I have found the way to do this for KDE 3.x.x but not for KDE 4. Konqueror is the default web browser which opens when you click a link, but I want to use FireFox instead. Where must I go for KDE4 to change the default web browser to something else?
Kmenu > Configure Desktop > Advanced > File Assoc > Text > HTML.
From there just adjust the Application Preference Order
I’ve done that and applied but links still seem to open in Konqueror. Anything else that needs to be done?
Try going to Desktop Settings/Personalised Settings -> Default Applications -> Web Browser -> Change to ‘in the following broswer’ -> browse for firefox
That was it, thanks 
A second thanks, that’s easier than configuring each application individually!
Ditto. How I did mine as well.
But it isn’t how I did mine:
System Settings -> Default Applications -> Web Browser
There, you are given a command name and if you want to look for another command, you can peruse the entire file system for whatever you want. Or, type in the command name, if you are certain of the spelling and correct capitalization.
This leaves me with two questions:
- Why should this be so difficult that one has to go to a forum, read hints and then figure out how to apply the information to my particular circumstance, and
- Why must the mechanism be continually improved so that answers become obsolete by the time they get found on the internet?
I’m probably just an old crank. I expect developers to put effort into making things obvious. Obviously a wrong attitude.
I’m probably just an old crank. I expect developers to put effort into making things obvious. Obviously a wrong attitude.
Obviously since I just had to do the same thing but made no cranky comment.
Warning frivolous musings follow
Seriously though I think the next KDE release should work on a system where you can type in “default browser” and it would take you to the proper area to change the browser defaults.
While I’m on 4.10 already, and can not recall or say with any degree of certainly what it was like on previous versions, try: Alt-F2 and start typing “default …” Very first hit takes you to what you desire. If, on the other hand, you are running an earlier version then me, and what I suggested doesn’t work for you, then, as indicated, you can rest assured that your desire is there in the next release lol!
Holly Cow you are right, it is there it 4.10 I love krunner or whatever it is behind that search bar, KDE is full of nice little surprises.
When I first started using KDE4, this seemed very natural (i.e. obvious). I did not have to go to any forum or read hints or do any figuring out.
It still works pretty much the same as it did back then (several years ago).
Ahh, ok there wizard. I could have sworn I tried that out at one point and Obviously did not find it. Thank goodness we have such wiz-bangs as you to point out how dumb it would be to miss such a thing. 
> Seriously though I think the next KDE release should work on a system
> where you can type in “default browser” and it would take you to the
> proper area to change the browser defaults.
you can suggest such a new feature, here
https://features.opensuse.org/
though, maybe the feature already exists, in a convoluted way by
accessing the documentation/help, kinda like this:
https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Adoc.opensuse.org+change+default+browser
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No really nrickert is right, If you type “default” into the search bar of the Kickoff menu you will see “Default Applications” pop up as one of the choices. You can find some of the major meta types to change in there.
Like I said in my previous post I had tried this before at some point and never came up with a good return from krunner but now it seems to work.
I think it depends on what you are looking for.
I was new to KDE4, and I saw the “Configure Desktop”. So I explored it, to see what I could configure.
If I had started with “Drat, I don’t like this default browser, so how do I change it?” then I might have had trouble finding the control.