Clicking links in pdfs opened with Okular opens Abiword (instead of the default browser)

Question

I work with Xubuntu 12.04 and use Okular (version 0.14.3) to view pdf files. If I click a web link in a pdf file (created with "pdflatex" using the "hyperref" package), "Abiword" (It's a word-processing software, like Libreoffice writer) is opened instead of my default browser google-chrome. How can I change this behavior? The settings in Okular do not seem to provide a solution.

(Note that I set google-chrome as the preferred application for web browsing under Settings -> Preferred Applications, so that's not the problem).

Answer 1

The answer by @Marius is correct. It helped me. Just a clarification.

1. Run kcmshell4 filetypes or kcmshell5 filetypes in a console or by Alt+F2. File Associations - KDE Control Module will open.
2. Search for html and select the file type text/html.
3. Move the application name you want to be a default for html in the "Application Preference Order" to the top.

Answer 2

For newer KDE versions you might need to run:

kcmshell4 componentchooser

and set the "Web Browser" to the command of your preferred browser.

This worked on Arch Linux, at least.

Answer 3

The answer can be found in the okular devel list here

The important part is quoted here

Is it linking to an html file? If so you might want to also check which is the default application in kcmshell4 filetypes for html mimetype.

Answer 4

I am using Ubuntu 18.04 and for me it finally worked:

1. running: kcmshell4 filetypes
2. selection the File type: inode/vnd.kde.service.http and adding the Firefox to Application Preference Order.

I think that addition of text/html (as suggested in the previous answer) was not enough because not all links in pdf files have the filename pattern *html

Answer 5

I did the above -- moved my chosen browser to the top but it still opened in the browser I did NOT want. What solved it was to choose 'remove' to delete the browser that I did not want to use. That fixed it for me.