[SOLVED] Re: How do I configure browser as default viewer for HTML files on GNOME (F13)?

[Andre Costa]

Hi Aaron,

On Fri, Jun 25, 2010 at 10:34, Aaron Konstam <akonstam at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> 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.
>

You're THE man! =) Setting file associations this way did the trick -- it
even allowed me to fix the same problem with JNLP (Java Webstart) files,
which I could not associate to javaws.

I'll file this upstream as a GNOME bug because the other method (through the
"open with" popup menu option) should work the same way AFAICS.

Thks for the help =) (and for solving this mistery -- I knew there had to be
a way to do this on GNOME 2.30 ;-))

Regards,

Andre
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