[systemsettings] [Bug 347870] New: Default Applications > Web Browser "in an application based on the contents of the URL" is confusing and undocumented

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https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=347870

            Bug ID: 347870
           Summary: Default Applications > Web Browser "in an application
                    based on the contents of the URL" is confusing and
                    undocumented
           Product: systemsettings
           Version: 5.3.0
          Platform: Ubuntu Packages
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: NOR
         Component: kcm_componentchooser
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: skierpage at gmail.com

Years ago I set up KDE to use SeaMonkey as my browser. Now I'm trying to change
to Firefox. In System Settings > Default Applications > Web Browser > Default
Component,  "Open http and https URLs" is set to "in an application based on
the contents of the URL". What does this mean? What should I do now? There's no
"URL" or "contents" item in Default Applications or in System Settings! Is this
actually referring to File Associations? I have no idea.

The Shift-F1 context-sensitive help explains "component program... You can
choose here which programs these components are." but that's a generic
explanation for the entire Default component. I'm not provided any explanation
of what to do next. And Help > System Settings Handbook is no more informative.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Visit System Settings > Default Applications > Web Browser
2. Stare blankly at "in an application based on the contents of the URL"


Expected Results:  
Be clearer what the I'm supposed to do by some combination of
* Ideally linking the words "based on the contents of the URL" to where I set
this
* telling me where to go to set this
* or using terms that actually show up somewhere in Default Applications or
System Settings.
* having term-specific Shift-F1 help.

Also explain this in the System Settings manual, and tell me where this
information is stored. Is it
   BrowserApplication[$e]=myseamonkey.desktop
in ~/.kde/share/config/kdeglobals? Is it something in ~/config/mimeapps.lst Is
it ~/.local/share/applications?

I'm running Kubuntu 15.04 and followed some instruction to run newer Plasma
packages.

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