This site will have limited functionality while we undergo maintenance to improve your experience. If an article doesn't solve your issue and you want to ask a question, we have our support community waiting to help you at @FirefoxSupport on Twitter and/r/firefox on Reddit.

Avatar for Username

Search Support

Avoid support scams. We will never ask you to call or text a phone number or share personal information. Please report suspicious activity using the “Report Abuse” option.

Learn More

Lolu chungechunge lwabekwa kunqolobane. Uyacelwa ubuze umbuzo omusha uma udinga usizo.

How can I ask firefox not to share cookies betwen two different windows, but to share them between tabs of a same window?

  • 2 uphendule
  • 18 zinale nkinga
  • 8 views
  • Igcine ukuphendulwa ngu ravyouli

ravyouli
ravyouli
more options

Hi there :) I would like to know whether there is a possibility to tell Firefox (whichever version) not to share session cookies between two different windows?

I'm running a Web based oracle tool called DBHawk and Oracle sessions are the same according to your cookie session. I would therefore like to compare values between a specific object from one Oracle connection to the other.

With Internet Explorer, I can do that by default (cookies are shared between tabs but not between windows). But with Firefox, the cookies are always shared, making this impossible to do.

I hope I have been clear enough :-) And I really hope this is possible with Firefox, as V4 is very nice with this ability to enlarge textareas.

Kind regards, julien

Hi there :) I would like to know whether there is a possibility to tell Firefox (whichever version) not to share session cookies between two different windows? I'm running a Web based oracle tool called DBHawk and Oracle sessions are the same according to your cookie session. I would therefore like to compare values between a specific object from one Oracle connection to the other. With Internet Explorer, I can do that by default (cookies are shared between tabs but not between windows). But with Firefox, the cookies are always shared, making this impossible to do. I hope I have been clear enough :-) And I really hope this is possible with Firefox, as V4 is very nice with this ability to enlarge textareas. Kind regards, julien

Isisombululo esikhethiwe

Unlike IE, Firefox runs all windows from the same firefox.exe process, so all cookies are running in the same "session" whether it be separate tabs or separate windows.

Try one of these extensions for multiple cookie sessions, and see of one of them will allow you to do what you want.
Multifox:
http://br.mozdev.org/multifox/
Cookie Swap extension:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3255/
Cookie Pie extension:
http://www.nektra.com/oss/firefox/extensions/cookiepie/

Funda le mpendulo ngokuhambisana nalesi sihloko 👍 6

All Replies (2)

the-edmeister
the-edmeister
  • Moderator
more options

Isisombululo Esikhethiwe

Unlike IE, Firefox runs all windows from the same firefox.exe process, so all cookies are running in the same "session" whether it be separate tabs or separate windows.

Try one of these extensions for multiple cookie sessions, and see of one of them will allow you to do what you want.
Multifox:
http://br.mozdev.org/multifox/
Cookie Swap extension:
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3255/
Cookie Pie extension:
http://www.nektra.com/oss/firefox/extensions/cookiepie/

ravyouli
ravyouli Umnikazi wombuzo
more options

Thanks a lot!! Multifox solved my problem :-) Thanks for your reactivty! Kind regards, julien