Xfce 4.10 - Default browser ignored on help

[Jim Dean]

Sorry if this is already answered. I did search but couldn't find anything.

I have 4.10 on Fedora 16. When I click on a help button it opens in Firefox
even though in Default applications the default browser is set to Chrome.

I have checked in the Mime Type Editor, great addition to Xfce by the way
despite the name, and there is no mention of Firefox anywhere in there.

Not sure where else to look.

[Christoph Wickert]

Am Sonntag, den 20.05.2012, 12:59 +1000 schrieb Jim Dean:
> Sorry if this is already answered. I did search but couldn't find
> anything.
>
> I have 4.10 on Fedora 16. When I click on a help button it opens in
> Firefox even though in Default applications the default browser is set
> to Chrome.

Are you sure you have set it up in exo-preferred-applications and not in
gnome-whatever? What does 'cat ~/.config/xfce4/helpers.rc' return?

Kind regards,
Christoph

[Jim Dean]

On 21 May 2012 18:19, Christoph Wickert wrote:
> Am Sonntag, den 20.05.2012, 12:59 +1000 schrieb Jim Dean:
> > Sorry if this is already answered. I did search but couldn't find
> > anything.
> >
> > I have 4.10 on Fedora 16. When I click on a help button it opens in
> > Firefox even though in Default applications the default browser is set
> > to Chrome.
>
> Are you sure you have set it up in exo-preferred-applications and not in
> gnome-whatever? What does 'cat ~/.config/xfce4/helpers.rc' return?
>
> Kind regards,
> Christoph
>
> Hi Christoph

Yes it is in exo-preferred-applications. I don't have Gnome, only Xfcc and
KDE and both are set to Chrome.

Output of  'cat ~/.config/xfce4/helpers.rc' is
WebBrowser=custom-WebBrowser
FileManager=custom-FileManager
TerminalEmulator=Terminal

Thanks

Jim

[Christoph Wickert]

Am Dienstag, den 22.05.2012, 08:51 +1000 schrieb Jim Dean:
> Output of  'cat ~/.config/xfce4/helpers.rc' is
> WebBrowser=custom-WebBrowser
> FileManager=custom-FileManager
> TerminalEmulator=Terminal

Please show me the content of
~/.local/share/applications/custom-WebBrowser.desktop

Kind regards,
Christoph

[Jim Dean]

On 25 May 2012 18:07, Christoph Wickert wrote:
> Am Dienstag, den 22.05.2012, 08:51 +1000 schrieb Jim Dean:
> > Output of  'cat ~/.config/xfce4/helpers.rc' is
> > WebBrowser=custom-WebBrowser
> > FileManager=custom-FileManager
> > TerminalEmulator=Terminal
>
> Please show me the content of
> ~/.local/share/applications/custom-WebBrowser.desktop
>
> Kind regards,
> Christoph
>
> Sorry Christoph

Don't have
> ~/.local/share/applications/custom-WebBrowser.desktop
>  but I do have

~/.local/share/xfce4/helpers/custom-WebBrowser.desktop
It contains

[Desktop Entry]
NoDisplay=true
Version=1.0
Encoding=UTF-8
Type=X-XFCE-Helper
X-XFCE-Category=WebBrowser
X-XFCE-CommandsWithParameter=/usr/bin/google-chrome "%s"
Icon=google-chrome
Name=google-chrome
X-XFCE-Commands=/usr/bin/google-chrome

Creating a
~/.local/share/applications/custom-WebBrowser.desktop
with the same content doesn't change anything (unless I should have logged
out and back in first).

Thanks

Jim
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> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce

[Sergio Cipolla]

On 25 May 2012 20:08, Jim Dean  wrote:
> On 25 May 2012 18:07, Christoph Wickert 
> wrote:
> > Am Dienstag, den 22.05.2012, 08:51 +1000 schrieb Jim Dean:
> > > Output of  'cat ~/.config/xfce4/helpers.rc' is
> > > WebBrowser=custom-WebBrowser
> > > FileManager=custom-FileManager
> > > TerminalEmulator=Terminal
> >
> > Please show me the content of
> > ~/.local/share/applications/custom-WebBrowser.desktop
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Christoph
>
> Sorry Christoph
>
> Don't have
> > ~/.local/share/applications/custom-WebBrowser.desktop
> >  but I do have
>
> ~/.local/share/xfce4/helpers/custom-WebBrowser.desktop
> It contains
>
> [Desktop Entry]
> NoDisplay=true
> Version=1.0
> Encoding=UTF-8
> Type=X-XFCE-Helper
> X-XFCE-Category=WebBrowser
> X-XFCE-CommandsWithParameter=/usr/bin/google-chrome "%s"
> Icon=google-chrome
> Name=google-chrome
> X-XFCE-Commands=/usr/bin/google-chrome
>
> Creating a
> ~/.local/share/applications/custom-WebBrowser.desktop
> with the same content doesn't change anything (unless I should have logged
> out and back in first).
>
> Thanks
>
> Jim
> > xfce mailing list
> > [e-mail]
> > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce
>
> xfce mailing list
> [e-mail]
> https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce

Jim, what happens if you open the 'Preferred Applications' and choose 'Chomium'?
(setting Chrome as the default from within the browser doesn't work
properly as Xfce doesn't ship a helper for it and instead include it
in the 'Chromium' helper)

[Jim Dean]

On 27 May 2012 06:22, Sergio Cipolla  wrote:
> On 25 May 2012 20:08, Jim Dean  wrote:
> > On 25 May 2012 18:07, Christoph Wickert <
>
> [e-mail]>
> > wrote:
> > > Am Dienstag, den 22.05.2012, 08:51 +1000 schrieb Jim Dean:
> > > > Output of  'cat ~/.config/xfce4/helpers.rc' is
> > > > WebBrowser=custom-WebBrowser
> > > > FileManager=custom-FileManager
> > > > TerminalEmulator=Terminal
> > >
> > > Please show me the content of
> > > ~/.local/share/applications/custom-WebBrowser.desktop
> > >
> > > Kind regards,
> > > Christoph
> >
> > Sorry Christoph
> >
> > Don't have
> > > ~/.local/share/applications/custom-WebBrowser.desktop
> > >  but I do have
> >
> > ~/.local/share/xfce4/helpers/custom-WebBrowser.desktop
> > It contains
> >
> > [Desktop Entry]
> > NoDisplay=true
> > Version=1.0
> > Encoding=UTF-8
> > Type=X-XFCE-Helper
> > X-XFCE-Category=WebBrowser
> > X-XFCE-CommandsWithParameter=/usr/bin/google-chrome "%s"
> > Icon=google-chrome
> > Name=google-chrome
> > X-XFCE-Commands=/usr/bin/google-chrome
> >
> > Creating a
> > ~/.local/share/applications/custom-WebBrowser.desktop
> > with the same content doesn't change anything (unless I should have
>
> logged
> > out and back in first).
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Jim
> > >
>
> Jim, what happens if you open the 'Preferred Applications' and choose
> 'Chomium'?
> (setting Chrome as the default from within the browser doesn't work
> properly as Xfce doesn't ship a helper for it and instead include it
> in the 'Chromium' helper)

I tried changing the setting to Chromium, which I don't have, and then
Midori which is installed. In both cases it open help in Firefox.

I'll try installing Chromium and try again if anyone thinks it is worth
testing. Won't be for a day or 2 though.

This isn't an important problem just thought I'd report it. It happens on 2
systems with different configurations so I don't think it is a config issue
but I might try testing with a new user too.
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