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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 
9 namespace switches {
10 
11 // The number of MSAA samples for canvas2D. Requires MSAA support by GPU to
12 // have an effect. 0 disables MSAA.
13 const 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.
17 const char kAllowFileAccessFromFiles[]      = "allow-file-access-from-files";
18 
19 // Allows frames with an https origin to use WebSockets with an insecure URL
20 // (ws://).
21 const char kAllowInsecureWebSocketFromHttpsOrigin[] =
22     "allow-insecure-websocket-from-https-origin";
23 
24 // Allows loopback interface to be added in network list for peer connection.
25 const 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.
34 const char kAllowNoSandboxJob[]             = "allow-no-sandbox-job";
35 
36 // Allows debugging of sandboxed processes (see zygote_main_linux.cc).
37 const char kAllowSandboxDebugging[]         = "allow-sandbox-debugging";
38 
39 // The same as kAuditHandles except all handles are enumerated.
40 const char kAuditAllHandles[]               = "enable-handle-auditing-all";
41 
42 // Enumerates and prints a child process' most dangerous handles when it
43 // is terminated.
44 const 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.
48 const 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.
54 const char kBlockCrossSiteDocuments[]     = "block-cross-site-documents";
55 
56 // Causes the browser process to throw an assertion on startup.
57 const char kBrowserAssertTest[]             = "assert-test";
58 
59 // Causes the browser process to crash on startup.
60 const char kBrowserCrashTest[]              = "crash-test";
61 
62 // Path to the exe to run for the renderer and plugin subprocesses.
63 const char kBrowserSubprocessPath[]         = "browser-subprocess-path";
64 
65 // Dumps extra logging about plugin loading to the log file.
66 const char kDebugPluginLoading[] = "debug-plugin-loading";
67 
68 // Sets the tile size used by composited layers.
69 const char kDefaultTileWidth[]              = "default-tile-width";
70 const char kDefaultTileHeight[]             = "default-tile-height";
71 
72 // Disable antialiasing on 2d canvas.
73 const 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.
79 const char kDisable3DAPIs[]                 = "disable-3d-apis";
80 
81 // Disable gpu-accelerated 2d canvas.
82 const char kDisableAccelerated2dCanvas[]    = "disable-accelerated-2d-canvas";
83 
84 // Disables accelerated compositing for backgrounds of root layers with
85 // background-attachment: fixed.
86 const char kDisableAcceleratedFixedRootBackground[] =
87     "disable-accelerated-fixed-root-background";
88 
89 // Disables accelerated compositing for overflow scroll.
90 const char kDisableAcceleratedOverflowScroll[] =
91     "disable-accelerated-overflow-scroll";
92 
93 // Disables layer squashing.
94 const char kDisableLayerSquashing[] =
95     "disable-layer-squashing";
96 
97 // Disables hardware acceleration of video decode, where available.
98 const char kDisableAcceleratedVideoDecode[] =
99     "disable-accelerated-video-decode";
100 
101 // Disable the ApplicationCache.
102 const 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.
106 const char kDisableBackingStoreLimit[]      = "disable-backing-store-limit";
107 
108 // See comment for kEnableCompositingForFixedPosition.
109 const char kDisableCompositingForFixedPosition[] =
110      "disable-fixed-position-compositing";
111 
112 // See comment for kEnableCompositingForTransition.
113 const char kDisableCompositingForTransition[] =
114      "disable-transition-compositing";
115 
116 // Disables HTML5 DB support.
117 const char kDisableDatabases[]              = "disable-databases";
118 
119 // Disables delegated renderer.
120 const char kDisableDelegatedRenderer[]      = "disable-delegated-renderer";
121 
122 // Disables desktop notifications (default enabled on windows).
123 const char kDisableDesktopNotifications[]   = "disable-desktop-notifications";
124 
125 // Disables experimental navigator content utils implementation.
126 const char kDisableNavigatorContentUtils[]  =
127       "disable-navigator-content-utils";
128 
129 // Handles URL requests by NPAPI plugins through the renderer.
130 const char kDisableDirectNPAPIRequests[]    = "disable-direct-npapi-requests";
131 
132 // Disable the per-domain blocking for 3D APIs after GPU reset.
133 // This switch is intended only for tests.
134 extern const char kDisableDomainBlockingFor3DAPIs[] =
135     "disable-domain-blocking-for-3d-apis";
136 
137 // Disable running the SharedWorker inside the renderer process.
138 const char kDisableEmbeddedSharedWorker[]    = "disable-embedded-shared-worker";
139 
140 // Disable experimental WebGL support.
141 const char kDisableExperimentalWebGL[]      = "disable-webgl";
142 
143 // Disable the fast text autosizing implementation.
144 const char kDisableFastTextAutosizing[]     = "disable-fast-text-autosizing";
145 
146 // Disable FileSystem API.
147 const char kDisableFileSystem[]             = "disable-file-system";
148 
149 // Disable 3D inside of flapper.
150 const char kDisableFlash3d[]                = "disable-flash-3d";
151 
152 // Disable Stage3D inside of flapper.
153 const char kDisableFlashStage3d[]           = "disable-flash-stage3d";
154 
155 const char kDisableGestureTapHighlight[]    = "disable-gesture-tap-highlight";
156 
157 // Disables GPU hardware acceleration.  If software renderer is not in place,
158 // then the GPU process won't launch.
159 const char kDisableGpu[]                    = "disable-gpu";
160 
161 // Prevent the compositor from using its GPU implementation.
162 const char kDisableGpuCompositing[]         = "disable-gpu-compositing";
163 
164 // Disable the limit on the number of times the GPU process may be restarted
165 // This switch is intended only for tests.
