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
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.