Firefox opened in private mode or with new instance (or both) does not execute url

[artjomkruglenkov]

Firefox launched with any combination of private / new instance arguments just opens an empty window in a correct mode, but without any url in the address bar.

MacOs Big Sur.

[fuweichin]

The command line below, generated by await open(url, {app:{name:'firefox',arguments:['-private-window']}}), cannot open url in Private Mode with Firefox.

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" https://github.com -private-window

While this command line can

"C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe" -private-window https://github.com

see also https://wiki.mozilla.org/Firefox/CommandLineOptions#-private-window_URL

So before the issue gets fixed, use open.openApp() instead of open() to open url in Private Mode with Firefox, but not necessary for Chrome and Edge.

let apps = [
  {
    "name": "chrome",
    "arguments": ["--incognito"]
  },
  {
    "name": "edge",
    "arguments": ["--inprivate"]
  },
  {
    name: 'firefox',
    arguments: ['-private-window']
  }
];

function openUrl(url, app){
  let pos;
  if (app.name === 'firefox' && Array.isArray(app.arguments) && (pos = app.arguments.indexOf('-private-window')) > -1) {
    let args = app.arguments.slice();
    args.splice(pos + 1, 0, url);
    return open.openApp(open.apps.firefox, {arguments: args});
  }
  return open(url, {app: app});
}

openUrl('https://github.com', apps[2]);