Hey there. I like to be as private as I can while I’m browsing the internet so I’ve got my javascript turned off by default. Every time I visit a site that doesn’t appear to be working without scripts, I consider switching it on and continue browsing the internet uninterrupted. However, when I try to open local files, Brave Shields block all scripts without giving me the option to turn them back on (grey logo). Is there a reason for this? I’m using version 1.25.70 and Chromium 91.0.4472.77 right now. At the moment I’m relying on other browsers to open my local files.
A solution for this would be useful for me as well. Surely there are more than two people who want to enable javascript for local files.
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Hey @Mr.F @CamSpotterNL !
Are you referring to local .html files and such? (Like a development website)
Porridge
From time to time I save a web page (Save page as… Webpage, complete) for future reference. If the page uses javascript, when I open it later I cannot enable javascript. The message I get is “You’re viewing a local or shared file.”
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First of all, JavaScript is widely used in frontend development. This language, along with HTML and CSS, is part of the essential front-end toolkit.
Someone please help. This is absolutely essential.
Many developers test their pages in a static environment.
We use Javascript BECAUSE IT WORKS IN A STATIC ENVIRONMENT.
It is essential that scripts run at the file:// level.
I am beyond disappointed that Brave cannot do this.
Please allow a setting at least to enable this.
What are you guys thinking?!?!?! This is insanity. Turn this on. I need to get work done.
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I found that the commonly used work around is to install a web-server plugin in a text-editor which supports it. Several text editors support plugins and have such a plugin which will spin up a webserver. Unfortunately, it took hours of research to find the right one. I wasted so much time with Atom app which I later learned had been mostly abandoned and the plugins mostly broken. I then moved to Sublime Text and ran into other issues. Finally I have landed on VSC (visual studio code) which I am happy with; but each jump took me days of research and time wasted.
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I’ve just wasted almost a day trying to find why Js isn’t working, only to land here. It’s not even funny.
You can try downing Brave shield for your site from the setting. It helped me to load the JS for my laravel applications. Hope it work for others as well
A simpler alternative to installing a webserver would be to open a Guest Profile for local pages.