Bug 365224

Summary: KDE Neon 5.7 User Edition won't let me set the default application for file types
Product: [KDE Neon] neon Reporter: KDE Neon user <emailmeat>
Component: Packages Testing EditionAssignee: Neon Bugs <neon-bugs-null>
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE    
Severity: major CC: jr, neon-bugs-null, sitter
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Neon   
OS: Linux   
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Description KDE Neon user 2016-07-08 06:18:34 UTC 
It's not possible to change the default application for text files (and perhaps other formats). Changes aren't applied likely because it doesn't request me to type the root password. Changing the application by launching the system settings with root worked.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Open the File Associations window from the system settings or the "open with..." context menu
2. Try to change the default application for simple text files to another program
3. Apply changes and double-click a text file

Actual Results:  
The file type is still associated with the previous program. If you open the settings again, your customized entry is gone.


I believe that it was supposed to ask for root privileges to apply the changes correctly, because setting a default application by opening the system settings as root worked.
Comment 1 Harald Sitter 2016-07-08 09:25:14 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 365226 ***
Comment 2 KDE Neon user 2016-07-09 01:53:11 UTC 
@Harald. I'm sorry. I was doing too many things at a time and thought that I had closed that issue without actually submitting it.