Set default browser for VSCode application

[1oglop1]

Hi, I'm using multiple browsers / profiles and I would like to be able to set the default web browser per application or workspace.

The solution could be similar to what VisualStudio have which gives a user drop down menu to chose the browser. Ideally there should be an option in settings to select a default browser for all actions which require VSCode to open the web browser.

Example of current problems: If I want to log in into a LiveShare extension it opens my default browser (chrome) where my microsoft profile is different then the one I want to use to sign in for sharing the code.

This is very irritating because the microsoft URLs often contains multiple redirects and who knows what so I cannot just copy the URL and sing in using a different browser with the correct profile.

Here is more evidence that this feature would be appreciated by more people. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47519768/how-do-i-set-the-default-browser-as-chrome-in-visual-studio-code/47520320

[cobr31]

Agree with 1oglop1: Feature request gets my vote too. Seriously detracts from an otherwise useful tool. Scratching my head to understand why it wasn't there to begin with.

[gitowiec]

When this feature will be relesased?

[MuqadderIqbal]

Do we have an update on when this option will become available?

[diligent176]

I'm looking for this feature too, landed here...
I can set almost everything in VS Code, why not the default web browser? :-)

[devchia254]

I am also waiting for this feature. Any update?

[Yemzibossa]

How I wish I can also change my default browser on VS Code... Mine is always opening UC Browser of which I want Google Chrome...

[TenaciousDev]

Looking forward to seeing this feature implemented as well.

[AyoCodess]

any update?

[mamakawama]

Watching this as well

[henriqgoncalvs]

Updates?

[mailsanchu]

Any updates

[SulthanNK]

Any updates about this feature?

[zhongxiang117]

Any updates? It gets my vote too.

[AKP2401]

Gets my vote too. 😄

[krish-1010]

@vscode-triage-bot

[shad0wRoot]

Gets my vote too. Please add this feature.

[muhdamean]

Here is what I find Go to Settings -> Extensions -> Live Server Config -> Custom Browser you can then choose your browser of choice

[SulthanNK]

Here is what I find Go to Settings -> Extensions -> Live Server Config -> Custom Browser you can then choose your browser of choice

Yes @muhdamean It works only using while using a live server extension. But, people who work using NodeJS or some other web-based projects need this feature. Because we can't choose the browser of our choice while the NodeJS server starts running.

[ghost]

Any updates? Please add this feature. It gets my vote too.

[Soulzityr]

Can we get an update as to when this feature is expected? This seems to be a commonly needed one.

[diarybook]

Gets my vote too. Please add this feature.

[saulvg1]

Any updates on this? I know there was an update recently.

[ThaDaVos]

I would love to see this feature too

[joeaddison]

+1

[jan-niestadt]

+1

[sahilrajput03]

Need this feature ASAP!!

[TomaszGasior]

@sahilrajput03 Please don't write this kind of comments. They don't help in resolving the issue but cause sending spam notifications to all people subscribed to the topic. Instead, just subcribe to get new information about the progress. Thank you.

[smcenlly]

I'd really like to see this feature. I assume that there needs to be some special processing in nativeHostMainService.ts?

https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/blob/b4d5b4ed69af953901051b1f049851b9dca3563e/src/vs/platform/native/electron-main/nativeHostMainService.ts#L449

I assume could check to see if file type is URL (http or https) and if so, open with a specific browser based on a new setting?

I'd be happy to contribute if someone from the VS Code team is happy with the approach.

[srveit]

+1

[Arinze25]

+1

[blakegearin]

+1

[nulevii]

Any updates?

[johndifelice]

After all this it's closed and the links send you round in circles.

[Cylecq]

+1

[dbanks12]

+1

[TomaszGasior]

Please stop writing "+1" or "any updates" comments like that — that's just spam. Don't write comment if you do not have any valuable information to add to the topic. Thank you.

[atmosbear]

Please stop writing "+1" or "any updates" comments like that — that's just spam. Don't write comment if you do not have any valuable information to add to the topic. Thank you.

+1

(Edit: no but seriously, I believe that bumps such as this show the importance of the topic. Otherwise open issues just sit for literal years.)

[smcenlly]

FYI to any Mac users following this thread, I found https://choosy.app, which allows me to configure default browser based on app. It's a paid app, but does the job well.

[bathyscaaf]

Just found this thread. I would like this ability as well, here is my use case:

I have 2 projects, both Vue based -- but one is Vue2 and the other is Vue3. Vue2 and Vue3 have different devtools extensions, so I have the Vue2 devtools installed on Firefox Dev Edition browser, and Vue3 devtools installed on Chrome.

My OS default, daily driver browser is Firefox with Noscript enabled -- not what I want to develop with.

The ability to set the default browser per project would be pretty handy.

[TinyMito]

Would love to see this as well, I'm using Firefox Developer Edition and every time React app launch, it loads into my other primary normal browser.

[jons-pf]

+1 Any update? Please implement this!

[xardit]

+1 still needing this

[guidonaselli]

+1 The browser I use for development (Firefox for developers) is different from my default browser

[bpasero]

How would this work as setting? Allow to configure the path to an executable and then we would just execute that path and append the URL as argument?

[smcenlly]

@bpasero - I think that sounds reasonable. I think (in addition) it would ideal if you could iterate the browsers in an OS specific way (e.g. for MacOS), but starting with a setting as you describe would work and I'm sure would satisfy the needs of this issue.

I assume you'd expose as a VS Code setting which means it could then be overridden at the workspace level?

[bpasero]

What is the use case for a workspace specific setting? I was thinking of a application global setting.

[alexkuc]

@smcenlly What's the advantage of enumerating apps in a specific way, like in the MacOS example linked?

[smcenlly]

@bpasero - for me personally, I prefer to use Safari, but when I'm doing front-end development, I use Chrome. So I would have a workspace override for my front-end projects only. Having said that, I think I mentioned above, I found another solution (https://choosy.app/), so I'm really only advocating for others in my reply.

@alexkuc - enumerating apps capable of launching websites (i.e. browsers) provides a nicer UX (vs. needing to find the path for your browser), that's all.

[6XGate]

Definitely need this. I use FF Dev Edition for work, and need anything from the AWS Plug-in in VSCode to open in that browser and not my OS default. The OS default is used for personal stuff. IntelliJ and its family (like WebStorm and PHPStorm) already support this.

[viktor-berezin]

+1