Wrong browser is launching

[Dave92f1]

I installed Google Chrome, it's working fine, I set it as the default browser in Systems Settings, yet, when I double-click some .desktop files or use "xdg-open https://domain.com' at the terminal, Firefox launches.

Here's a .desktop file that behaves this way:

[Desktop Entry]
Icon=text-html
Name[en_US]=env vars
Name=env vars
Type=Link
URL[$e]=https://www.serverlab.ca/tutorials/linux/administration-linux/how-to-set-environment-variables-in-linux/

Plus:

~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list does not exist.

And:

dave@MONOLITH:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
google-chrome.desktop

dave@MONOLITH:~$ xdg-settings --list
Known properties:
default-url-scheme-handler Default handler for URL scheme
default-web-browser Default web browser​

I also looked in ~/.bashrc, ~./bash_login, ~/.bash_profile, and ~/.profile and see no mentions of either browser anywhere (not all of those files exist).

Yet:

dave@MONOLITH:~$ xdg-mime query default x-scheme-handler/https
firefox_firefox.desktop

(emphasis is mine)

I'm not sure how to change that, or if it's the source of the problem. Or why it didn't get changed when I setup
K>System Settings>Default Applications>Web Browser (or when Chrome got installed).

[Dave92f1]

It won't let me update the post, but I'm on "Linux MONOLITH 5.19.0-43-generic #44~22.04.1-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon May 22 13:39:36 UTC 2 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux" (forgot to mention).

[GreyGeek]

Settings --> Applications --> Default Applications --> Browser (set Browser to FireFox)

[claydoh]

What does checking xdg-settings show?
xdg-settings get default-web-browser

If the settings do not match in System Settings, after changing them, the do it manually:

xdg-settings set default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop

and to check if things are fine:

xdg-settings check default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop

[Dave92f1]

@GreyGeek: Why set it to Firefox? I want Chrome. That is already set to Chrome (as I said in the first post).

@claydoh:

dave@MONOLITH:~$ xdg-settings get default-web-browser
google-chrome.desktop
dave@MONOLITH:~$ xdg-settings check default-web-browser google-chrome.desktop
yes
dave@MONOLITH:~$

Still, Firefox launches.

[Snowhog]

Since setting the default browser, have you restarted/rebooted?

[Qqmike]

That's a good point! Don't ask me how I know that.

[GreyGeek]

Brain fart. Sorry about that.
Try Settings --> Applications --> File Associations --> Text (add Chrome or move it to the top of the list)

[Dave92f1]

Brain fart. Sorry about that.
Try Settings --> Applications --> File Associations --> Text (add Chrome or move it to the top of the list)

That worked!

Thank you!

Can you please explain why and how?