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orschiro

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[solved] Modifying protocol handlers in Chromium

Dear all,

I would like Chromium to open Google Calendar for .ics files.

I browsed the web and they suggest to modify chrome://settings/handlers and add the Google Calendar there to open ics files.

However, in my chromium 40.0.2214.111-1 I cannot add, delete or change any modifiers.

The box is empty: http://i.imgur.com/fPIdrPL.png

Has someone succeeded in modifying the protocol handlers in Chromium?

Thank you!

Robert

Last edited by orschiro (2015-02-27 09:26:29)

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rep_movsd

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Re: [solved] Modifying protocol handlers in Chromium

You can only modify handlers that websites set, it is not a general feature.

For example login to  gmail, you will see an icon to the far right of the address bar like two diamonds, when you click that, you can allow or deny gmail to become a handler for  "mailto:"
Once you allow you will see the entry for gmail appear in that handler dialog.

An old but related thread is : https://productforums.google.com/forum/ … PhxiTQlf4s

Only websites can register handlers, which the user is prompted to verify. Once added, you can remove it from the dialog, but you cant enter stuff there.

orschiro

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Re: [solved] Modifying protocol handlers in Chromium

For example login to  gmail, you will see an icon to the far right of the address bar like two diamonds

Thank you! That's indeed the solution. For anyone else, the diamonds look like this:

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