How can I get Firefox to use Dolphin instead of Nautilus?

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I am using dolphin as my file manager and when I download something via firefox, I right click the download dialog and choose "open folder", I always get nautilus.

Why doesn't firefox open the folder with dolphin? Thanks

Note: I tried adding the tag "dolphin" but because of my low rep I can't create new tags :(

score 7 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 22 '13 at 09:35

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sudo apt-get install kmozillahelper

is not more available.

How to use dolphin to open folder in firefox

When I installed KDE and Firefox this feature actually worked – I downloaded a file, clicked on “open containing folder”, and Dolphin would happily pop with the respective folder open.

However, when I installed a few more apps, Firefox started calling Gwent or other app to “open the folder”.

Solution:

In the file /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache, find inode/directory and make kde4-dolphin.desktop on first such as:

inode/directory=kde4-dolphin.desktop;kde4-gwenview.desktop;kde4-kfmclient_dir.desktop;

edited Jun 22 '13 at 09:35

Adobe

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answered May 28 '13 at 08:22

user162413

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I did it and it did not help... – Anton Petrunin Jan 03 '17 at 03:50
I needed to use org.kde.dolphin.desktop instead of kde4-dolphin.desktop. – tobiasBora Feb 05 '18 at 11:57
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easier to run mimeopen -d / and pick Dolphin from the list – ewanm89 Mar 17 '21 at 12:32
@ewanm89 I wish you posted this as an answer. I will post this on your behalf as a community post. Thanks! – Autodidact Apr 01 '23 at 17:41
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@Autodidact I'm trying to remember why I didn't, I do note that was 2021 and this is a 2013 question. – ewanm89 Apr 03 '23 at 13:31

score 5 · Answer 2 · edited Nov 15 '16 at 06:58

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As user162413 stated, kmozillahelper is no longer avaliable. His solution however did not work for me.

Instead, one from dragly did the trick:

Open up /usr/share/applications/defaults.list and change line

inode/directory=nautilus.desktop

to

inode/directory=kde4/dolphin.desktop

Works without need to restart Firefox.

edited Nov 15 '16 at 06:58

Anwar

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answered Jan 07 '14 at 11:39

morynicz

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Didn't work for me either. Is there another possible solution? – Benjamin Marwell Aug 18 '15 at 19:29
Not working as well. Can you please post the version of OS and application? – Tik0 Oct 06 '15 at 11:44
this is the correct answer 16.04 LTS -- works for me – activedecay Oct 19 '18 at 18:47

Richard Holloway · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-17T16:20:36.677

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To get Dolphin in the file-picker dialog, install the package "kmozillahelper" from the standard repositories.

sudo apt-get install kmozillahelper

Set the filepicker-variable in in Firefox by visiting the URL about:config.

More information here

edited Aug 17 '10 at 16:20

answered Aug 17 '10 at 16:14

Richard Holloway

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The More Information link is dead. – alpha1 Apr 27 '15 at 16:47
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As is the package itself: E: Unable to locate package kmozillahelper. – Neinstein Jun 15 '20 at 06:43

score 1 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 19 '18 at 09:20

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A workaround that worked for me was to set MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 when launching Firefox.

answered Mar 19 '18 at 09:20

Jeenu

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score 1 · Answer 5 · edited Nov 15 '16 at 07:00

After installing Firefox in Kubuntu there was not default file manager associated with the browser.

Pressing the grey/green "Display the progress of ongoing downloads" arrow, just next to the search engine box in the head (right hand/top) of the browser (my Firefox version is 25.0.1), "Show All Downloads" menu was displayed.
When I pressed it "Library" window opened and I pressed on "Open Containing Folder" button.
Then "Launch Application" dialogue pops up with "Choose an Application" suggestion.
Pressing "Choose..." I selected /usr/bin/ as folder and chose dolphin as the program. Dolphin can be selected as default application using the check box.

By the way - trying to install kmozillahelper in Kubuntu I got "E: Unable to locate package kmozillahelper". That's right - it's not available any more.

Well... The problem is if firefox is already assigned a program, then you won't get the "Choose an application" suggestion — Anwar, Nov 15 '16 at 07:01

score 1 · Answer 6 · edited Jun 22 '16 at 22:55

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For those still having this issue, I found a slightly easier way:

Open the Default Applications control module (KDE menu -> search for Default)
Select the File Manager list
Ensure that Dolphin is selected
- if it is already selected, reselect by clicking on another option then back to Dolphin
click Apply
test

This worked for me. YMMV, but this would be a much better solution rather than editing the MIME configuration manually.

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answered Mar 21 '16 at 23:21

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Did not work me, Firefox still uses Gnome Files :-/ – oulenz Jul 25 '17 at 10:59
This worked for me, running KDE on Ubuntu 20.4. – Matthew Sep 27 '21 at 12:07

score 0 · Answer 7 · answered Aug 13 '19 at 22:34

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I had a similar problem. Installing KDE for Ubuntu and Firefox not using Dolphin. The only thing that worked for me was uninstalling Nautilus and everything GNOME related completely.

answered Aug 13 '19 at 22:34

Jascha Beste

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score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Apr 01 '23 at 17:43

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Run mimeopen -d / and pick Dolphin from the list.

Promoting comment from @ewanm89 to answer (with thanks)!

answered Apr 01 '23 at 17:43

Autodidact

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