How do I configure browser as default viewer for HTML files on GNOME (F13)?

Aaron Konstam akonstam at sbcglobal.net
Fri Jun 25 13:34:10 UTC 2010


On Fri, 2010-06-25 at 10:15 -0300, Andre Costa wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> when I double-click a HTML file on nautilus (GNOME file explorer) it
> opens up on gedit by default. How do I change this to make the browser
> open it by default? I already tried right-click > Open With > Another
> Application ... > Google Chrome and checked the "Remember this
> application for 'HTML Document' files", but it doesn't "stick" (next
> time I double-click the file it opens on gedit again).
> 
> 
> (this seems to be a GNOME bug, I can't redefine file associations
> regardless of file type or application, the behavior is always the
> same)
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> Andre

Right click on the html file and choose properties.. Onne of the options
is "Open With'. It will allow you to choose the default program to use
to open the file.
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