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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 "chrome/browser/extensions/extension_webkit_preferences.h"
      6 
      7 #include "base/command_line.h"
      8 #include "chrome/common/chrome_switches.h"
      9 #include "chrome/common/extensions/extension.h"
     10 #include "chrome/common/extensions/manifest.h"
     11 #include "webkit/common/webpreferences.h"
     12 
     13 namespace extension_webkit_preferences {
     14 
     15 void SetPreferences(const extensions::Extension* extension,
     16                     extensions::ViewType render_view_type,
     17                     WebPreferences* webkit_prefs) {
     18   if (!extension)
     19     return;
     20 
     21   if (!extension->is_hosted_app()) {
     22     // Extensions are trusted so we override any user preferences for disabling
     23     // javascript or images.
     24     webkit_prefs->loads_images_automatically = true;
     25     webkit_prefs->javascript_enabled = true;
     26 
     27     // Tabs aren't typically allowed to close windows. But extensions shouldn't
     28     // be subject to that.
     29     webkit_prefs->allow_scripts_to_close_windows = true;
     30 
     31     // Disable gpu acceleration for extension background pages to avoid
     32     // unecessarily creating a compositor context for them.
     33     if (render_view_type == extensions::VIEW_TYPE_EXTENSION_BACKGROUND_PAGE) {
     34       webkit_prefs->accelerated_compositing_enabled = false;
     35       webkit_prefs->force_compositing_mode = false;
     36     }
     37   }
     38 
     39   if (extension->is_platform_app()) {
     40     webkit_prefs->databases_enabled = false;
     41     webkit_prefs->local_storage_enabled = false;
     42     webkit_prefs->sync_xhr_in_documents_enabled = false;
     43     webkit_prefs->cookie_enabled = false;
     44   }
     45 
     46   // Enable WebGL features that regular pages can't access, since they add
     47   // more risk of fingerprinting.
     48   webkit_prefs->privileged_webgl_extensions_enabled = true;
     49 
     50   // If this is a component extension, then apply the same poliy for
     51   // accelerated compositing as for chrome: URLs (from
     52   // WebContents::GetWebkitPrefs).  This is important for component extensions
     53   // like the file manager which are sometimes loaded using chrome: URLs and
     54   // sometimes loaded with chrome-extension: URLs - we should expect the
     55   // performance characteristics to be similar in both cases.
     56   const CommandLine& command_line = *CommandLine::ForCurrentProcess();
     57   if (extension->location() == extensions::Manifest::COMPONENT &&
     58       !command_line.HasSwitch(switches::kAllowWebUICompositing)) {
     59     webkit_prefs->accelerated_compositing_enabled = false;
     60     webkit_prefs->accelerated_2d_canvas_enabled = false;
     61   }
     62 }
     63 
     64 }  // extension_webkit_preferences
     65