
Applications The Applications category allows you to choose how Pale Moon handles different types of files. For each content type Pale Moon recognizes, you can select an action that will be used to handle that type of content. You can view the file content in the browser window with formats that are natively supported by Pale Moon (e.g. Podcasts or Web Feeds) or handled by a plugin (e.g. PDF), open the file with an application installed on your computer (or in some cases, with a web application), or you can save the file to disk. To change how Pale Moon handles a listed file type, click on its name to select it. Then, open the drop-down menu to select the action you want Pale Moon to use: Preview in Pale Moon: Select this if you want Pale Moon to display the content in its browser window. This is only applicable to a limited number of file types, namely only those that Pale Moon is able to decode directly such as Podcasts or Web Feeds. Note: A particular configuration of the server hosting a supported document could force the download of the file (disabling the preview). Choose a feature or plugin: If you want a feature or a plugin in Pale Moon to handle the type, and one is available, select it from the drop-down menu. This will be indicated with "Use [name of feature] (in Pale Moon)" Choose an application: To choose a local or web application to handle a type, select the application from the drop-down menu. If you want a local application that is not in the menu to handle the type, select Use other… from the drop-down menu and point Pale Moon to its location. Save file: Some file types can be saved to your computer. Select Save File from the menu for one of these file types to have Pale Moon save that type of file to the location specified in the Downloads settings. Some file formats may have multiple content types, also called Internet media types, (for instance, audio/wav and audio/x-wav for Wave Sound) that you will need to change. Also, when a plugin is available to handle a content type and you choose a different action for that type, Pale Moon will only take your chosen action when you access the type directly (direct link or download link). For example, you may choose to open these files with a media player application instead of using the plugin that is set to open it. In such cases, your chosen application will be used for file downloads, but, when the content type is embedded inside a web page, Pale Moon will continue to use the plugin to handle the content type, instead. The Applications category has limited functionality for editing. You can change the action for an existing file type but you cannot add or remove file types. Entries are added automatically when you download files and select actions for them from the file download dialog box.
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Applications

The category allows you to choose how Pale Moon handles different types of files.

For each content type Pale Moon recognizes, you can select an action that will be used to handle that type of content. You can view the file content in the browser window with formats that are natively supported by Pale Moon (e.g. Podcasts or Web Feeds) or handled by a plugin (e.g. PDF), open the file with an application installed on your computer (or in some cases, with a web application), or you can save the file to disk.

To change how Pale Moon handles a listed file type, click on its name to select it. Then, open the drop-down menu to select the action you want Pale Moon to use:

Preview in Pale Moon: Select this if you want Pale Moon to display the content in its browser window. This is only applicable to a limited number of file types, namely only those that Pale Moon is able to decode directly such as Podcasts or Web Feeds.
Note: A particular configuration of the server hosting a supported document could force the download of the file (disabling the preview).
Choose a feature or plugin: If you want a feature or a plugin in Pale Moon to handle the type, and one is available, select it from the drop-down menu. This will be indicated with "Use [name of feature] (in Pale Moon)"
Choose an application: To choose a local or web application to handle a type, select the application from the drop-down menu. If you want a local application that is not in the menu to handle the type, select Use other… from the drop-down menu and point Pale Moon to its location.
Save file: Some file types can be saved to your computer. Select Save File from the menu for one of these file types to have Pale Moon save that type of file to the location specified in the Downloads settings.

Some file formats may have multiple content types, also called Internet media types, (for instance, audio/wav and audio/x-wav for Wave Sound) that you will need to change. Also, when a plugin is available to handle a content type and you choose a different action for that type, Pale Moon will only take your chosen action when you access the type directly (direct link or download link).
For example, you may choose to open these files with a media player application instead of using the plugin that is set to open it. In such cases, your chosen application will be used for file downloads, but, when the content type is embedded inside a web page, Pale Moon will continue to use the plugin to handle the content type, instead.

The Applications category has limited functionality for editing. You can change the action for an existing file type but you cannot add or remove file types. Entries are added automatically when you download files and select actions for them from the file download dialog box.