As of today's Lubuntu 19.04 with lxqt-session 0.14.1, I can confirm this
is now fixed in that it is possible to set other values for the default
browser.

That said, not all browsers show up in the list when installed. falkon,
chromium-browser, and dillo do not show up. They can be added with the
search option, though.

The problem with this, though, is that it's setting the BROWSER
environment variable and it doesn't change the file associations.
Furthermore, the BROWSER variable can create problems changing default
browsers (see https://launchpad.net/bugs/1823917).

Using `xdg-settings set default-www-browser chromium-browser.desktop`
(or whatever the desktop filename is) does seem to change file
associations, url scheme handlers, etc. This is the most robust way to
change default browsers, especially for browsers like falkon and dillo
which don't have an in-build way to make them default. It's clear given
the bug above that's what chromium-browser uses.

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