nautilus: open-with but don't change default
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In recent versions of Gnome (Gnome 3.30 on Fedora 29, if it matters), it seems that when using right-click "Open With Other Application" from Nautilus, the option in the Select Application dialog to set the selected application as default has been removed, such that it now simply ALWAYS sets the application as default. I like to use open-with-other as a one-off thing, leaving the default as it was, so this behavior is disruptive to me.
Is there a way to change this behavior so that it does not conflate open-with-other and changing the default application? I assume there's at least a dconf/gsettings value I can change, but I can't find it.
Note that I am NOT asking how to set default applications - I am asking how to use open-with-other but without ALSO changing the default automatically.
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In recent versions of Gnome (Gnome 3.30 on Fedora 29, if it matters), it seems that when using right-click "Open With Other Application" from Nautilus, the option in the Select Application dialog to set the selected application as default has been removed, such that it now simply ALWAYS sets the application as default. I like to use open-with-other as a one-off thing, leaving the default as it was, so this behavior is disruptive to me.
Is there a way to change this behavior so that it does not conflate open-with-other and changing the default application? I assume there's at least a dconf/gsettings value I can change, but I can't find it.
Note that I am NOT asking how to set default applications - I am asking how to use open-with-other but without ALSO changing the default automatically.
EDIT: Added fedora tag
fedora gnome3 nautilus
asked Nov 16 at 21:07
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Sorry, got distracted and posted an answer that was completely off... The right-click "Open With Other Application" option works fine for me (double-click the app you want to use from the list: it does NOT set it as default). I was checking the other tab in Properties to see if the default app changes (it doesn't) and that's why I wrote that nonsense. This is, as I said, withnautilus 3.30.3
– don_crissti
2 days ago
Nautilus 3.30.3 here as well, but Fedora. Maybe this is Fedora-specific?
– owrq
2 days ago
Whatever it is, it has to do with your setup. I cannot reproduce your issue on a fresh install of Fedora 29. Everything works as expected (just like on archlinux), I can pick another app from the list and it won't make it the default handler so whatever it is, it's broken on your side.
– don_crissti
yesterday
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In recent versions of Gnome (Gnome 3.30 on Fedora 29, if it matters), it seems that when using right-click "Open With Other Application" from Nautilus, the option in the Select Application dialog to set the selected application as default has been removed, such that it now simply ALWAYS sets the application as default. I like to use open-with-other as a one-off thing, leaving the default as it was, so this behavior is disruptive to me.
Is there a way to change this behavior so that it does not conflate open-with-other and changing the default application? I assume there's at least a dconf/gsettings value I can change, but I can't find it.
Note that I am NOT asking how to set default applications - I am asking how to use open-with-other but without ALSO changing the default automatically.
EDIT: Added fedora tag
fedora gnome3 nautilus
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In recent versions of Gnome (Gnome 3.30 on Fedora 29, if it matters), it seems that when using right-click "Open With Other Application" from Nautilus, the option in the Select Application dialog to set the selected application as default has been removed, such that it now simply ALWAYS sets the application as default. I like to use open-with-other as a one-off thing, leaving the default as it was, so this behavior is disruptive to me.
Is there a way to change this behavior so that it does not conflate open-with-other and changing the default application? I assume there's at least a dconf/gsettings value I can change, but I can't find it.
Note that I am NOT asking how to set default applications - I am asking how to use open-with-other but without ALSO changing the default automatically.
EDIT: Added fedora tag
fedora gnome3 nautilus
fedora gnome3 nautilus
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Sorry, got distracted and posted an answer that was completely off... The right-click "Open With Other Application" option works fine for me (double-click the app you want to use from the list: it does NOT set it as default). I was checking the other tab in Properties to see if the default app changes (it doesn't) and that's why I wrote that nonsense. This is, as I said, withnautilus 3.30.3
– don_crissti
2 days ago
Nautilus 3.30.3 here as well, but Fedora. Maybe this is Fedora-specific?
– owrq
2 days ago
Whatever it is, it has to do with your setup. I cannot reproduce your issue on a fresh install of Fedora 29. Everything works as expected (just like on archlinux), I can pick another app from the list and it won't make it the default handler so whatever it is, it's broken on your side.
– don_crissti
yesterday
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Sorry, got distracted and posted an answer that was completely off... The right-click "Open With Other Application" option works fine for me (double-click the app you want to use from the list: it does NOT set it as default). I was checking the other tab in Properties to see if the default app changes (it doesn't) and that's why I wrote that nonsense. This is, as I said, withnautilus 3.30.3
– don_crissti
2 days ago
Nautilus 3.30.3 here as well, but Fedora. Maybe this is Fedora-specific?
– owrq
2 days ago
Whatever it is, it has to do with your setup. I cannot reproduce your issue on a fresh install of Fedora 29. Everything works as expected (just like on archlinux), I can pick another app from the list and it won't make it the default handler so whatever it is, it's broken on your side.
– don_crissti
yesterday
Sorry, got distracted and posted an answer that was completely off... The right-click "Open With Other Application" option works fine for me (double-click the app you want to use from the list: it does NOT set it as default). I was checking the other tab in Properties to see if the default app changes (it doesn't) and that's why I wrote that nonsense. This is, as I said, with
nautilus 3.30.3– don_crissti
2 days ago
Sorry, got distracted and posted an answer that was completely off... The right-click "Open With Other Application" option works fine for me (double-click the app you want to use from the list: it does NOT set it as default). I was checking the other tab in Properties to see if the default app changes (it doesn't) and that's why I wrote that nonsense. This is, as I said, with
nautilus 3.30.3– don_crissti
2 days ago
Nautilus 3.30.3 here as well, but Fedora. Maybe this is Fedora-specific?
– owrq
2 days ago
Nautilus 3.30.3 here as well, but Fedora. Maybe this is Fedora-specific?
– owrq
2 days ago
Whatever it is, it has to do with your setup. I cannot reproduce your issue on a fresh install of Fedora 29. Everything works as expected (just like on archlinux), I can pick another app from the list and it won't make it the default handler so whatever it is, it's broken on your side.
– don_crissti
yesterday
Whatever it is, it has to do with your setup. I cannot reproduce your issue on a fresh install of Fedora 29. Everything works as expected (just like on archlinux), I can pick another app from the list and it won't make it the default handler so whatever it is, it's broken on your side.
– don_crissti
yesterday
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Sorry, got distracted and posted an answer that was completely off... The right-click "Open With Other Application" option works fine for me (double-click the app you want to use from the list: it does NOT set it as default). I was checking the other tab in Properties to see if the default app changes (it doesn't) and that's why I wrote that nonsense. This is, as I said, with
nautilus 3.30.3– don_crissti
2 days ago
Nautilus 3.30.3 here as well, but Fedora. Maybe this is Fedora-specific?
– owrq
2 days ago
Whatever it is, it has to do with your setup. I cannot reproduce your issue on a fresh install of Fedora 29. Everything works as expected (just like on archlinux), I can pick another app from the list and it won't make it the default handler so whatever it is, it's broken on your side.
– don_crissti
yesterday