166 extern const char kDisableGpuProcessCrashLimit[] =
167     "disable-gpu-process-crash-limit";
168 
169 // Disable GPU rasterization, i.e. rasterize on the CPU only.
170 // Overrides the kEnableGpuRasterization and kForceGpuRasterization flags.
171 const char kDisableGpuRasterization[]       = "disable-gpu-rasterization";
172 
173 // When using CPU rasterizing disable low resolution tiling. This uses
174 // less power, particularly during animations, but more white may be seen
175 // during fast scrolling especially on slower devices.
176 const char kDisableLowResTiling[] = "disable-low-res-tiling";
177 
178 // Disable the GPU process sandbox.
179 const char kDisableGpuSandbox[]             = "disable-gpu-sandbox";
180 
181 // Disable the thread that crashes the GPU process if it stops responding to
182 // messages.
183 const char kDisableGpuWatchdog[]            = "disable-gpu-watchdog";
184 
185 // Suppresses hang monitor dialogs in renderer processes.  This may allow slow
186 // unload handlers on a page to prevent the tab from closing, but the Task
187 // Manager can be used to terminate the offending process in this case.
188 const char kDisableHangMonitor[]            = "disable-hang-monitor";
189 
190 // Disable the RenderThread's HistogramCustomizer.
191 const char kDisableHistogramCustomizer[]    = "disable-histogram-customizer";
192 
193 // Paint content on the main thread instead of the compositor thread.
194 // Overrides the kEnableImplSidePainting flag.
195 const char kDisableImplSidePainting[]       = "disable-impl-side-painting";
196 
197 // Prevent Java from running.
198 const char kDisableJava[]                   = "disable-java";
199 
200 // Don't execute JavaScript (browser JS like the new tab page still runs).
201 const char kDisableJavaScript[]             = "disable-javascript";
202 
203 // Don't kill a child process when it sends a bad IPC message.  Apart
204 // from testing, it is a bad idea from a security perspective to enable
205 // this switch.
206 const char kDisableKillAfterBadIPC[]        = "disable-kill-after-bad-ipc";
207 
208 // Disables prefixed Encrypted Media API (e.g. webkitGenerateKeyRequest()).
209 const char kDisablePrefixedEncryptedMedia[] =
210     "disable-prefixed-encrypted-media";
211 
212 // Disables LCD text.
213 const char kDisableLCDText[]                = "disable-lcd-text";
214 
215 // Disables distance field text.
216 const char kDisableDistanceFieldText[]      = "disable-distance-field-text";
217 
218 // Disable LocalStorage.
219 const char kDisableLocalStorage[]           = "disable-local-storage";
220 
221 // Force logging to be disabled.  Logging is enabled by default in debug
222 // builds.
223 const char kDisableLogging[]                = "disable-logging";
224 
225 // Disables Media Source API (i.e., the MediaSource object).
226 const char kDisableMediaSource[]            = "disable-media-source";
227 
228 // Disable Pepper3D.
229 const char kDisablePepper3d[]               = "disable-pepper-3d";
230 
231 // Disables compositor-accelerated touch-screen pinch gestures.
232 const char kDisablePinch[]                  = "disable-pinch";
233 
234 // Prevent plugins from running.
235 const char kDisablePlugins[]                = "disable-plugins";
236 
237 // Disable discovering third-party plug-ins. Effectively loading only
238 // ones shipped with the browser plus third-party ones as specified by
239 // --extra-plugin-dir and --load-plugin switches.
240 const char kDisablePluginsDiscovery[]       = "disable-plugins-discovery";
241 
242 // Disables remote web font support. SVG font should always work whether this
243 // option is specified or not.
244 const char kDisableRemoteFonts[]            = "disable-remote-fonts";
245 
246 // Turns off the accessibility in the renderer.
247 const char kDisableRendererAccessibility[]  = "disable-renderer-accessibility";
248 
249 // Disables the new layout/paint system which paints after layout is complete.
250 const char kDisableRepaintAfterLayout[]     = "disable-repaint-after-layout";
251 
252 // Disable the seccomp filter sandbox (seccomp-bpf) (Linux only).
253 const char kDisableSeccompFilterSandbox[]   = "disable-seccomp-filter-sandbox";
254 
255 // Disable session storage.
256 const char kDisableSessionStorage[]         = "disable-session-storage";
257 
258 // Disable the setuid sandbox (Linux only).
259 const char kDisableSetuidSandbox[]          = "disable-setuid-sandbox";
260 
261 // Enable shared workers. Functionality not yet complete.
262 const char kDisableSharedWorkers[]          = "disable-shared-workers";
263 
264 // Disables site-specific tailoring to compatibility issues in WebKit.
265 const char kDisableSiteSpecificQuirks[]     = "disable-site-specific-quirks";
266 
267 // Disable smooth scrolling for testing.
268 const char kDisableSmoothScrolling[]        = "disable-smooth-scrolling";
269 
270 // Disables the use of a 3D software rasterizer.
271 const char kDisableSoftwareRasterizer[]     = "disable-software-rasterizer";
272 
273 // Disable False Start in SSL and TLS connections.
274 const char kDisableSSLFalseStart[]          = "disable-ssl-false-start";
275 
276 // Disable multithreaded GPU compositing of web content.
277 const char kDisableThreadedCompositing[]     = "disable-threaded-compositing";
278 
279 // Don't enforce the same-origin policy. (Used by people testing their sites.)
280 const char kDisableWebSecurity[]            = "disable-web-security";
281 
282 // Disables support for XSLT.
283 const char kDisableXSLT[]                   = "disable-xslt";
284 
285 // Disables Blink's XSSAuditor. The XSSAuditor mitigates reflective XSS.
