Okular and other applications open HTML Links in wrong application

Question

There are some applications that open html links in gvim instead of Firefox.

HTML Documents are linked to Firefox though, as I verified with the Tweak-Tool. Also, if I safe the html file somewhere and open that file, it is opened in Firefox.

What might be the reason for that?

Does xdg-open http://google.com opens google in the wrong application? — Hi-Angel, Aug 05 '16 at 13:20
What Desktop environment are you using? If you are using KDE Tweak Tool will not work probably. — hellozee, Aug 05 '16 at 13:38
I still have the problem. x-www-browser http://google.com works correctly as well. For example right-click on dropbox -> view on dropbox.com does not work. — Christian, Mar 06 '18 at 19:50

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 23 '17 at 12:41

Old post, but if someone also have this problem, as I also encountered this problem, here is a solution I found to solve this problem with Okular (and may be other apps if using KDE as desktop environment).

If you are using KDE, open Configuration panel -> Applications -> File association

Search for "http", then in "inode", select "vnd.kde.service.http". Add Firefox in applications (or other browser) and set it as first application (if other).

You'll probably have to quit Okular if it's running (or restart session).

Note : Some indications may be different, because my interface is not in English.

Okular and other applications open HTML Links in wrong application

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