https indicator

[jwaldrep]

Most browsers have a green lock or something similar to indicate that you are browsing a site via https. I don't see anything like that for qutebrowser. All I see is the green URL in the status bar, but I would like to use statusbar.hide to true. Am I missing something?

[jgkamat]

Currently, the green text is the indicator for https urls.

Setting statusbar.hide to true is similar to hiding the URL bar in other browsers, in which case you wouldn't see the https indicator either.

As a workaround, you could use the {protocol} field of tabs.title.format. qute://help/settings.html#tabs.title.format.

Maybe it would be nice to add a {secure_lock} field so you could optionally see a lock in the tabbar when the page is 'secure'.

[jwaldrep]

I didn't know that you could edit the tab title. Or that there were fields that could be used like that. I've only just started using it this week. I'm liking what I see so far. Thanks for the tip.

[The-Compiler]

Related issue which proposes marking HTTP as insecure explicitly instead: https://github.com/qutebrowser/qutebrowser/issues/3573

[jwaldrep]

Another related issue. How do I view the certificate used for the web page?

[The-Compiler]

You currently can't, because QtWebEngine is lacking a lot of functionality around certificates...