286 const char kDisableXSSAuditor[]             = "disable-xss-auditor";
287 
288 // Disable rasterizer that writes directly to GPU memory associated with tiles.
289 // Overrides the kEnableZeroCopy flag.
290 const char kDisableZeroCopy[]               = "disable-zero-copy";
291 
292 // Specifies if the |DOMAutomationController| needs to be bound in the
293 // renderer. This binding happens on per-frame basis and hence can potentially
294 // be a performance bottleneck. One should only enable it when automating dom
295 // based tests.
296 const char kDomAutomationController[]       = "dom-automation";
297 
298 // Enable bleeding-edge code to make Chrome draw content faster. The changes
299 // behind this path are very likely to break lots of content.
300 // ** DO NOT use this flag unless you know what you are doing. **
301 const char kEnableBleedingEdgeRenderingFastPaths[] =
302     "enable-bleeding-edge-rendering-fast-paths";
303 
304 // Disable deferred image filters.
305 const char kDisableDeferredFilters[]         = "disable-deferred-filters";
306 
307 // Enables accelerated compositing for backgrounds of root layers with
308 // background-attachment: fixed.
309 const char kEnableAcceleratedFixedRootBackground[] =
310     "enable-accelerated-fixed-root-background";
311 
312 // Enables accelerated compositing for overflow scroll. Promotes eligible
313 // overflow:scroll elements to layers to enable accelerated scrolling for them.
314 const char kEnableAcceleratedOverflowScroll[] =
315     "enable-accelerated-overflow-scroll";
316 
317 // Enables LCD text.
318 const char kEnableLCDText[]                 = "enable-lcd-text";
319 
320 // Enables using signed distance fields when rendering text.
321 // Only valid if GPU rasterization is enabled as well.
322 const char kEnableDistanceFieldText[]       = "enable-distance-field-text";
323 
324 // Enables experimental feature that maps multiple RenderLayers to
325 // one composited layer to avoid pathological layer counts.
326 const char kEnableLayerSquashing[] =
327     "enable-layer-squashing";
328 
329 // Enable experimental container node culling.
330 const char kEnableContainerCulling[]        = "enable-container-culling";
331 
332 // Use a BeginFrame signal from browser to renderer to schedule rendering.
333 const char kEnableBeginFrameScheduling[]    = "enable-begin-frame-scheduling";
334 
335 // Enable the creation of compositing layers for fixed position
336 // elements. Three options are needed to support four possible scenarios:
337 //  1. Default (disabled)
338 //  2. Enabled always (to allow dogfooding)
339 //  3. Disabled always (to give safety fallback for users)
340 //  4. Enabled only if we detect a highDPI display
341 //
342 // Option #4 may soon be the default, because the feature is needed soon for
343 // high DPI, but cannot be used (yet) for low DPI. Options #2 and #3 will
344 // override Option #4.
345 const char kEnableCompositingForFixedPosition[] =
346      "enable-fixed-position-compositing";
347 
348 // Enable/Disable the creation of compositing layers for RenderLayers with a
349 // transition on a property that supports accelerated animation (that is,
350 // opacity, -webkit-transform, and -webkit-filter), even when no animation is
351 // running. These options allow for three possible scenarios:
352 //  1. Default (enabled only if we dectect a highDPI display)
353 //  2. Enabled always.
354 //  3. Disabled always.
355 const char kEnableCompositingForTransition[] =
356      "enable-transition-compositing";
357 
358 // Defer image decoding in WebKit until painting.
359 const char kEnableDeferredImageDecoding[]   = "enable-deferred-image-decoding";
360 
361 // Enables delegated renderer.
362 const char kEnableDelegatedRenderer[]       = "enable-delegated-renderer";
363 
364 // Enables restarting interrupted downloads.
365 const char kEnableDownloadResumption[]      = "enable-download-resumption";
366 
367 // Enables support for Encrypted Media Extensions (e.g. MediaKeys).
368 const char kEnableEncryptedMedia[] = "enable-encrypted-media";
369 
370 // Enable experimental canvas features, e.g. canvas 2D context attributes
371 const char kEnableExperimentalCanvasFeatures[] =
372     "enable-experimental-canvas-features";
373 
374 // Enables Web Platform features that are in development.
375 const char kEnableExperimentalWebPlatformFeatures[] =
376     "enable-experimental-web-platform-features";
377 
378 // By default, cookies are not allowed on file://. They are needed for testing,
379 // for example page cycler and layout tests. See bug 1157243.
380 const char kEnableFileCookies[]             = "enable-file-cookies";
381 
382 // Enable the fast text autosizing implementation.
383 const char kEnableFastTextAutosizing[]      = "enable-fast-text-autosizing";
384 
385 // Enable Gesture Tap Highlight
386 const char kEnableGestureTapHighlight[]     = "enable-gesture-tap-highlight";
387 
388 // Enables TRACE for GL calls in the renderer.
389 const char kEnableGpuClientTracing[]        = "enable-gpu-client-tracing";
390 
391 // Allow heuristics to determine when a layer tile should be drawn with the
392 // Skia GPU backend. Only valid with GPU accelerated compositing +
393 // impl-side painting.
394 const char kEnableGpuRasterization[]        = "enable-gpu-rasterization";
395 
396 // When using CPU rasterizing generate low resolution tiling. Low res
397 // tiles may be displayed during fast scrolls especially on slower devices.
398 const char kEnableLowResTiling[] = "enable-low-res-tiling";
399 
400 // See comment for kEnableCompositingForFixedPosition.
