From dadf364df20391e74f1b02d4f0b0e418ae299e6f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Leena Miettinen Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 10:56:31 +0100 Subject: Doc: loading PPAPI plugins Task-number: QTBUG-49625 Change-Id: I1729fb900e0a84971f81ea7bce384839279712f8 Reviewed-by: Allan Sandfeld Jensen --- .../doc/src/qtwebengine-platform-notes.qdoc | 28 ++++++++++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/webengine/doc/src') diff --git a/src/webengine/doc/src/qtwebengine-platform-notes.qdoc b/src/webengine/doc/src/qtwebengine-platform-notes.qdoc index 0898a72fc..cac364a7e 100644 --- a/src/webengine/doc/src/qtwebengine-platform-notes.qdoc +++ b/src/webengine/doc/src/qtwebengine-platform-notes.qdoc @@ -50,11 +50,31 @@ \li OS X: Xcode version 5.1 or later \endlist - \section1 Adobe Flash Player Plugin Support + \section1 Pepper Plugin API Support - Qt WebEngine supports the Adobe Flash player plugin that is a Pepper Plugin API (PPAPI) - plugin. The plugin must be installed in one of the following locations, depending on the - platform: + Qt WebEngine supports loading Pepper Plugin API (PPAPI) plugins. The plugins must be loaded + manually using the Chromium command line syntax with the \c --register-pepper-plugins argument. + The argument value is a list of entries, separated by commas, that contain the file path and + one or several MIME types, separated by semicolons: + + \code + ;,;; + \endcode + + For example: + + \code + --register-pepper-plugins="libppapi_example.so;application/x-ppapi-example" + \endcode + + The MIME type is important because it determines which embeds the plugin is used for. + + This process has been automated for the Adobe Flash Player Plugin. + + \section2 Adobe Flash Player Plugin Support + + The Adobe Flash player plugin can be loaded automatically if it is installed in one of the + following locations, depending on the platform: \list \li Windows -- cgit v1.2.3