can be used to control where the trace log gets stored
883// to since there is otherwise no way to access the result.
884const char kTraceShutdown[]                 = "trace-shutdown";
885
886// If supplied, sets the file which shutdown tracing will be stored into, if
887// omitted the default will be used "chrometrace.log" in the current directory.
888// Has no effect unless --trace-shutdown is also supplied.
889// Example: --trace-shutdown --trace-shutdown-file=/tmp/trace_event.log
890const char kTraceShutdownFile[]             = "trace-shutdown-file";
891
892// Causes TRACE_EVENT flags to be recorded from startup. Optionally, can
893// specify the specific trace categories to include (e.g.
894// --trace-startup=base,net) otherwise, all events are recorded. Setting this
895// flag results in the first call to BeginTracing() to receive all trace events
896// since startup. In Chrome, you may find --trace-startup-file and
897// --trace-startup-duration to control the auto-saving of the trace (not
898// supported in the base-only TraceLog component).
899const char kTraceStartup[]                  = "trace-startup";
900
901// Sets the time in seconds until startup tracing ends. If omitted a default of
902// 5 seconds is used. Has no effect without --trace-startup, or if
903// --startup-trace-file=none was supplied.
904const char kTraceStartupDuration[]          = "trace-startup-duration";
905
906// If supplied, sets the file which startup tracing will be stored into, if
907// omitted the default will be used "chrometrace.log" in the current directory.
908// Has no effect unless --trace-startup is also supplied.
909// Example: --trace-startup --trace-startup-file=/tmp/trace_event.log
910// As a special case, can be set to 'none' - this disables automatically saving
911// the result to a file and the first manually recorded trace will then receive
912// all events since startup.
913const char kTraceStartupFile[]              = "trace-startup-file";
914
915
916
917// Prioritizes the UI's command stream in the GPU process
918extern const char kUIPrioritizeInGpuProcess[] =
919    "ui-prioritize-in-gpu-process";
920
921// Overrides the preferred discardable memory implementation.
922const char kUseDiscardableMemory[] = "use-discardable-memory";
923
924// Use fake device for MediaStream to replace actual camera and microphone.
925const char kUseFakeDeviceForMediaStream[] = "use-fake-device-for-media-stream";
926
927// Bypass the media stream infobar by selecting the default device for media
928// streams (e.g. WebRTC). Works with --use-fake-device-for-media-stream.
929const char kUseFakeUIForMediaStream[]     = "use-fake-ui-for-media-stream";
930
931// Set when Chromium should use a mobile user agent.
932const char kUseMobileUserAgent[] = "use-mobile-user-agent";
933
934// On POSIX only: the contents of this flag are prepended to the utility
935// process command line. Useful values might be "valgrind" or "xterm -e gdb
936// --args".
937const char kUtilityCmdPrefix[]              = "utility-cmd-prefix";
938
939// Causes the process to run as a utility subprocess.
940const char kUtilityProcess[]                = "utility";
941
942// The utility process is sandboxed, with access to one directory. This flag
943// specifies the directory that can be accessed.
944const char kUtilityProcessAllowedDir[]      = "utility-allowed-dir";
945
946// Allows MDns to access network in sandboxed process.
947const char kUtilityProcessEnableMDns[]      = "utility-enable-mdns";
948
949const char kUtilityProcessRunningElevated[] = "utility-run-elevated";
950
951// In debug builds, asserts that the stream of input events is valid.
952const char kValidateInputEventStream[] = "validate-input-event-stream";
953
954// Will add kWaitForDebugger to every child processes. If a value is passed, it
955// will be used as a filter to determine if the child process should have the
956// kWaitForDebugger flag passed on or not.
957const char kWaitForDebuggerChildren[]       = "wait-for-debugger-children";
958
959// Overrides the amount of shared memory the webgl command buffer allocates
960const char kWebGLCommandBufferSizeKb[]      = "webgl-command-buffer-size-kb";
961
962// Causes the process to run as a worker subprocess.
963const char kWorkerProcess[]                 = "worker";
964
965// The prefix used when starting the zygote process. (i.e. 'gdb --args')
966const char kZygoteCmdPrefix[]               = "zygote-cmd-prefix";
967
968// Causes the process to run as a renderer zygote.