401 const char kEnableHighDpiCompositingForFixedPosition[] =
402      "enable-high-dpi-fixed-position-compositing";
403 
404 // Paint content on the compositor thread instead of the main thread.
405 const char kEnableImplSidePainting[]        = "enable-impl-side-painting";
406 
407 // Enables support for inband text tracks in media content.
408 const char kEnableInbandTextTracks[]        = "enable-inband-text-tracks";
409 
410 // Force logging to be enabled.  Logging is disabled by default in release
411 // builds.
412 const char kEnableLogging[]                 = "enable-logging";
413 
414 // Enables the memory benchmarking extension
415 const char kEnableMemoryBenchmarking[]      = "enable-memory-benchmarking";
416 
417 // Enable rasterizer that writes directly to GPU memory.
418 const char kEnableOneCopy[]                 = "enable-one-copy";
419 
420 // Enables use of hardware overlay for fullscreen video playback. Android only.
421 const char kEnableOverlayFullscreenVideo[]  = "enable-overlay-fullscreen-video";
422 
423 // Disables blink subtitle and media control on top of overlay fullscreen video.
424 const char kDisableOverlayFullscreenVideoSubtitle[] =
425     "disable-overlay-fullscreen-video-subtitle";
426 
427 // Forward overscroll event data from the renderer to the browser.
428 const char kEnableOverscrollNotifications[] = "enable-overscroll-notifications";
429 
430 // Enables compositor-accelerated touch-screen pinch gestures.
431 const char kEnablePinch[]                   = "enable-pinch";
432 
433 // Make the values returned to window.performance.memory more granular and more
434 // up to date in shared worker. Without this flag, the memory information is
435 // still available, but it is bucketized and updated less frequently. This flag
436 // also applys to workers.
437 const char kEnablePreciseMemoryInfo[] = "enable-precise-memory-info";
438 
439 // Enable caching of pre-parsed JS script data.  See http://crbug.com/32407.
440 const char kEnablePreparsedJsCaching[]      = "enable-preparsed-js-caching";
441 
442 // Enables the CSS multicol implementation that uses the regions implementation.
443 const char kEnableRegionBasedColumns[] =
444     "enable-region-based-columns";
445 
446 // Enables the new layout/paint system which paints after layout is complete.
447 const char kEnableRepaintAfterLayout[] =
448     "enable-repaint-after-layout";
449 
450 // Enables targeted style recalculation optimizations.
451 const char kEnableTargetedStyleRecalc[] =
452     "enable-targeted-style-recalc";
453 
454 // Cause the OS X sandbox write to syslog every time an access to a resource
455 // is denied by the sandbox.
456 const char kEnableSandboxLogging[]          = "enable-sandbox-logging";
457 
458 // Enables seccomp-bpf support for Android. Requires experimental kernel
459 // support. <http://crbug.com/166704>
460 const char kEnableSeccompFilterSandbox[] =
461     "enable-seccomp-filter-sandbox";
462 
463 // Enables the Skia benchmarking extension
464 const char kEnableSkiaBenchmarking[]        = "enable-skia-benchmarking";
465 
466 // On platforms that support it, enables smooth scroll animation.
467 const char kEnableSmoothScrolling[]         = "enable-smooth-scrolling";
468 
469 // Enable spatial navigation
470 const char kEnableSpatialNavigation[]       = "enable-spatial-navigation";
471 
472 // Enables the synthesis part of the Web Speech API.
473 const char kEnableSpeechSynthesis[]         = "enable-speech-synthesis";
474 
475 // Enables StatsTable, logging statistics to a global named shared memory table.
476 const char kEnableStatsTable[]              = "enable-stats-table";
477 
478 // Experimentally ensures that each renderer process:
479 // 1) Only handles rendering for pages from a single site, apart from iframes.
480 // (Note that a page can reference content from multiple origins due to images,
481 // JavaScript files, etc.  Cross-site iframes are also loaded in-process.)
482 // 2) Only has authority to see or use cookies for the page's top-level origin.
483 // (So if a.com iframes b.com, the b.com network request will be sent without
484 // cookies.)
485 // This is expected to break compatibility with many pages for now.  Unlike the
486 // --site-per-process flag, this allows cross-site iframes, but it blocks all
487 // cookies on cross-site requests.
488 const char kEnableStrictSiteIsolation[]     = "enable-strict-site-isolation";
489 
490 // Enable support for ServiceWorker. See
491 // https://github.com/slightlyoff/ServiceWorker for more information.
492 const char kEnableServiceWorker[]           = "enable-service-worker";
493 
494 // Enable support for sync events in ServiceWorkers.
495 const char kEnableServiceWorkerSync[]       = "enable-service-worker-sync";
496 
497 // Enable use of experimental TCP sockets API for sending data in the
498 // SYN packet.
499 const char kEnableTcpFastOpen[]             = "enable-tcp-fastopen";
500 
501 // Enable multithreaded GPU compositing of web content.
502 const char kEnableThreadedCompositing[]     = "enable-threaded-compositing";
503 
504 // Enable screen capturing support for MediaStream API.
505 const char kEnableUserMediaScreenCapturing[] =
506     "enable-usermedia-screen-capturing";
507 
508 // Enables the use of the @viewport CSS rule, which allows
509 // pages to control aspects of their own layout. This also turns on touch-screen
510 // pinch gestures.
511 const char kEnableViewport[]                = "enable-viewport";
512 
513 // Enables the use of the legacy viewport meta tag. Turning this on also
514 // turns on the @viewport CSS rule
515 const char kEnableViewportMeta[]            = "enable-viewport-meta";
516 
517 // Resizes of the main frame are the caused by changing between landscape
518 // and portrait mode (i.e. Android) so the page should be rescaled to fit
519 const char kMainFrameResizesAreOrientationChanges[] =
520     "main-frame-resizes-are-orientation-changes";
521 
522 // Enable the Vtune profiler support.
