How does OPNsense remember the GUI view settings?

[JasMan]

Hi all,
I'm wondering how OPNsense remembers the modified WebGUI views e.g. when I changed the column order or width in the firewall rules overview. Are they saved in the browser storage or on the firewall with the other user settings?

I'm asking because my modified views get very often lost. I can't determine a pattern.

Thanks
Jas

[Monviech (Cedrik)]

They're stored in your browser storage.

[JasMan]

They're stored in your browser storage.

Thanks. Do you now how? As a cookie?
I'm not familiar with the possible methods to save such settings. But I would like to understand what's deleting them from my client.

[Monviech (Cedrik)]

It's not a cookie, it's localStorage.

https://github.com/opnsense/core/blob/bb78d31407a4f36e585d8872ed15969e09832e2f/src/opnsense/www/js/opnsense_bootgrid.js#L633

[nero355]

I'm asking because my modified views get very often lost. I can't determine a pattern.

TIP :

Use a seperate Profile for your browser for all your OPNsense activities and perhaps also other Network/Server stuff that you need to do from time to time.

Mozilla based browsers use something like this :

Windows :
firefox.exe -P <YourProfielNameHere>
librefox.exe -P <YourProfielNameHere>
Linux/*BSD :
firefox -P <YourProfileNameHere>
librefox -P <YourProfileNameHere>

For the shortcut that starts the browser.

You can create the Profiles by starting the browser without the <YourProfileNameHere> part and after a few clicks you will have a new one by using the menu that appears :)