Feature Request: Set Default Browser if URL default undefined

[sl4ppy]

Add the ability to define a certain browser to open all URL's not defined/overridden by a domain in the defaults list

[kissge]

This feature would be really great! My use case is like: Open Notion in Notion, open Slack in Slack, and otherwise open in Google Chrome.

[mortenn]

Hello, I've just rewritten the configuration part of the app and upgraded it to .NET 8, if you would be so kind as to give this build a try, that'd be great!

[kissge]

Great! I'll give it a try...

Off topic: currently I'm experiencing infinite loop of "You must install or update .NET to run this application" 😐

https://github.com/mortenn/BrowserPicker/assets/4177010/1d60ef8c-2285-48de-91d5-0f76f28893c9

Edit: I was stupid, I think this is because my default browser is set to BrowserPicker

[kissge]

I guess this would be THE functionality we wanted, but couldn't enable it. Maybe I should report this somewhere else?

https://github.com/mortenn/BrowserPicker/assets/4177010/f60e95ac-e3b4-4e83-b8f1-24be4cb12de2

[mortenn]

ah, the check box for enabling it doesn't work, I didn't test that. and I only now realize I neglected to hook up the deletion in the DataGrid

[mortenn]

please try this build

[kissge]

Thanks. This is great work. It's working flawlessly!

// For future readers: apparently Notion.exe necessitates URL rewriting like https://www.notion.so /${PATH} to notion:/${PATH}, so my use case is impossible

[mortenn]

I should be able to add something to support that use case, I am planning on doing the same for teams links eventually :)

[mortenn]

This should be implemented now, let me know if something is missing

[sg2002]

This does not seem to work for me in the current 2.0.7. The test build posted earlier works though.

[mortenn]

does it work in the latest 2.1 pre-release?

[sg2002]

No, the latest pre-release does not work either.

[mortenn]

seems to work fine debugging it on my end, what options are you using under behaviour?

[sg2002]

Ok, here's what I'm observing, because the behavior is very peculiar.

With the following settings:

• A hostname pattern for youtube.com that opens it in Firefox
• The default browser checkbox is set to Edge

Using 2.1.3 pretest:

• Trying to open either a youtube or any other link results in me still getting the BrowserPicker window
• If I'm opening a link from Telegram, if Firefox is already runing it opens links in Firefox, regardless of the settings. I know that BrowserPicker is still involved because I get the "scanning URL" popup

Using the 2.0.0.4 test version from this bug everything works fine. Can it be that it's happening due to some kind of settings incompatibility issue with my old settings breaking the new version? How do I completely delete all BrowserPicker settings to test?

[mortenn]

There is an option that controls whether defaults apply when the configured browser is not running, is that enabled?

[mortenn]

to delete all settings, simply erase HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\BrowserPicker from the registry

[sg2002]

There is an option that controls whether defaults apply when the configured browser is not running, is that enabled?

Right, so that is the issue. If that checkbox is not set, even if Firefox is a pattern-only link handler, that link is not going to open in it, even if Firefox is already running. Does not work if it's the default link handler either.