Can I add parameters to the default browser setting?

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Mon, 2024-11-04 at 16:07 +0000, Chris Green wrote:
> Is i possible to add parameters to the default browser setting in
> xfce4?
> 
> I want to prevent a new browser window popping up when I right click
> to open a link in a terminal window.  I want the link to open a new
> tab in my existing browser window.

Hi Chris,

you can for example write a script that does launch an URL in a browser
(tab) and make this script the default browser, instead of making a
browser directly the default browser.

A very long time ago I used two very primitive scripts. I didn't use
those script much and never wrote a good script.

However, it does demonstrate the principle.

Is a browser already running? If so, then use this browser (either open
another instance of this browser or open a new tab), if not launch
a(nother) browser.

You might need to add a "--new-tab" option.

• rocketmouse at archlinux ~/.customization 
$ cat default.browser.sh 
#! /bin/bash

pidof xombrero
case $? in
  0) xombrero $*; exit;;
esac
pidof opera
case $? in
  0) opera $*;;
  *) apulse firefox $*;;
esac
exit

• rocketmouse at archlinux ~/.customization 
$ cat default.browser_no-apulse.sh 
#! /bin/bash

pidof xombrero
case $? in
  0) xombrero $*; exit;;
esac
pidof opera
case $? in
  0) opera $*;;
  *) firefox $*;;
esac
exit

• rocketmouse at archlinux ~/.customization 
$ ls -hAltr default.browser*
.rwxr-xr-x rocketmouse rocketmouse 138 B Wed Dec  4 07:02:33 2013  default.browser_no-apulse.sh
.rwxr-xr-x rocketmouse rocketmouse 145 B Sun Jun 18 15:42:13 2017  default.browser.sh

Regards,
Ralf