Dear Maintainer,

The ".desktop" file does not contain the actions that enable opening, from the launcher context menu, a new window, a new private window, and the profile manager.

Other distributions such as Ubuntu and Fedora ship them. Here's an example from Fedora:

[Desktop Action new-window]
Name=Open a New Window
# localized names here
Exec=firefox --new-window %u

[Desktop Action new-private-window]
Name=Open a New Private Window
# localized names here
Exec=firefox --private-window %u

[Desktop Action profile-manager-window]
Name=Open the Profile Manager
# localized names here
Exec=firefox --ProfileManager

I'm on Debian stable, but I have also inspected the contents of the "firefox-esr" package in testing, and it's still missing the actions.

I'm running GNOME, with no extensions.

This may be a duplicate of bug 978563.

https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org/msg1782515.html

But it was reported on another mailing list? I don't recognize this
"debian-bugs-dist".

To work around the problem, I've tried to place a modified Firefox
".desktop" file in "~/.local/share/applications/", containing the
missing actions. Unfortunately, it had no effect, even after logout.

The workaround was missing the Actions list of actions.

[Desktop Entry]
Actions=new-window;new-private-window;profile-manager-window;

# desktop action groups here

Log out to apply the changes. It works now.

Hi,

I would like to contribute to the Debian project. I've picked up this
newcomer bug and attached a patch.

The patch adds three desktop actions to browser.desktop.in: "New
Window", "New Private Window" and "Open Profile Manager". These enable
right-click context menu entries in desktop environments such as KDE.

Translations for the 22 locales already present in the file were
sourced from Fedora's firefox.desktop.

Tested locally on Debian trixie (firefox-esr 140.8.0esr) under KDE.
All three actions appear in the context menu and work correctly.

Best regards,

Javier