ClickToFlash

Download ClickToFlash 1.3 here. Currently requires Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.

ClickToFlash is a WebKit plug-in that prevents automatic loading of Adobe Flash content. If you want to see the content, you can opt-in by clicking on it or adding an entire site to its whitelist.

Try control-clicking (or right-clicking) on a unloaded Flash box to access ClickToFlash's contextual menu which allow you to do advanced things like edit its whitelist.

Please report bugs and request features on the Lighthouse ClickToFlash project site.

Want to chip in? Here's what needs to be done.

Version History

• 1.3 download

  • [NEW] Flash badge is now drawn in code (vector image), and draws smaller in smaller flash boxes. bug 12

  • [NEW] Flash badge rotates counter-clockwise for narrow flash boxes. bug 12

  • [NEW] "Add to whitelist" contextual menu item now lists the url that's to be whitelisted. bug 20 (Kevin A. Mitchell)

  • [NEW] Extend coverage to <object> and <embed> tags that lack type or classid attributes by adding swf to the plugin's WebPluginExtensions Info.plist key. bug 19 (fds)

  • [NEW] Kill badge flicker for whitelisted sites (bug 17) and load all flash boxes when whitelisting one (bug 10).

  • [FIX] Remove -menuForEvent: as it already returns the NSResponder's -menu by default. (Dave Dribin)

  • [FIX] Remove CTFInstaller.m from the bare plugin target. bug 44 (Chris Parker)

  • [DEV] Make Rakefile honor build products directory. bug 43 (Chris Parker)

• 1.2 download

  • [NEW] Handle <object> and <embed> that are missing a type attribute. That fixes a number of the broken sites. bug #19 (Jason Foreman)

  • [NEW] Activate on mouse-up, instead of mouse-down. Draw as "pressed in" during mouse-down, tracking the mouse like normal button. (Peter Hosey)

  • [NEW] Added a seperator to the context menu.

  • [FIX] Release build-time script that includes the project's entire build directory. (Peter Hosey)

• 1.1 download

  • [NEW] Tasteful "Flash" icon now drawn on top of the gradient to make it more clear that it's blocked Flash content. (Ricky Romero, Justin Williams)

  • [NEW] Contextual menu and simple whitelist editor. (Dave Dribin)

  • [NEW] Show the Flash box's source as a tooltip. (Jason Foreman)

  • [NEW] Installer can update older versions. (rentzsch)

  • [NEW] Rakefile to compile & upgrade the plugin by running 'rake' in the directory. (Ale Muñoz)

  • [NEW] Localization support. (Eric Czarny)

  • [DEV] Clean-up. Nonatomic properties, remove unused methods, unsigned => NSUInteger. (Jim Correia)

  • [DEV] Change CFBundleIdentifier from com.google.code.p.clicktoflash to com.github.rentzsch.clicktoflash. (rentzsch)

  • [FIX] Installer now quits when canceling. (rentzsch)

  • [FIX] Removed the container image from the installer. (Eric Czarny)

• original Google code project deleted. This fork takes on official-ish mantle.

• 1.0+rentzsch download

  • Forked from original Google code project (Jonathan 'Wolf' Rentzsch)

  • [NEW] Site whitelisting by holding down option key when clicking a flash box. (Gus Mueller)

  • [FIX] Use -[NSEvent modifierFlags] instead of Carbon's GetCurrentKeyModifiers(). (Chris Parker)

  • [DEV] Store white-listed sites in an array instead of composite keys. (Jean-Francois Roy)

• 1.0 original Google Code release