[Qgis-user] change default webbrowser in qgis3 settings?

[Groene Bij]

This one opens Firefox...

So maybe it is an issue in qgis, I'll give it to Tom.



-----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
Van: Richard Duivenvoorde <rdmailings at duif.net> 
Verzonden: vrijdag 1 maart 2019 10:59
Aan: Groene Bij <mail at groenebij.nl>; richard at duif.net; qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
Onderwerp: Re: [Qgis-user] change default webbrowser in qgis3 settings?

Sorry, wrong example, please try:

QDesktopServices.openUrl(QUrl('http://qgis.org'))

Richard

On 01/03/2019 10.35, Groene Bij wrote:
> Hi Richard,
> 
> Using your line in the Python Console I get the following message:
> 
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "C:\PROGRA~1\QGIS3~1.4\apps\Python37\lib\code.py", line 90, in runcode
>     exec(code, self.locals)
>   File "<input>", line 1, in <module>
> TypeError: openUrl(QUrl): argument 1 has unexpected type 'str'
> 
> I am using 3.4.5 LTR
> 
> Greetings,
> Jeroen
> 
> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: Qgis-user <qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> Namens Richard 
> Duivenvoorde
> Verzonden: maandag 25 februari 2019 22:08
> Aan: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
> Onderwerp: Re: [Qgis-user] change default webbrowser in qgis3 settings?
> 
> Hi Jeroen,
> 
> I'd say: create an issue in the repo of it:
> https://github.com/tomchadwin/web2qgis/issues
> 
> I have some plugins which opened an url or file in a browser, and then used default Qt-machinery, something like:
> 
> QDesktopServices.openUrl('http://qgis.org')
> 
> What happens if you use that in the Python Console? In your QGIS 3.
> Does it open your preferred browser?
> Or does it also open IE. If last, then maybe it is a Qt setting?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Richard Duivenvoorde
> 
> On 25/02/2019 09.43, Groene Bij wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am sorry to repeat this question. I really hope someone can help.
>>
>> Today I did a clean install of 3.4.5 and exporting a map with the 
>> plugin qgis2web it still opens the webmap in IE. I don’t use IE, 
>> haven’t configured it and it is not my default webbrowser in Win10.
>>
>> Somehow, some setting in qgis 3 doesn’t use my default windows 
>> settings correctly.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Qgis 2.18.28 doesn’t have this problem. I also did a clean install of
>> 2.18.28 today, exported a map with the plugin and it opens in my 
>> default webbrowser which is Firefox.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Is it a bug in 3.4.5?
>>
>> Is there a setting somewhere to change the webbrowser used?
>>
>>  
>>
>>  
>>
>> Gr.
>>
>> Jeroen
>>
>>  
>>
>>  
>>
>> *Van:*Qgis-user <qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org> *Namens *Groene 
>> Bij
>> *Verzonden:* maandag 11 februari 2019 17:10
>> *Aan:* qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
>> *Onderwerp:* [Qgis-user] qgis3 uses IE as default browser on windows10?
>>
>>  
>>
>>  
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>>  
>>
>> Is there a setting in qgis3 to change the default internet browser 
>> used by processes?
>>
>> For instance, qgis2web opens a webbrowser after exporting the webmap. 
>> In
>> qgis2.18 my default browser Firefox was opened. Now, qgis3.4.4 it opens IE.
>>
>>  
>>
>> According to Tom Chadwin (qgis2web) the plugin refers to a piece of 
>> Pyhton code when opening the webbrowser:
>>
>> The code which opens the browser when you export is:
>>
>> https://github.com/tomchadwin/qgis2web/blob/master/qgis2web/maindialo
>> g
>> .py#L342
>>
>>  
>>
>> It uses the Python webbrowsermodule:
>>
>> https://docs.python.org/3/library/webbrowser.html
>>
>>  
>>
>> I have no experience with pyhon, so I hope there is a setting 
>> somewhere to choose my default browser. Besides that, I do hope qgis3 
>> will simply follow the default settings from the OS.
>>
>>  
>>
>> Kind regards.
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Qgis-user mailing list
>> Qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
>> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
>>
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Qgis-user mailing list
> Qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Qgis-user mailing list
> Qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-user
>