I can change my ~/.i3/config file so that mod$+F2 opens firefox, instead of palemoon.
But how do I make firefox the default browser. e.g. I started up dropbox for the first time and it tried to open dropbox.com in palemoon.
Thanks
I can change my ~/.i3/config file so that mod$+F2 opens firefox, instead of palemoon.
But how do I make firefox the default browser. e.g. I started up dropbox for the first time and it tried to open dropbox.com in palemoon.
Thanks
Have you tried to set it as the default in the FF settings?
I just set it in the Firefox settings.
When I open the website via dropbox, it still opens palemoon, but then palemoon asks if I want to set it as default.
Most linux os’s I’ve used have a place to set the default web-browser, default email-client, etc. I just don’t know which config file or application sets that for i3.
Thanks for your response
Ok, I found a workaround for the browser specifically.
in ~/.profile, I just needed to change the line export BROWSER=/usr/bin/palemoon to /usr/bin/firefox.
I tried initially to use xdg-settings to set it, but it complained that it was already set in $BROWSER.
It may be xdg-settings set … would work for other default apps
The information you provided in the link is awesome. I’ve saved it for future reference.
Thank you linux-aarhus!
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