969const char kZygoteProcess[]                 = "zygote";
970
971#if defined(ENABLE_WEBRTC)
972// Enables audio processing in a MediaStreamTrack. When this flag is on, AEC,
973// NS and AGC will be done per MediaStreamTrack instead of in PeerConnection.
974const char kEnableAudioTrackProcessing[]    = "enable-audio-track-processing";
975
976// Disables WebRTC device enumeration.
977const char kDisableDeviceEnumeration[]      = "disable-device-enumeration";
978
979// Disables HW decode acceleration for WebRTC.
980const char kDisableWebRtcHWDecoding[]       = "disable-webrtc-hw-decoding";
981
982// Disables encryption of RTP Media for WebRTC. When Chrome embeds Content, it
983// ignores this switch on its stable and beta channels.
984const char kDisableWebRtcEncryption[]      = "disable-webrtc-encryption";
985
986// Disables HW encode acceleration for WebRTC.
987const char kDisableWebRtcHWEncoding[]       = "disable-webrtc-hw-encoding";
988
989// Enables WebRTC AEC recordings.
990const char kEnableWebRtcAecRecordings[]     = "enable-webrtc-aec-recordings";
991
992// Enables WebRTC to open TCP server sockets.
993const char kEnableWebRtcTcpServerSocket[]   = "enable-webrtc-tcp-server-socket";
994
995// Enables VP8 HW encode acceleration for WebRTC.
996const char kEnableWebRtcHWVp8Encoding[]     = "enable-webrtc-hw-vp8-encoding";
997#endif
998
999#if defined(OS_ANDROID)
1000// Disable user gesture requirement for the media element to enter fullscreen.
1001const char kDisableGestureRequirementForMediaFullscreen[] =
1002    "disable-gesture-requirement-for-media-fullscreen";
1003
1004// Disable user gesture requirement for media playback.
1005const char kDisableGestureRequirementForMediaPlayback[] =
1006    "disable-gesture-requirement-for-media-playback";
1007
1008// Disable history logging for media elements.
1009const char kDisableMediaHistoryLogging[]    = "disable-media-history";
1010
1011// Disable the click delay by sending click events during double tap.
1012const char kDisableClickDelay[]             = "disable-click-delay";
1013
1014// Disable overscroll edge effects like those found in Android views.
1015const char kDisableOverscrollEdgeEffect[]   = "disable-overscroll-edge-effect";
1016
1017// WebRTC is enabled by default on Android.
1018const char kDisableWebRTC[]                 = "disable-webrtc";
1019
1020// Enable the recognition part of the Web Speech API.
1021const char kEnableSpeechRecognition[]       = "enable-speech-recognition";
1022
1023// The telephony region (ISO country code) to use in phone number detection.
1024const char kNetworkCountryIso[] = "network-country-iso";
1025
1026// Enables remote debug over HTTP on the specified socket name.
1027const char kRemoteDebuggingSocketName[]     = "remote-debugging-socket-name";
1028#endif
1029
1030#if defined(OS_ANDROID) && defined(ARCH_CPU_X86)
1031const char kEnableWebAudio[]                = "enable-webaudio";
1032#else
1033// Disable web audio API.
1034const char kDisableWebAudio[]               = "disable-webaudio";
1035#endif
1036
1037#if defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
1038// Disables panel fitting (used for mirror mode).
1039const char kDisablePanelFitting[]           = "disable-panel-fitting";
1040#endif
1041
1042#if defined(OS_MACOSX) && !defined(OS_IOS)
1043const char kEnableCarbonInterposing[]       = "enable-carbon-interposing";
1044
1045// Disables support for Core Animation plugins. This is triggered when
1046// accelerated compositing is disabled. See http://crbug.com/122430 .
1047const char kDisableCoreAnimationPlugins[] =
1048    "disable-core-animation-plugins";
1049#endif
1050
1051#if defined(OS_POSIX)
1052// Causes the child processes to cleanly exit via calling exit().
1053const char kChildCleanExit[]                = "child-clean-exit";
1054#endif
1055
1056// Don't dump stuff here, follow the same order as the header.
1057
1058}  // namespace switches
1059