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Bug 766753 - Right clicking and choosing "Open With" sets the default application
Right clicking and choosing "Open With" sets the default application
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 747706
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: general
3.20.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2016-05-21 12:26 UTC by Andy Pastuszak
Modified: 2016-05-30 08:40 UTC
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Description Andy Pastuszak 2016-05-21 12:26:11 UTC 
When I right click on an application and choose "Open With" and pick an application that is not the default, the app I choose is set as the default.

I use Image Viewer to typically open image files, such as a JPEG  But sometimes I want to edit and image file.  So, I right click on the file, choose Open With and pick GIMP.  Now every JPEG opens with Gimp when I double click on it.

I would prefer to have it open the file and leave the default alone.  Changing the default file for a specific MIME type should be a little harder to do than this simple action.
Comment 1 WHK 2016-05-26 01:52:14 UTC 
This is not a bug. To set default app right click and properties->open as->set as default.

I open jpg with gimp but i want open ever with the image viewer.
Comment 2 Andy Pastuszak 2016-05-26 02:58:54 UTC 
So are you saying choosing a different app other than the default app from "Open With" should change the default app?
Comment 3 Andrea Antolini 2016-05-28 16:46:31 UTC 
I opened a similar bug for nautilus/files ver. 3.18 (https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=747706)

It has been closed as duplicate of https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=747706

There's a patch but it is  not yet applied/released to nautilus 3.20  ...

Regards
Comment 4 Andrea Antolini 2016-05-28 16:51:53 UTC 
...oops,   bug opened by me  was #757960
Comment 5 Carlos Soriano 2016-05-30 08:40:38 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 747706 ***