Thank you for your email! Actually there is such an option, just at another place. When you right click on the file and go to properties, there is a tab called "Open with" it lists a number of applications and you can choose one and click on "Set as default".
In my option this does suffice. Having a global option, as in the bug I opened (which is a duplicate of another bug), I think would make it even more user-friendly. Otherwise I don't see the use of having the Default setting control panel under settings, when that setting doesn't have any effect. >________________________________ > Von: Lonnie Lee Best <876...@bugs.launchpad.net> >An: saearea-t...@yahoo.com >Gesendet: 15:08 Freitag, 20.April 2012 >Betreff: [Bug 876897] Re: Changing Default Application for Music/Video/Photos >has no effect on some registered types > >Yes, but as you know, the main point is that there is no functioning GUI >for setting default applications. The user should be able to >choose/change which applications launch for each (an unlimited number) >file type. > >Look at the attached screen shot. Notice how Ubuntu's "Open With" >feature is missing the "Always use the selected program to open this >kind of file" check box. > >** Attachment added: "MissingAlwaysCheckbox.png" > >https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-control-center/+bug/876897/+attachment/3095715/+files/MissingAlwaysCheckbox.png > >-- >You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to a >duplicate bug report (985187). >https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/876897 > >Title: > Changing Default Application for Music/Video/Photos has no effect on > some registered types > >Status in GNOME Control Center: > Confirmed >Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu: > Triaged > >Bug description: > 1) Oneiric > System Settings → System Info → Default Applications > Issue reproted by OP: png, gif, svg, xpm (maybe more) do not open with >correct application. > > 2) Precise > System Settings → Details → Default Applications > Issue reported in Bug #924388: Video opens with Totem even if VLC is >selected as default > > 3) Upstream: > System Settings → Details → Default Applications > Issue reported in Gnome-bugs #662191: Setting default music player only >works for ogg vorbis files > > > What you expected to happen: > 1) When changing the default image viewer in from 'Image Viewer' to >'Shotwell Viewer' a double click on any image should open the image in >'Shotwell Viewer'. > > 2) When changing default video player, all video files should open > using that app. > > 3) When changing default music player, all music files should open > using that app. > > What happened instead: > 1) When clicking on a png, gif, xpm or svg file Ubuntu will open them in >'Image Viewer' instead of the system default image viewer → 'Shotwell Viewer'. > > 2) Videos open in Totem even though VLC is selected to be default. > > 3) Default music player only works for ogg files > >To manage notifications about this bug go to: >https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/876897/+subscriptions > > > ** Attachment added: "Bildschirmfoto vom 2012-04-20 15:39:28.png" https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/876897/+attachment/3095795/+files/Bildschirmfoto%20vom%202012-04-20%2015%3A39%3A28.png -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/876897 Title: Changing Default Application for Music/Video/Photos has no effect on some registered types To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-control-center/+bug/876897/+subscriptions -- desktop-bugs mailing list desktop-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
