<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" xmlns:its="http://www.w3.org/2005/11/its" type="topic" style="task" id="net-default-browser" xml:lang="kn">

  <info>

    <link type="guide" xref="net-browser"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.7.1" version="0.2" date="2012-11-16" status="outdated"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.10" date="2013-10-30" status="review"/>

    <revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-28" status="final"/>

    <credit type="author">

      <name>Phil Bull</name>

      <email>philbull@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Michael Hill</name>

      <email>mdhillca@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <credit type="editor">

      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>

      <email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>

    </credit>

    <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>

    <desc>Change the default web browser by going to <gui>Details</gui> in <gui>Settings</gui>.</desc>

  </info>

  <title>Change which web browser opens websites by default</title>

  
When you click a link to a web page in any application, a web browser will

  automatically open up to that page. However, if you have more than one

  browser installed, the page may not open up in the browser you wanted it to

  open in. To fix this, change the default web browser:

  <steps>

    <item>

      
Open the <gui xref="shell-introduction#activities">Activities</gui> overview and

      start typing <gui>Details</gui>.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Click on <gui>Details</gui> to open the panel.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Choose <gui>Default Applications</gui> from the list on the left side

      of the window.

    </item>

    <item>

      
Choose which web browser you would like to open links by

      changing the <gui>Web</gui> option.

    </item>

  </steps>

  
When you open up a different web browser, it might tell you that it’s not

  the default browser any more. If this happens, click the <gui>Cancel</gui>

  button (or similar) so that it does not try to set itself as the default

  browser again.

</page>