Default Applications

This module sets the applications that handle basic tasks. Applications sometimes need to open a terminal, send an email, manage files or show a map. To do so consistently, they always call the same components, and here you choose which programs those are.

Internet: Web browser, Email client, Calendar, Phone Numbers
Multimedia: Image viewer, Music player, Video player
Documents: Text editor, PDF viewer
Utilities: File manager, Terminal emulator, Archive manager, Map

Click the box of the component you want to configure and select your favorite. Choose Other… to open the application chooser and select one manually.

If an application may not be able to open all the file types of that kind, the module says so. View Details shows which types, and you can set how they open with Force All to Open in that application or Configure Manually….

To set which application opens a specific file type, see File Associations.

Adapted for SonicDE from invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-workspace/-/blob/master/doc/kcontrol/componentchooser/index.docbook by Burkhard Lück, licensed under GFDL 1.2 or later.

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