web kiosk

[Ghost Dog]

Hello,

I'm using Ubuntu 22.04 and trying to create a web based kiosk. I was able to get it to start. But chromium on shows one tab and the white list I created is not working 

this is what I have so far below any help with be great thinks.

 To turn Chromium into a kiosk with six tabs and a whitelist on Ubuntu, you can follow these steps:

1. Install Chromium:
   ```
   sudo apt update
   sudo apt install chromium-browser
   ```

2. Create a new directory for the kiosk configuration files:
   ```
   mkdir kiosk
   cd kiosk
   ```

3. Create a file named `kiosk.sh` and open it in a text editor:
   ```
   nano kiosk.sh
   ```

4. Add the following code to the `kiosk.sh` file. This code launches Chromium in kiosk mode, opens the specified URLs in separate tabs, and applies a whitelist for allowed websites.
   ```bash
   #!/bin/bash
   chromium-browser --kiosk --incognito --disable-session-crashed-bubble \
   --disable-infobars --disable-features=TranslateUI --disable-translate \
   --no-first-run --fast --fast-start --disable-restore-session-state \
   --disable-features=TranslateUI --disable-translate \
   --app="https://example.com" \
   --new-window="https://example.com" \
   --new-window="https://example.com" \
   --new-window="https://example.com" \
   --new-window="https://example.com" \
   --new-window="https://example.com"
   ```

   Replace `"https://example.com"` with the actual URLs you want to open in the tabs.

5. Save and exit the text editor (Ctrl+O, Ctrl+X).

6. Make the `kiosk.sh` file executable:
   ```
   chmod +x kiosk.sh
   ```

7. Create a file named `chromium-kiosk.service` for the systemd service:
   ```
   sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/chromium-kiosk.service
   ```

8. Add the following content to the `chromium-kiosk.service` file:
   ```
   [Unit]
   Description=Chromium Kiosk
   Wants=graphical.target
   After=graphical.target

   [Service]
   Environment=DISPLAY=:0.0
   Environment=XAUTHORITY=/home/YOUR_USERNAME/.Xauthority
   ExecStart=/path/to/kiosk.sh

   [Install]
   WantedBy=default.target
   ```

   Replace `/path/to/kiosk.sh` with the actual path to the `kiosk.sh` file you created.

9. Save and exit the text editor (Ctrl+O, Ctrl+X).

10. Enable and start the Chromium kiosk service:
    ```
    sudo systemctl enable chromium-kiosk.service
    sudo systemctl start chromium-kiosk.service
    ```

   Replace `chromium-kiosk.service` with the actual name of the service file if you used a different name.

11. Test the kiosk mode by rebooting the system or restarting the service:
    ```
    sudo systemctl restart chromium-kiosk.service
    ```

This setup will launch Chromium in kiosk mode, opening the specified URLs in separate tabs. The `--incognito` flag ensures that no browsing history is saved, and the whitelist is achieved by specifying the allowed URLs in the `kiosk.sh` file.

[PhistucK]

Can you reproduce the same thing with Chrome?

That Chromium is modified and packaged by others and may differ in behaviour, so there is not much this group can do, I think.

☆PhistucK

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[Jon Perryman]

I think that you may misunderstand chrome kiosk mode. Why would you ever want to use tabs in a kiosk because switching tabs and changing focus can be a problem. Everything you need can be performed from a single tab. Use an IFRAME when you need access to another domain.

--new-window opens a window instead of a tab. Maybe --kiosk disables --new-window. I've never tried it but it would make sense because you wouldn't want multiple windows in kiosk mode.

I personally disagree with using tabs in kiosk mode. I would design a webpage that has tabs. If you insist on using tabs, then settings has a feature to start tabs or you could use start those tabs from javascript in your initial screen by specifying a unique TARGET= for each tab.

Any time you can't get features working in your desired environment, then get it working in a simple clean environment first. Fot instance, you complain about whitelist not working. You don't know how your changes might affect the whitelist. For example, does --kiosk disable or modify the whitelist? My guess would be no but maybe there was a decision that is different from your interpretation. Take --incognito as an easy example because it's behaviour is different from most people's expectations.