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Add missing page title to blank about: pages?

Post by back2themoon » 2025-10-01, 11:27

Hello,

I've noticed that most of the about:x pages provide a page title. For example:

about:home = Pale Moon Start Page
about:newtab = Quickdial
about:performance = about:performance (the same, but still a title exists)
etc.

However:

about:blank = empty/no title
about:logopage = empty/no title

So, if possible, it'd be helpful to have titles for these two, too. Helpful with Window Manager programs which rely on titles e.g. "When Pale Moon window = about:logopage then do x (e.g. minimise it)".

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Re: Add missing page title to blank about: pages?

Post by Moonchild » 2025-10-01, 12:03

back2themoon wrote:
2025-10-01, 11:27
about:blank = empty/no title
about:logopage = empty/no title
Not sure what title you expect blank pages to have...? They are "intentionally left blank"
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Re: Add missing page title to blank about: pages?

Post by billmcct » 2025-10-01, 12:56

I have noticed that lately. It used to have the title about:blank.
Makes no real difference to me though.
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Re: Add missing page title to blank about: pages?

Post by back2themoon » 2025-10-01, 13:55

Moonchild wrote:
2025-10-01, 12:03
Not sure what title you expect blank pages to have...? They are "intentionally left blank"
Please let's not turn this about semantics again. It's not about the title itself, but about actually having a title (whatever its name) as a property or not.

As I explained, we lose customisability with 3rd-party programs that rely on the window title. So, Pale Moon windows (any application, really) with no title do not help because they become invisible, in that respect.

Is it a major problem? No. Is it niche? Perhaps. But I doubt anyone will be shocked if the blank "about:blank" and "about:logopage" pages, receive a page title property respectively named "about:blank" and "about:logopage".

In any case, not a major problem or issue, but a suggestion.

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Re: Add missing page title to blank about: pages?

Post by Moonchild » 2025-10-01, 15:44

It's not about semantics, and in fact in the case of about:blank it's not even feasible because about:blank is used internally a lot as a blank document or frame initializer. Setting a title on it would have a lot of unwanted knock-on effects for those uses.
about:blank has never had a title because of that, so it's not something that has changed in the last decade or so, if it ever had one in really old versions.

I understand it can cause some interop problems with other software but even then, the actual window title will still have "Pale Moon" (unless you have killed that some other way) which is there to always identify browser windows, so it should not even be a problem as there will always be a title of some sort.
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Re: Add missing page title to blank about: pages?

Post by back2themoon » 2025-10-01, 16:05

Ok, understood. If the case is different for about:logopage then please consider this one.

By the way, it is strangely missing from about:about.

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Re: Add missing page title to blank about: pages?

Post by Moonchild » 2025-10-01, 16:24

back2themoon wrote:
2025-10-01, 16:05
Ok, understood. If the case is different for about:logopage then please consider this one.
Done here.
back2themoon wrote:
2025-10-01, 16:05
By the way, it is strangely missing from about:about.
Not every about: page is listed there.
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Re: Add missing page title to blank about: pages?

Post by back2themoon » 2025-10-01, 16:32

Perfect - many thanks!