Bug 413843

Summary: "In an application based on the contents of the URL" setting causes HTTP links in to produce a KIO error pop-up saying "file or folder http://X does not exist" when clicked
Product: [Applications] systemsettings Reporter: adrian <adrian.bastholm>
Component: kcm_componentchooserAssignee: Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status: RESOLVED FIXED    
Severity: normal CC: nate
Priority: NOR    
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Debian testing   
OS: Linux   
Latest Commit: Version Fixed In: 5.19.0
Sentry Crash Report:
Attachments: KDE Screenshot

Description adrian 2019-11-05 15:04:12 UTC 
Created attachment 123736 [details]
KDE Screenshot

SUMMARY

When I click on external links in applications like VSCode, a pop-up appears with  "ERROR: KIO client <4>/ The file or folder http://localhost:8000/ does not exist"

STEPS TO REPRODUCE
1. echo http://localhost:8000/ in the KDE console
2. Hold CTRL and click on the link
3. The same message is produced, only without "error: kio client <number>

OBSERVED RESULT


EXPECTED RESULT


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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Comment 1 adrian 2019-11-05 15:22:51 UTC 
In KDE "Default Applications > Web Browser > Open http and https URLs" is set to "in an application based on the contents of the URL"
when setting it to "google chrome" or other, the links are opened as expected
Comment 2 Nate Graham 2020-01-22 15:51:37 UTC 
This confusing feature has been removed in Plasma 5.19, which should fix the issue.