[Konsole-devel] [Bug 292959] New: Konsole opens file manager when asked to link to URL

[Philip Webb]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=292959

           Summary: Konsole opens file manager when asked to link to URL
           Product: konsole
           Version: 2.8
          Platform: Gentoo Packages
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
        AssignedTo: konsole-devel at kde.org
        ReportedBy: purslow at ca.inter.net


Version:           2.8 (using KDE 4.8.0) 
OS:                Linux

If an URL occurs in text opened from Konsole (eg using Most), a right-click
opens a menu of options; if you click 'open link', the URL should be opened in
a running browser or open a new browser instance (eg Konqueror or Firefox). 
Until somewhere around 4.7.1 that process used to open Konqueror at the URL,
but since at least 4.7.1 it has opened Konqueror in file-browser mode (Kfm). 
The problem is solved by adding a line 'BrowserApplication[$e]=!firefox' to
kdeglobals, which was previously missing.  Presumably the hardwired default is
to open Kfm, which cannot be correct.

Also, I cannot set the browser via Systemsettings, as the menu 'Workspace A+B'
doesn't have an item 'Default Applications'.  This is probably because I don't
have the full KDE desktop installed, only those apps which I use with Fluxbox.

Properly, the default browser should be able to be set via a profile
configuration in Konsole's own menu: users might want a different browser for
each profile & anyway it's more straightforward & where users will look first.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
In a text app running from Konsole find an URL, right-click on it & select
'open link' from the menu.

Actual Results:  
Konqueror opens in file-manager mode.

Expected Results:  
Konqueror (or another chosen browser) should open in Internet browser mode.

There are 2 issues : (1) the default in recent Konsoles is clearly wrong ;
(2) it should be possible to define a chosen browser within Konsole's menus,
best via a profile menu.

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