Use Google Web Designer with a proxy server

Google Web Designer's shell application supports the same custom proxy settings that the Chrome browser does. Learn more about Chrome and Chromium settings.

If you've already changed Chrome's settings to allow it to work with your proxy server, the changes for Web Designer should be familiar. If you're not sure what settings to use, contact your network administrator.

1. Locate Google Web Designer's application preferences

The location of Web Designer's application preferences depends on your operating system:

Windows
  1. Open the registry editor. From the Windows Start menu, click Run, then enter regedit in the Run dialog.
  2. Navigate to the following registry key:
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\Web Designer\Settings
  3. Add each proxy setting as a new value in the right pane by right-clicking the above registry key. For Boolean-type settings, use 32-bit DWORD values with 0 indicating false and non-zero values indicating true.
Mac

You can either use a text editor to edit the XML file containing Web Designer application preferences, or run commands in Terminal.

To use a text editor:

  1. Open the following .plist file:
    ~/Library/Preferences/com.google.WebDesigner.plist
  2. Add each proxy setting in XML format.

To use Terminal, run the following command for each setting you want to change:

defaults write com.google.WebDesigner.plist <setting-name> -<type> <value>

Linux
  1. Open the following configuration file in a text editor:
    ~/.local/share/google-web-designer/preferences/settings.conf
  2. If there's no Settings section, create one by typing [Settings] on a new line.
  3. Add each proxy setting on a new line in the Settings section.

2. Adjust proxy settings

Google Web Designer uses the following proxy settings:

Name Type Description
no-proxy-server Boolean

If true, Google Web Designer doesn't use a proxy. Overrides any other proxy settings provided.
proxy-auto-detect Boolean

If true, Google Web Designer tries to automatically detect your proxy configuration. Ignored if proxy-server is provided.
proxy-server string

The custom proxy configuration to use. Google Web Designer does not currently support any proxies that require authentication.
proxy-bypass-list string

A list of hosts for which to bypass any specified proxy.
proxy-pac-url string

The URL of the PAC (proxy auto-config) file to use.

Example

If you want Google Web Designer to try to automatically detect your proxy configuration, adjust the following setting according to your operation system:

Windows

Right-click the registry key and select New > DWORD (32-bit) Value, then enter the following:

  • Value name: proxy-auto-detect
  • Value data: 1

Mac

Edit the .plist file to include the following:

<key>proxy-auto-detect</key>
<true/>

Alternatively, you can run the following command in Terminal:

defaults write com.google.WebDesigner.plist proxy-auto-detect -bool true

Linux

Add the following line in the Settings section:
proxy-auto-detect=true
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