exo-open --launch WebBrowser does not do anything

Submitted by YS1

Assigned to Nick Schermer

Link to original bug (#13492)

Description

I am using a Debian 8 virtual machine for testing purposes with Xfce as a DE.

I noticed that clicking the WebBrowser button on the default panel does not do anything visible.

In fact, typing exo-open --launch WebBrowser in a terminal does not seem to work either.

xdg-settings get default-web-browser gives firefox.desktop

locate firefox.desktop gives /usr/share/xfce4/helpers/firefox.desktop

/usr/share/xfce4/helpers/firefox.desktop contains X-XFCE-Binaries=firefox;firefox-gtk2;firefox-gtk;mozilla-firefox;

and running "firefox" correctly opens the Firefox browser.

The Preferred application dialog also states Mozilla Firefox as the default web browser.

exo-open --launch TerminalEmulator and FileManager correctly open a new terminal/manager window. exo-open --launch MailReader correctly prompts for the choice of a default application.

Version: 0.10.2