Problems with changing default browser. | Omacom | Page 1

frigid kindle Mar 28, 2026, 6:42 PM

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From what I gather the way to do it is change the value found in "/home/user/.config/uwsm/default" and I've already done that. (my browser of preference being vivaldi)

However, many apps throught the system still default to using chromium to open external links, while some others do not. I've checked if vivaldi is indeed my default by typing in "$BROWSER" and "omarchy-launch-browser" and both do open vivaldi.

¿Does anybody have any idea what may be wrong with this?

Aditional question: Vivaldi has native suport for PWAs. ¿Is there a way to change the default PWA engine of the system?

||I installed the system onto my laptop using the Omarchy ISO (dated to 28d of this post)||

indigo juniper Mar 28, 2026, 7:05 PM

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webapps are opened in chromium

frigid kindle Mar 28, 2026, 9:36 PM

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frigid kindle From what I gather the way to do it is change the value found in "/home/user/.co...

$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser

Check the output of that

frigid kindle Mar 28, 2026, 11:01 PM

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frigid kindle ```$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser``` Check the output of that

~ ❯ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
vivaldi-stable.desktop

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Still no Idea what might be wrong

indigo juniper Mar 28, 2026, 11:01 PM

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yes, but omarchy uses chromium for webapps

frigid kindle Mar 28, 2026, 11:02 PM

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And...?

indigo juniper Mar 28, 2026, 11:03 PM

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you need to edit omarchy-launch-webapp and omarchy-launchorfocus-webapp

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and change chromium.deskop in vivaldi-*.stable

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in .local/share/omarchy/bin/

frigid kindle Mar 28, 2026, 11:09 PM

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indigo juniper you need to edit omarchy-launch-webapp and omarchy-launchorfocus-webapp

Done, do I have to re-install the apps tho?

indigo juniper Mar 28, 2026, 11:09 PM

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no

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they should open with vivaldi now

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try a logout first

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and then open a webapp

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see if it's opening in vivaldi

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as you can see it works

frigid kindle Mar 28, 2026, 11:14 PM

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It did, yeah

indigo juniper Mar 28, 2026, 11:14 PM

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hyprctl clients report that reddit is opened in vivaldi

frigid kindle Mar 28, 2026, 11:14 PM

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Thanks pal!

indigo juniper Mar 28, 2026, 11:14 PM

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sure, np

frigid kindle Mar 30, 2026, 12:21 AM

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Seemed like it worked but now not so much

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Terminal apps still use chromium

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And when uninstalled they just do nothing

indigo juniper Mar 30, 2026, 4:53 PM

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terminal apps?

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give a few examples

frigid kindle Mar 30, 2026, 8:31 PM

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I use ranger as my usual file explorer, and when opening html files it uses chromium

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I've been researching on the xdg-settings thingy and I've come to see the default-url-hadler thingy

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Think it might be it?

indigo juniper Mar 30, 2026, 8:57 PM

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might be

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