| Summary: | Open With > Other Application... wording could be improved | ||
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| Product: | [Applications] dolphin | Reporter: | John Veness <john.kde> |
| Component: | general | Assignee: | Dolphin Bug Assignee <dolphin-bugs-null> |
| Status: | RESOLVED INTENTIONAL | ||
| Severity: | minor | CC: | akselmo, dolphin-bugs-null, ilikefoss, nate |
| Priority: | NOR | ||
| Version First Reported In: | 24.12.2 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Platform: | openSUSE | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
| Latest Commit: | Version Fixed In: | ||
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Description
John Veness
2025-02-23 18:56:15 UTC
Have you tried changing your file open preferences by going to: Context menu -> Properties -> Click "Change..." button, then Move them up or down as you prefer and click OK ? After that you should have the most preferred one first in the context menu (which will also be the one chosen for double-clicking on the file) And in the submenu the second most preferred one (which also be the one chosen for middle-clicking on the file) And then the others will in the submenu in the order that you have set. I think it's fine as it is! It's a pretty good design and also helps people coming from Windows where you could change the default program from the properties too. But looking a bit at the Open with -> Other application window, I think that you might be able to change the default one from there too... Have you tried to choose tick the "Always open... files with the chosen app checkbox and then click on the program that you want to set as the new default? Hi, thanks for replying. (In reply to John from comment #1) > Have you tried changing your file open preferences by going to: > Context menu -> Properties -> Click "Change..." button, then > Move them up or down as you prefer and click OK > ? No, I wasn't aware I could change/re-order the Open With list from the Properties window. I don't think I would have stumbled across that - I would expect the Properties window to only affect the exact file I opened it on, not other files of the same type. But now I've found it, I agree it's pretty sweet! > But looking a bit at the Open with -> Other application window, I think that > you might be able to change the default one from there too... > Have you tried to choose tick the "Always open... files with the chosen app > checkbox and then click on the program that you want to set as the new > default? Yeah, I'm aware I can change the default by using "Other Application", but this issue is exactly about the wording of that menu item. This is very much a psychological problem, but I feel a bit weird using "Other Application" to change the default to an application that is already listed above the "Other Application" menu item! And I'm thinking from a new user point of view - what would they expect when seeing the menu structure as it currently is. The menu item's wording is fine; it really is about opening the file with another application. The fact that you can also make the other application always open that file type is a convenience feature, not the primary method of changing file associations/default applications. If changing those is your true goal, then you should do that instead. :) One method has already been provided, and another one can be found in System Settings > Default Applications. Hope that helps! |