[systemsettings] [Bug 328748] New: Changing the Web Browser in Default Applications sets xdg-settings default-web-browser to an unrelated .desktop file.

[ghodmode at ghodmode.com]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=328748

            Bug ID: 328748
           Summary: Changing the Web Browser in Default Applications sets
                    xdg-settings default-web-browser to an unrelated
                    .desktop file.
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: systemsettings
           Version: 4.11.3
          Platform: Kubuntu Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: NOR
         Component: kcm_componentchooser
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: ghodmode at ghodmode.com

When I change the Web Browser to sensible-browser in System Settings Default
Applications it also sets the xdg-settings default-web-browser to
phpmyadmin.desktop.

This desktop file isn't part of any package and if it was used it would load
http://localhost/phpmyadmin/

Contents of phpmyadmin.desktop:
[Desktop Entry]
Name=phpMyAdmin
Comment=MySQL management over web
Exec=sensible-browser http://localhost/phpmyadmin/
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Icon=phpmyadmin
Categories=Development;Database;

It doesn't seem to actually be using the command line from the desktop file. 
It's just weird.

If I change it back with xdg-settings set google-chrome.desktop, the change
will also happen in System Settings.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Change Web Browser in Default Applications dialog of System Settings to
sensible-browser
2.(command line) xdg-settings get default-web-browser
3.(command line) xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
4.Check the Web Browser in the Default Applications dialog in System Settings
Actual Results:  
xdg-settings get default-web-browser shows that the browser has been changed to
phpmyadmin.desktop.

When I change it back with xdg-settings set, it's also changed in System
Settings.

Expected Results:  
KDE uses /usr/bin/sensible-browser (a command, not a .desktop file) and
xdg-settings uses google-chrome.desktop

If KDE can only use .desktop files for default applications, the setting
shouldn't be a text input field.

If it's supposed to automagically find the right desktop file, then it should
match the full Exec value, not just part of the field.

A better solution would be a drop-down for app-selection (from existing apps
with desktop files) and a button to create a new app which brings up the
kmenuedit interface.

systemsettings  4:4.11.1-0ubuntu1~ubuntu12.10~ppa2

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