Bug 425713

Summary:	"Open http/https URLs based on content" still using old settings
Product:	[Plasma] plasmashell	Reporter:	kde
Component:	general	Assignee:	David Edmundson <kde>
Status:	RESOLVED WAITINGFORINFO
Severity:	normal	CC:	nate, plasma-bugs-null
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	5.19.4
Target Milestone:	1.0
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description kde 2020-08-23 14:27:36 UTC

I made this post in the forums a while ago
https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=289&t=167118

Apparently the new behavior of always opening the browser is intentional:
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=423401

I had set it to open links based on content before, but now there is no way to remove that setting.

It seems that plasmashell is still following the old configuration, despite it not being configurable anymore.

1. How can I remove this config so it opens links in the browser, as is the new default?
2. I think plasmashell should ignore this config if someone had it set before, since the user can't change it from System Settings anymore.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
Operating System: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20200819
KDE Plasma Version: 5.19.4
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.73.0
Qt Version: 5.15.0
Kernel Version: 5.8.0-1-default
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 24 × AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core Processor
Memory: 31.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: Radeon RX 570 Series

Comment 1 kde 2020-12-25 11:55:45 UTC

I fixed it by editing ~/.config/kdeglobals

old:
BrowserApplication[$d]

new:
BrowserApplication=firefox.desktop

The "[$d]" is probably the deprecated "open based on contentes" logic that still lingered in the config after an update.

It can also be fixed by changing the browser in Systemsettings and then changing it back, so it forces a config file write.

I'm not sure how KDE should deal with deprecated settings lingering in config files, so I'll mark it as resolved but ask Nate for his opinion, since he also responded to the other bug.