523 const char kEnableVtune[]                   = "enable-vtune-support";
524 
525 // Enable SVG Animations on the Web Animations model.
526 const char kEnableWebAnimationsSVG[]        = "enable-web-animations-svg";
527 
528 // Enables WebGL extensions not yet approved by the community.
529 const char kEnableWebGLDraftExtensions[] = "enable-webgl-draft-extensions";
530 
531 // Enables WebGL rendering into a scanout buffer for overlay support.
532 const char kEnableWebGLImageChromium[] = "enable-webgl-image-chromium";
533 
534 // Enables Web MIDI API.
535 const char kEnableWebMIDI[]                 = "enable-web-midi";
536 
537 // Enable rasterizer that writes directly to GPU memory associated with tiles.
538 const char kEnableZeroCopy[]                = "enable-zero-copy";
539 
540 // Load NPAPI plugins from the specified directory.
541 const char kExtraPluginDir[]                = "extra-plugin-dir";
542 
543 // Some field trials may be randomized in the browser, and the randomly selected
544 // outcome needs to be propagated to the renderer. For instance, this is used
545 // to modify histograms recorded in the renderer, or to get the renderer to
546 // also set of its state (initialize, or not initialize components) to match the
547 // experiment(s). The option is also useful for forcing field trials when
548 // testing changes locally. The argument is a list of name and value pairs,
549 // separated by slashes. See FieldTrialList::CreateTrialsFromString() in
550 // field_trial.h for details.
551 const char kForceFieldTrials[]              = "force-fieldtrials";
552 
553 // Always use the Skia GPU backend for drawing layer tiles. Only valid with GPU
554 // accelerated compositing + impl-side painting. Overrides the
555 // kEnableGpuRasterization flag.
556 const char kForceGpuRasterization[]        = "force-gpu-rasterization";
557 
558 // Force renderer accessibility to be on instead of enabling it on demand when
559 // a screen reader is detected. The disable-renderer-accessibility switch
560 // overrides this if present.
561 const char kForceRendererAccessibility[]    = "force-renderer-accessibility";
562 
563 // Passes gpu device_id from browser process to GPU process.
564 const char kGpuDeviceID[]                   = "gpu-device-id";
565 
566 // Passes gpu driver_vendor from browser process to GPU process.
567 const char kGpuDriverVendor[]               = "gpu-driver-vendor";
568 
569 // Passes gpu driver_version from browser process to GPU process.
570 const char kGpuDriverVersion[]              = "gpu-driver-version";
571 
572 // Extra command line options for launching the GPU process (normally used
573 // for debugging). Use like renderer-cmd-prefix.
574 const char kGpuLauncher[]                   = "gpu-launcher";
575 
576 // Makes this process a GPU sub-process.
577 const char kGpuProcess[]                    = "gpu-process";
578 
579 // Allow shmat system call in GPU sandbox.
580 const char kGpuSandboxAllowSysVShm[]        = "gpu-sandbox-allow-sysv-shm";
581 
582 // Makes GPU sandbox failures fatal.
583 const char kGpuSandboxFailuresFatal[]       = "gpu-sandbox-failures-fatal";
584 
585 // Allow GPU sandbox to start later
586 const char kGpuSandboxStartAfterInitialization[] =
587     "gpu-sandbox-start-after-initialization";
588 
589 // Causes the GPU process to display a dialog on launch.
590 const char kGpuStartupDialog[]              = "gpu-startup-dialog";
591 
592 // Passes gpu vendor_id from browser process to GPU process.
593 const char kGpuVendorID[]                   = "gpu-vendor-id";
594 
595 // These mappings only apply to the host resolver.
596 const char kHostResolverRules[]             = "host-resolver-rules";
597 
598 // Ignores certificate-related errors.
599 const char kIgnoreCertificateErrors[]       = "ignore-certificate-errors";
600 
601 // Ignores GPU blacklist.
602 const char kIgnoreGpuBlacklist[]            = "ignore-gpu-blacklist";
603 
604 // Run the GPU process as a thread in the browser process.
605 const char kInProcessGPU[]                  = "in-process-gpu";
606 
607 // Overrides the timeout, in seconds, that a child process waits for a
608 // connection from the browser before killing itself.
609 const char kIPCConnectionTimeout[]          = "ipc-connection-timeout";
610 
611 // Specifies the flags passed to JS engine
612 const char kJavaScriptFlags[]               = "js-flags";
613 
614 // Load an NPAPI plugin from the specified path.
615 const char kLoadPlugin[]                    = "load-plugin";
616 
617 // Logs GPU control list decisions when enforcing blacklist rules.
618 const char kLogGpuControlListDecisions[]    = "log-gpu-control-list-decisions";
619 
620 // Sets the minimum log level. Valid values are from 0 to 3:
621 // INFO = 0, WARNING = 1, LOG_ERROR = 2, LOG_FATAL = 3.
622 const char kLoggingLevel[]                  = "log-level";
623 
624 // Enables saving net log events to a file and sets the file name to use.
625 const char kLogNetLog[]                     = "log-net-log";
626 
627 // Make plugin processes log their sent and received messages to VLOG(1).
628 const char kLogPluginMessages[]             = "log-plugin-messages";
629 
630 // Sets the width and height above which a composited layer will get tiled.
631 const char kMaxUntiledLayerHeight[]         = "max-untiled-layer-height";
632 const char kMaxUntiledLayerWidth[]          = "max-untiled-layer-width";
633 
634 // Sample memory usage with high frequency and store the results to the
635 // Renderer.Memory histogram. Used in memory tests.
