Matray opens links with chromium

0n0w1c · 1 September 2021 14:53

I have Firefox set as my default browser, however matray continues to open pages with chromium. I did not see an option in preferences for browser choice. Is there a way to set it to use Firefox instead?

Strit · 1 September 2021 14:55

It only happens with links from matray?

0n0w1c · 1 September 2021 15:00

Email links in Thunderbird open in Firefox but that could be a “mozilla” thing.
If I open a link from Konsole, it too opens in Chromium.

So… I dunno.

Is there a particular test you would like for me to run or a setting to look at? I am running Plasma if that matters.

Edit: If I uninstall Chromium they will open in Firefox.

Edit 2: Reinstall Chromium and they open again in Chromium.

Strit · 1 September 2021 15:07

Sounds like a MIME type issue. So look through those in your settings.

0n0w1c · 1 September 2021 15:12

$ cat ~/.config/mimeapps.list

[Added Associations]
application/pdf=firefox.desktop;
application/x-extension-htm=firefox.desktop;
application/x-extension-html=firefox.desktop;
application/x-extension-shtml=firefox.desktop;
application/x-extension-xht=firefox.desktop;
application/x-extension-xhtml=firefox.desktop;
application/x-xz=manjaro-arm-flasher.desktop;
application/xhtml+xml=firefox.desktop;
image/jpeg=okularApplication_kimgio.desktop;
text/html=firefox.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/chrome=firefox.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/ftp=firefox.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/http=firefox.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/https=firefox.desktop;

[Default Applications]
application/x-extension-htm=firefox.desktop
application/x-extension-html=firefox.desktop
application/x-extension-shtml=firefox.desktop
application/x-extension-xht=firefox.desktop
application/x-extension-xhtml=firefox.desktop
application/x-xz=manjaro-arm-flasher.desktop;
application/xhtml+xml=firefox.desktop
text/html=firefox.desktop
x-scheme-handler/chrome=firefox.desktop
x-scheme-handler/ftp=firefox.desktop
x-scheme-handler/http=firefox.desktop
x-scheme-handler/https=firefox.desktop

papajoke · 1 September 2021 15:21

matray use xdg-open

github.com

moson-mo/matray/blob/master/src/ui/TrayIcon.vala#L364

    
      
          box.add (label);
          menu_item.add (box);
          
          
menu_item.set_data ("news_item", item);
          menu_item.set_data ("is_news", true);
          menu_item.set_data ("sort", item.PublishedDateUnix);
          
          
// when clicked, open browser
          menu_item.activate.connect (() => {
              try {
                  Process.spawn_command_line_async ("xdg-open " + item.URL);
              } catch (Error e) {
                  printerr ("Error spawning process: \n%s\n", e.message);
              }
          
          
    item.WasOpened = true;
              set_tray_icon ();
              settings.save_news_local (news_reader.news_items);
              create_menu ();
          });

view man get/check/set

xdg-settings get default-web-browser
chromium.desktop

0n0w1c · 1 September 2021 15:51

Ah, you may be correct. I will confirm tomorrow. Unfortunately I am no longer in front of the same pi4. But the one I am using now, matray opens links with Firefox and it has firefox.desktop set in xdg-settings.

Edit: Yes, this was the issue. I set it to firefox.desktop and now mstray is now opening links with Firefox.

system · 4 September 2021 05:51

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