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AntonioCS
Asked: 2010-08-18 07:58:39 +0800 CST

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 :(

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7 Answers

  1. 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;
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  2. 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.

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  3. Best Answer

    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

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

    1. 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.

    2. When I pressed it "Library" window opened and I pressed on "Open Containing Folder" button.

    3. Then "Launch Application" dialogue pops up with "Choose an Application" suggestion.

    4. 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.

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

    1. Open the Default Applications control module (KDE menu -> search for Default)
    2. Select the File Manager list
    3. Ensure that Dolphin is selected
      • if it is already selected, reselect by clicking on another option then back to Dolphin
    4. click Apply
    5. 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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  6. A workaround that worked for me was to set MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1 when launching Firefox.

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  7. 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.

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