636 const char kMemoryMetrics[]                 = "memory-metrics";
637 
638 // Mutes audio sent to the audio device so it is not audible during
639 // automated testing.
640 const char kMuteAudio[]                     = "mute-audio";
641 
642 // Don't send HTTP-Referer headers.
643 const char kNoReferrers[]                   = "no-referrers";
644 
645 // Disables the sandbox for all process types that are normally sandboxed.
646 const char kNoSandbox[]                     = "no-sandbox";
647 
648 // Number of worker threads used to rasterize content.
649 const char kNumRasterThreads[]              = "num-raster-threads";
650 
651 // Enables or disables history navigation in response to horizontal overscroll.
652 // Set the value to '1' to enable the feature, and set to '0' to disable.
653 // Defaults to enabled.
654 const char kOverscrollHistoryNavigation[] =
655     "overscroll-history-navigation";
656 
657 // Specifies a command that should be used to launch the plugin process.  Useful
658 // for running the plugin process through purify or quantify.  Ex:
659 //   --plugin-launcher="path\to\purify /Run=yes"
660 const char kPluginLauncher[]                = "plugin-launcher";
661 
662 // Tells the plugin process the path of the plugin to load
663 const char kPluginPath[]                    = "plugin-path";
664 
665 // Causes the process to run as a plugin subprocess.
666 const char kPluginProcess[]                 = "plugin";
667 
668 // Causes the plugin process to display a dialog on launch.
669 const char kPluginStartupDialog[]           = "plugin-startup-dialog";
670 
671 // Argument to the process type that indicates a PPAPI broker process type.
672 const char kPpapiBrokerProcess[]            = "ppapi-broker";
673 
674 // "Command-line" arguments for the PPAPI Flash; used for debugging options.
675 const char kPpapiFlashArgs[]                = "ppapi-flash-args";
676 
677 // Runs PPAPI (Pepper) plugins in-process.
678 const char kPpapiInProcess[]                = "ppapi-in-process";
679 
680 // Like kPluginLauncher for PPAPI plugins.
681 const char kPpapiPluginLauncher[]           = "ppapi-plugin-launcher";
682 
683 // Argument to the process type that indicates a PPAPI plugin process type.
684 const char kPpapiPluginProcess[]            = "ppapi";
685 
686 // Causes the PPAPI sub process to display a dialog on launch. Be sure to use
687 // --no-sandbox as well or the sandbox won't allow the dialog to display.
688 const char kPpapiStartupDialog[]            = "ppapi-startup-dialog";
689 
690 // Runs a single process for each site (i.e., group of pages from the same
691 // registered domain) the user visits.  We default to using a renderer process
692 // for each site instance (i.e., group of pages from the same registered
693 // domain with script connections to each other).
694 const char kProcessPerSite[]                = "process-per-site";
695 
696 // Runs each set of script-connected tabs (i.e., a BrowsingInstance) in its own
697 // renderer process.  We default to using a renderer process for each
698 // site instance (i.e., group of pages from the same registered domain with
699 // script connections to each other).
700 const char kProcessPerTab[]                 = "process-per-tab";
701 
702 // The value of this switch determines whether the process is started as a
703 // renderer or plugin host.  If it's empty, it's the browser.
704 const char kProcessType[]                   = "type";
705 
706 // Enables more web features over insecure connections. Designed to be used
707 // for testing purposes only.
708 const char kReduceSecurityForTesting[]      = "reduce-security-for-testing";
709 
710 // Register Pepper plugins (see pepper_plugin_list.cc for its format).
711 const char kRegisterPepperPlugins[]         = "register-pepper-plugins";
712 
713 // Enables remote debug over HTTP on the specified port.
714 const char kRemoteDebuggingPort[]           = "remote-debugging-port";
715 
716 // Causes the renderer process to throw an assertion on launch.
717 const char kRendererAssertTest[]            = "renderer-assert-test";
718 
719 // On POSIX only: the contents of this flag are prepended to the renderer
720 // command line. Useful values might be "valgrind" or "xterm -e gdb --args".
721 const char kRendererCmdPrefix[]             = "renderer-cmd-prefix";
722 
723 // Causes the process to run as renderer instead of as browser.
724 const char kRendererProcess[]               = "renderer";
725 
726 // Overrides the default/calculated limit to the number of renderer processes.
727 // Very high values for this setting can lead to high memory/resource usage
728 // or instability.
729 const char kRendererProcessLimit[]          = "renderer-process-limit";
730 
731 // Causes the renderer process to display a dialog on launch.
732 const char kRendererStartupDialog[]         = "renderer-startup-dialog";
733 
734 // Causes the process to run as a sandbox IPC subprocess.
735 const char kSandboxIPCProcess[]             = "sandbox-ipc";
736 
737 // Enables or disables scroll end effect in response to vertical overscroll.
738 // Set the value to '1' to enable the feature, and set to '0' to disable.
739 // Defaults to disabled.
740 const char kScrollEndEffect[] = "scroll-end-effect";
741 
742 // Visibly render a border around paint rects in the web page to help debug
743 // and study painting behavior.
744 const char kShowPaintRects[]                = "show-paint-rects";
745 
746 // Runs the renderer and plugins in the same process as the browser
747 const char kSingleProcess[]                 = "single-process";
748 
749 // Experimentally enforces a one-site-per-process security policy.
750 // All cross-site navigations force process swaps, and we can restrict a
751 // renderer process's access rights based on its site.  For details, see:
752 // http://www.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/site-isolation
753 //
754 // Unlike --enable-strict-site-isolation (which allows cross-site iframes),
755 // this flag does not affect which cookies are attached to cross-site requests.
