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If I download a text file and then click on it in the downloads list to open it in the default application, the "Choose Application portal" window is opened each time even if I select the option to "always open ... ... chosen app".

It's odd that I am asked at all about what app to use: Kate is already listed as “default”. —What's a default app if not that to be used without being asked about?— But then, the “Always open” doesn't work. Looks like a bug.

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  • If this is expected behavior, is there a setting to change it?

  • If this is a bug, what app is involved exactly?

  • Against which program/package could I post a bug report or feature request? Is it the bug-reporting platform of Mozilla? Ubuntu? other?

cipricus
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  • Check if settings through update-alternatives or xdg-settings make difference. A case, I have faced before https://askubuntu.com/q/788043/26246 – user.dz Mar 13 '24 at 12:42
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    @user.dz - As said and reflected in image, the default application is already in place and working for all other casses, this is a Firefox-snap problem in Kubuntu. – cipricus Mar 14 '24 at 10:58
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    Since snap does not really work, I've described how to use Firefox without snap here. – kanehekili Mar 17 '24 at 00:14
  • @kanehekili - What I otherwise do is to run Firefox as a "portable" installation: Firefox and other Ff-based browsers can simply be run from the extracted folder after downloading their archive. Updates are automatic even in this scenario, no PPA needed. But this is a snap-specific question. I'm not asking for non-snap solutions. (Testing 24.04 we have a bug where non-snap&flatpak Firefox stopped working!) In fact, Firefox snap was the only snap I disliked and only because of the above problem. I can very well live with snap if I fix this problem and that is my intention :) Thanks. – cipricus Mar 17 '24 at 11:39
  • Thanks for the feedback. Running Firefox on Debian and ArchLinux (no snap) didn't show any problems the last years. I'll try the "extracted folder" version since I didn't know that – kanehekili Mar 17 '24 at 19:35

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