HostServices.showDocument in Linux: Default browser

[Tom Schindl]

Hi,

See
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/openjfx/jfx-dev/rt/file/dfe920ff7163/modules/javafx.graphics/src/main/java/com/sun/javafx/application/HostServicesDelegate.java

Tom

On 17.03.18 13:27, Arne Augenstein wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> I've been trying to figure out which mechanism JavaFX uses in Linux to
> determine the default browser with which to open the passed URI.
> 
> I'm using Manjaro Linux and this method always opens links in Firefox.
> My default browser is Chrome, though. In all the applications I've
> tested it (which honestly aren't that many) this setting gets respected
> and links are opened in Chrome.
> 
> The "default application"-situation in Linux is a bit complicated, see
> for example https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/default_applications.
> There many different places default applications can be set and
> obviously I haven't found the one which JavaFX uses, yet. Can you give
> me a hint where to look?
> 
> 
> Regards
> Arne Augenstein