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bengallancer

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Registered: 2020-01-14

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[SOLVED] Issue with xdg-open and Microsoft Edge

Hi everyone,

I'm encountering an issue with signing into Visual Studio Code on Arch Linux. I believe the problem is related to xdg-open not opening URLs in Microsoft Edge correctly.

When I execute the command:

xdg-open 'https://www.example.com'

Microsoft Edge opens, but with http://target_uri/" in the address bar instead of the expected URL.

Here are the settings and outputs from my system:

$ echo $BROWSER
/usr/bin/microsoft-edge-stable

$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
edge.desktop

$ xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/http
edge.desktop

$ xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/https
edge.desktop

$ XDG_UTILS_DEBUG_LEVEL=2 xdg-open 'https://www.example.com'
Selected DE generic
Checking /home/jim/.config/mimeapps.list
Opening in existing browser session.

$ cat /home/jim/.config/mimeapps.list
[Added Associations]
image/png=geeqie.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/http=edge.desktop;
x-scheme-handler/https=edge.desktop;
text/html=edge.desktop;

[Default Applications]
x-scheme-handler/http=edge.desktop
x-scheme-handler/https=edge.desktop
x-scheme-handler/chrome=edge.desktop
text/html=edge.desktop
application/x-extension-htm=edge.desktop
application/x-extension-html=edge.desktop
application/x-extension-shtml=edge.desktop
application/xhtml+xml=edge.desktop
application/x-extension-xhtml=edge.desktop
application/x-extension-xht=edge.desktop
x-scheme-handler/about=edge.desktop
x-scheme-handler/unknown=edge.desktop
x-scheme-handler/mailto=microsoft-edge.desktop

Has anyone experienced a similar issue or can offer some insights on how to resolve this? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

Last edited by bengallancer (2024-01-07 15:18:10)

WorMzy

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Re: [SOLVED] Issue with xdg-open and Microsoft Edge

Mod note: Moving to AUR Issues.

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Lone_Wolf

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Re: [SOLVED] Issue with xdg-open and Microsoft Edge

Please post the content of edge.desktop (should be in /usr/share/applications)

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bengallancer

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Re: [SOLVED] Issue with xdg-open and Microsoft Edge

/usr/share/applications/edge.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Microsoft Edge
Comment=Microsoft's web browser
Exec=/usr/bin/microsoft-edge-stable
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
Categories=Network;WebBrowser;

Lone_Wolf

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Re: [SOLVED] Issue with xdg-open and Microsoft Edge

Exec=/usr/bin/microsoft-edge-stable

That's the issue. Your Exec key doesn't pass any input to the browser.
copy usr/share/applications/edge.desktop  to ~/.local/share/applications , then edit it and append %u to that line.

https://specifications.freedesktop.org/ … -variables for details on the Exec key .

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bengallancer

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Re: [SOLVED] Issue with xdg-open and Microsoft Edge

That was it, thank you Lone_Wolf.