display currently active profile name?

[jimspoon]

Is there a way to display the name of the currently active user profile, while running Firefox?

I think I found the name of my active profile by closing Firefox and running "firefox -profilemanager" - the active profile was highlighted in the displayed list of profiles. But it seems like I should be able to see the name of the active profile without exiting Firefox.

Thanks for any help. I searched here and via google for awhile, but didn't find an answer to my question.

[malliz]

The Nightly Tester tools extension has this as one of it's Options.
Tools - Addons - Extensions - Nightly Tester tools - Options - "Use custom title" and it's one of the options on the list

http://www.oxymoronical.com/web/firefox/nightly

[jimspoon]

Thanks - I've installed it. No way to show the active profile name without an extension? I thought it might come up by searching about:config, but there doesn't seem to be a preference that shows the active profile. I wonder where Firefox stores the name of the active profile. I don't see it in the registry.

[dickvl]

You need chrome access.
You can copy and paste this text in the Eval line of the Tools >Error Console:

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alert(/[^\\]*$/.exec(Components.classes["@mozilla.org/file/directory_service;1"]
         .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIProperties)
         .get("ProfD", Components.interfaces.nsIFile).path));


If you use a non-standard location or want the full path:

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alert(Components.classes["@mozilla.org/file/directory_service;1"]
         .getService(Components.interfaces.nsIProperties)
         .get("ProfD", Components.interfaces.nsIFile).path);


[jimspoon]

Cool. It works! Thanks.