Re: [Evolution] Browser link

[Adam Tauno Williams <awilliam whitemice org>]

> Since I am using Kubuntu 17.10 I installed Evolution 3.26.1-1. In
> former versions of Evolution I simple made a left double-click on the
> link embedded in an email. The default browser started and displayed
> the right website. In this new version of Evolution I have to make a
> right click to see a fly-out menu. In this menu I can choose to open
> the link in a browser or to copy the link. If I choose to open the
> link in a browser I am getting the attached message. Only copy the
> link and paste it into the browser is working. But that is very
> uncomfortable.
> What can I do that Evolution will recognize the default browser and
> open the link there?

My belief is that Evolution does use the default browser; perhaps it is
not set correctly in your DE?

What happens if you run: xdg-open http://www.example.com

 - or -

awilliam@beast01:~/projects/coils-code.git> xdg-settings get default-
web-browser
firefox.desktop

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