756 // Support is being added to render cross-site iframes in a different process
757 // than their parent pages.
758 const char kSitePerProcess[]                = "site-per-process";
759 
760 // Skip gpu info collection, blacklist loading, and blacklist auto-update
761 // scheduling at browser startup time.
762 // Therefore, all GPU features are available, and about:gpu page shows empty
763 // content. The switch is intended only for layout tests.
764 // TODO(gab): Get rid of this switch entirely.
765 const char kSkipGpuDataLoading[]            = "skip-gpu-data-loading";
766 
767 // Specifies if the browser should start in fullscreen mode, like if the user
768 // had pressed F11 right after startup.
769 const char kStartFullscreen[] = "start-fullscreen";
770 
771 // Specifies if the |StatsCollectionController| needs to be bound in the
772 // renderer. This binding happens on per-frame basis and hence can potentially
773 // be a performance bottleneck. One should only enable it when running a test
774 // that needs to access the provided statistics.
775 const char kStatsCollectionController[] =
776     "enable-stats-collection-bindings";
777 
778 // Upscale defaults to "good".
779 const char kTabCaptureDownscaleQuality[]    = "tab-capture-downscale-quality";
780 
781 // Scaling quality for capturing tab. Should be one of "fast", "good" or "best".
782 // One flag for upscaling, one for downscaling.
783 // Upscale defaults to "best".
784 const char kTabCaptureUpscaleQuality[]      = "tab-capture-upscale-quality";
785 
786 // Allows for forcing socket connections to http/https to use fixed ports.
787 const char kTestingFixedHttpPort[]          = "testing-fixed-http-port";
788 const char kTestingFixedHttpsPort[]         = "testing-fixed-https-port";
789 
790 // Type of the current test harness ("browser" or "ui").
791 const char kTestType[]                      = "test-type";
792 
793 const char kTouchScrollingMode[]            = "touch-scrolling-mode";
794 const char kTouchScrollingModeAsyncTouchmove[] = "async-touchmove";
795 const char kTouchScrollingModeSyncTouchmove[] = "sync-touchmove";
796 const char kTouchScrollingModeTouchcancel[] = "touchcancel";
797 
798 // Causes TRACE_EVENT flags to be recorded beginning with shutdown. Optionally,
799 // can specify the specific trace categories to include (e.g.
800 // --trace-shutdown=base,net) otherwise, all events are recorded.
801 // --trace-shutdown-file can be used to control where the trace log gets stored
802 // to since there is otherwise no way to access the result.
803 const char kTraceShutdown[]                 = "trace-shutdown";
804 
805 // If supplied, sets the file which shutdown tracing will be stored into, if
806 // omitted the default will be used "chrometrace.log" in the current directory.
807 // Has no effect unless --trace-shutdown is also supplied.
808 // Example: --trace-shutdown --trace-shutdown-file=/tmp/trace_event.log
809 const char kTraceShutdownFile[]             = "trace-shutdown-file";
810 
811 // Causes TRACE_EVENT flags to be recorded from startup. Optionally, can
812 // specify the specific trace categories to include (e.g.
813 // --trace-startup=base,net) otherwise, all events are recorded. Setting this
814 // flag results in the first call to BeginTracing() to receive all trace events
815 // since startup. In Chrome, you may find --trace-startup-file and
816 // --trace-startup-duration to control the auto-saving of the trace (not
817 // supported in the base-only TraceLog component).
818 const char kTraceStartup[]                  = "trace-startup";
819 
820 // Sets the time in seconds until startup tracing ends. If omitted a default of
821 // 5 seconds is used. Has no effect without --trace-startup, or if
822 // --startup-trace-file=none was supplied.
823 const char kTraceStartupDuration[]          = "trace-startup-duration";
824 
825 // If supplied, sets the file which startup tracing will be stored into, if
826 // omitted the default will be used "chrometrace.log" in the current directory.
827 // Has no effect unless --trace-startup is also supplied.
828 // Example: --trace-startup --trace-startup-file=/tmp/trace_event.log
829 // As a special case, can be set to 'none' - this disables automatically saving
830 // the result to a file and the first manually recorded trace will then receive
831 // all events since startup.
832 const char kTraceStartupFile[]              = "trace-startup-file";
833 
834 
835 
836 // Prioritizes the UI's command stream in the GPU process
837 extern const char kUIPrioritizeInGpuProcess[] =
838     "ui-prioritize-in-gpu-process";
839 
840 // Overrides the preferred discardable memory implementation.
841 const char kUseDiscardableMemory[] = "use-discardable-memory";
842 
843 // Bypass the media stream infobar by selecting the default device for media
844 // streams (e.g. WebRTC). Works with --use-fake-device-for-media-stream.
845 const char kUseFakeUIForMediaStream[]     = "use-fake-ui-for-media-stream";
846 
847 // Set when Chromium should use a mobile user agent.
848 const char kUseMobileUserAgent[] = "use-mobile-user-agent";
849 
850 // Use the new surfaces system to handle compositor delegation.
851 const char kUseSurfaces[] = "use-surfaces";
852 
853 // On POSIX only: the contents of this flag are prepended to the utility
854 // process command line. Useful values might be "valgrind" or "xterm -e gdb
855 // --args".
856 const char kUtilityCmdPrefix[]              = "utility-cmd-prefix";
857 
858 // Causes the process to run as a utility subprocess.
859 const char kUtilityProcess[]                = "utility";
860 
861 // The utility process is sandboxed, with access to one directory. This flag
862 // specifies the directory that can be accessed.
