Cookies Panel
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The Cookies panel allows to display and manipulate cookies set by the current page.
This panel is available since Firebug 1.10 and was formerly a separate extension called Firecookie.
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[edit] Options Menu
This menu is reachable via the little arrow in the panel tab ( 
) or by right-clicking on on the panel tab (since Firebug 1.9).
| Option | Preference | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Enabled | extensions.firebug.cookies.enableSites | Enables the Cookies Panel |
| Accept cookies from sites | network.cookie.cookieBehavior | Specifies whether websites are generally allowed to set cookies |
| Confirm cookie removal | extensions.firebug.cookies.removeConfirmation | Specifies whether a confirmation dialog should be shown when deleting all cookies |
For more info about tweaks available in Firebug please see the full list of preferences.
[edit] Panel Toolbar
[edit] Break On Cookie Change
The Cookie panel offers a "Break On ..." feature like some other panels. The Break On Cookie Change button ( 
) allows you to stop the script execution as soon as a cookie is added, changed or removed.
[edit] Cookies
Offers general cookie related options.
[edit] Create Cookie
Opens a dialog, which allows adding a new cookie.
[edit] Remove Cookies
Removes all cookies at once. If Confirm cookie removal is checked, a confirmation dialog will be shown before deleting the cookies.
[edit] Remove Session Cookies
Removes all session cookies at once. If Confirm cookie removal is checked, a confirmation dialog will be shown before deleting the cookies.
[edit] Export All Cookies
Exports all cookies (of all websites) as text file. Therefore the Save as dialog is opened allowing you to select the path and choose a name for the exported file.
[edit] Export Cookies For This Site
Exports all cookies of the current website as text file. Therefore the Save as dialog is opened allowing you to select the path and choose a name for the exported file.
[edit] Filter
Filters the displayed cookies.
[edit] Filter Cookies By Current Path
Filters the cookies by the current URL path.
[edit] Cookies Acceptance Menu
Specifies which cookies should be accepted.
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Default (Accept cookies) | All cookies will be accepted |
| Deny cookies from <website> | Deny all cookies coming from that specific website |
| Allow cookies from <website> | Accept all cookies coming from that specific website |
| Allow session cookies from <website> | Accept only session cookies coming from that specific website |
[edit] Panel
[edit] Cookies List
The main part of the Cookies panel is the Cookies List. When the Cookies panel is activated and a page is loaded it starts filling with all cookies set by a page. Each entry displays all the info available for a cookie. The following is a list of information, that is displayed for each cookie:
- Name of the cookie
- Value of the cookie
- Domain the cookie is set for
- Size of the cookie value in bytes
- Path the cookie is set for
- Expiration date or "Session" for session cookies
- Flag specifying whether "HttpOnly" is set for a cookie
- Flag specifying whether it's a secure cookie
[edit] Breakpoint Column
You can add a breakpoint for each cookie by clicking the Breakpoint Column at the left side of a cookie. By doing this the script execution will be halted as soon as that cookie is set, changed or removed. Clicking on a set breakpoint removes it.
[edit] Breakpoint conditions
You can create a conditional breakpoint by right-clicking a breakpoint. Doing so opens the Breakpoint Condition Editor:
There are variables available, which can be used within the expression:
| Variable | Description |
|---|---|
cookie | Object inluding the following info about the cookie:name, value, rawValue, isDomain, host, path, isSecure, expires, isHttpOnly
|
value | Value of the cookie |
[edit] Context Menu
| Option | Context | Shortcut | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cut | Cookie | - | Copies the cookie to the clipboard and removes it from the list |
| Copy | Cookie | - | Copies the cookie to the clipboard |
| Paste | Cookie | - | Pastes a cookie from the clipboard |
| Copy All | Cookie List | - | Copies all cookies to the clipboard |
| Delete | Cookie | - | Deletes the cookie |
| Edit | Cookie | - | Opens the Cookie Editor to edit the cookie information |
| Clear Value | Cookie | - | Removes the cookie value |
| Break On '<cookie name>' cookie | Cookie | - | Script execution will be stopped if the cookie with the name <cookie name> is added, changed or removed |
