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A wildcard preference name for AutoConfig and/or Policies.json

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Serpher
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Is it possible to use a wildcard of some sort to identify settings ?

For example: we have print.printer_WHATEVERTHENAME.print_shrink_to_fit

I want to put a wildcard to skip the printer name and just change preference that ends with .print_shrink_to_fit

So it would look something like this: pref("*.print_shrink_to_fit", false) or *.print_shrink_to_fit", false

Is it possible to use a wildcard of some sort to identify settings ? For example: we have ''print.printer_WHATEVERTHENAME.print_shrink_to_fit'' I want to put a wildcard to skip the printer name and just change preference that ends with '''''.print_shrink_to_fit''''' So it would look something like this: ''pref("*.print_shrink_to_fit", false)'' or ''*.print_shrink_to_fit", false''

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Unfortunately it is not and there's no easy way to get those values.

Can you open a bug in bugzilla for this? We should really make this easier.

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Mike Kaply
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Unfortunately it is not and there's no easy way to get those values.

Can you open a bug in bugzilla for this? We should really make this easier.

Serpher
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Thank you Mike. An option like this would be godsend.

For those who want to follow this, here's a link: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1691283