863 const char kUtilityProcessAllowedDir[]      = "utility-allowed-dir";
864 
865 // Allows MDns to access network in sandboxed process.
866 const char kUtilityProcessEnableMDns[]      = "utility-enable-mdns";
867 
868 const char kUtilityProcessRunningElevated[] = "utility-run-elevated";
869 
870 // In debug builds, asserts that the stream of input events is valid.
871 const char kValidateInputEventStream[] = "validate-input-event-stream";
872 
873 // Will add kWaitForDebugger to every child processes. If a value is passed, it
874 // will be used as a filter to determine if the child process should have the
875 // kWaitForDebugger flag passed on or not.
876 const char kWaitForDebuggerChildren[]       = "wait-for-debugger-children";
877 
878 // Causes the process to run as a worker subprocess.
879 const char kWorkerProcess[]                 = "worker";
880 
881 // The prefix used when starting the zygote process. (i.e. 'gdb --args')
882 const char kZygoteCmdPrefix[]               = "zygote-cmd-prefix";
883 
884 // Causes the process to run as a renderer zygote.
885 const char kZygoteProcess[]                 = "zygote";
886 
887 #if defined(ENABLE_WEBRTC)
888 // Disables audio processing in a MediaStreamTrack. When this flag is on, AEC,
889 // NS and AGC will be done in PeerConnection instead of MediaStreamTrack.
890 const char kDisableAudioTrackProcessing[]    = "disable-audio-track-processing";
891 
892 // Disables WebRTC device enumeration.
893 const char kDisableDeviceEnumeration[]      = "disable-device-enumeration";
894 
895 // Disables HW decode acceleration for WebRTC.
896 const char kDisableWebRtcHWDecoding[]       = "disable-webrtc-hw-decoding";
897 
898 // Disables encryption of RTP Media for WebRTC. When Chrome embeds Content, it
899 // ignores this switch on its stable and beta channels.
900 const char kDisableWebRtcEncryption[]      = "disable-webrtc-encryption";
901 
902 // Disables HW encode acceleration for WebRTC.
903 const char kDisableWebRtcHWEncoding[]       = "disable-webrtc-hw-encoding";
904 
905 // Enables VP8 HW encode acceleration for WebRTC.
906 const char kEnableWebRtcHWVp8Encoding[]     = "enable-webrtc-hw-vp8-encoding";
907 #endif
908 
909 #if defined(OS_ANDROID)
910 // Disable user gesture requirement for media playback.
911 const char kDisableGestureRequirementForMediaPlayback[] =
912     "disable-gesture-requirement-for-media-playback";
913 
914 // Disable the click delay by sending click events during double tap.
915 const char kDisableClickDelay[]             = "disable-click-delay";
916 
917 // Disable overscroll edge effects like those found in Android views.
918 const char kDisableOverscrollEdgeEffect[]   = "disable-overscroll-edge-effect";
919 
920 // WebRTC is enabled by default on Android.
921 const char kDisableWebRTC[]                 = "disable-webrtc";
922 
923 // Enable the PowerSaveBlocker in ContentVideoView. Android only.
924 const char kEnableContentVideoViewPowerSaveBlocker[] =
925     "enable-content-video-view-power-save-blocker";
926 
927 // Enable the recognition part of the Web Speech API.
928 const char kEnableSpeechRecognition[]       = "enable-speech-recognition";
929 
930 // Always use the video overlay for the embedded video.
931 // This switch is intended only for tests.
932 const char kForceUseOverlayEmbeddedVideo[] = "force-use-overlay-embedded-video";
933 
934 // The telephony region (ISO country code) to use in phone number detection.
935 const char kNetworkCountryIso[] = "network-country-iso";
936 
937 // Enables remote debug over HTTP on the specified socket name.
938 const char kRemoteDebuggingSocketName[]     = "remote-debugging-socket-name";
939 #endif
940 
941 // Disable web audio API.
942 const char kDisableWebAudio[]               = "disable-webaudio";
943 
944 #if defined(OS_CHROMEOS)
945 // Disables panel fitting (used for mirror mode).
946 const char kDisablePanelFitting[]           = "disable-panel-fitting";
947 #endif
948 
949 #if defined(OS_MACOSX) && !defined(OS_IOS)
950 const char kEnableCarbonInterposing[]       = "enable-carbon-interposing";
951 
952 // Disables support for Core Animation plugins. This is triggered when
953 // accelerated compositing is disabled. See http://crbug.com/122430 .
954 const char kDisableCoreAnimationPlugins[] =
955     "disable-core-animation-plugins";
956 #endif
957 
958 #if defined(OS_WIN)
959 // Device scale factor passed to certain processes like renderers, etc.
960 const char kDeviceScaleFactor[]     = "device-scale-factor";
961 
962 // Disables the DirectWrite font rendering system on windows.
963 const char kDisableDirectWrite[]             = "disable-direct-write";
964 
965 // Disable the Legacy Window which corresponds to the size of the WebContents.
966 const char kDisableLegacyIntermediateWindow[] = "disable-legacy-window";
967 
968 // Use high resolution timers for TimeTicks.
969 const char kEnableHighResolutionTime[]      = "enable-high-resolution-time";
970 
971 // Enable the Win32K process mitigation policy for renderer processes which
972 // prevents them from invoking user32 and gdi32 system calls which enter
973 // the kernel. This is only supported on Windows 8 and beyond.
974 const char kEnableWin32kRendererLockDown[]
975     = "enable_win32k_renderer_lockdown";
976 #endif
977 
978 // Don't dump stuff here, follow the same order as the header.
979 
980 }  // namespace switches
981