From: Soren Stoutner <soren@stoutner.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2022 22:07:58 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Use an off-the-record profile.  https://redmine.stoutner.com/issues/825
X-Git-Tag: v0.1~40
X-Git-Url: https://gitweb.stoutner.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=a790b1b5d9b18f385ebbdf84e5845a40b2089d5c;p=PrivacyBrowserPC.git

Use an off-the-record profile.  https://redmine.stoutner.com/issues/825
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diff --git a/src/views/BrowserView.cpp b/src/views/BrowserView.cpp
index edcd26c..fb2473a 100644
--- a/src/views/BrowserView.cpp
+++ b/src/views/BrowserView.cpp
@@ -43,10 +43,17 @@ BrowserView::BrowserView(QWidget *parent) : QWidget(parent)
     // Get handles for the views.
     webEngineViewPointer = browserViewUi.webEngineView;
 
+    // Create an off-the-record profile (the default when no profile name is specified).
+    webEngineProfilePointer = new QWebEngineProfile(QStringLiteral(""));
+
+    // Create a WebEngine page.
+    QWebEnginePage *webEnginePagePointer = new QWebEnginePage(webEngineProfilePointer);
+
+    // Set the WebEngine page.
+    webEngineViewPointer->setPage(webEnginePagePointer);
+
     // Get handles for the aspects of the WebEngine.
-    QWebEnginePage *webEnginePagePointer = webEngineViewPointer->page();
     webEngineHistoryPointer = webEnginePagePointer->history();
-    webEngineProfilePointer = webEnginePagePointer->profile();
     webEngineSettingsPointer = webEngineViewPointer->settings();
 
     // Update the URL line edit when the URL changes.
@@ -75,9 +82,6 @@ BrowserView::BrowserView(QWidget *parent) : QWidget(parent)
     // Reapply the domain settings when the host changes.
     connect(urlRequestInterceptorPointer, SIGNAL(applyDomainSettings(QString)), this, SLOT(applyDomainSettingsWithoutReloading(QString)));
 
-    // Disable the cache.
-    webEngineProfilePointer->setHttpCacheType(QWebEngineProfile::NoCache);
-
     // Don't allow JavaScript to open windows.
     webEngineSettingsPointer->setAttribute(QWebEngineSettings::JavascriptCanOpenWindows, false);