deskbar-applet -- file:/// urls opened in firefox instead of gnome-default-browser

[Chris Lee]

When open some bookmarks using deskbar-applet, they open in firefox rather than epiphany (my gnome-default browser). I think it is just the ones with a url that start with file:///

[John Vivirito (gnomefreak)]

Did you set epiphany as default in sudo update-alternatives --config gnome-www-browser.
might also wanna check sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser.

[Chris Lee (chris-lee-gertner)]

I set it as default for my account (not for the entire machine) using System->Preferences->Preferred_Applications. This causes http:// urls to be openned by epiphany, but seems not to work for file:///. I don't think I should be using 'sudo update-alternatives' for this -- it is an account-wide preference(!).

[Chris Lee (chris-lee-gertner)]

I realized why this happens now. When the html file is local, the local mime properties determines which application opens the file. So if select an .html file in nautilus, select preferences->Open_with, then select epiphany, then fie:/// urls are then opened by epiphany.

This make sense -- it seems deskbar is doing the right thing using mime to select the application to open for a local file. Maybe setting a particular browser as the 'prefered application' should update the mime entry for html files?

[Daniel Holbach (dholbach)]

There's already a bug open about that. I believe it's filed on control-center. This bug should be marked as a dup of that one.