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Browser Chooser for GNOME
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[Desktop Entry] | |
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; | |
Comment=Browser picker | |
Exec=$HOME/.bin/browser_chooser %U | |
GenericName=Web Browser | |
Icon=firefox | |
Keywords=Internet;WWW;Browser;Web;Explorer | |
Name=Browser Chooser | |
Type=Application | |
Version=1.0 | |
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/unknown;x-scheme-handler/about;text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; |
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#!/bin/bash | |
# Browser chooser for GNOME | |
# Takes over as the default browser and prompts for where to open URLs | |
# Requires rofi & papirus-icon-theme | |
# sudo apt install rofi papirus-icon-theme | |
# Save this file as: | |
# $HOME/.bin/browser_chooser | |
# Create a desktop entry here: | |
# touch $HOME/.local/share/applications/browser_chooser.desktop | |
# With the contents: | |
# [Desktop Entry] | |
# Categories=GNOME;GTK;Network;WebBrowser; | |
# Comment=Browser picker | |
# Exec=$HOME/.bin/browser_chooser %U | |
# GenericName=Web Browser | |
# Icon=firefox | |
# Keywords=Internet;WWW;Browser;Web;Explorer | |
# Name=Browser Chooser | |
# Type=Application | |
# Version=1.0 | |
# MimeType=x-scheme-handler/unknown;x-scheme-handler/about;text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/xml;application/rss+xml;application/rdf+xml;image/gif;image/jpeg;image/png;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;x-scheme-handler/chrome;video/webm;application/x-xpinstall; | |
# Set permissions | |
# chmod +x $HOME/.local/share/applications/browser_chooser.desktop | |
# Activate with: | |
# xdg-settings set default-web-browser browser_chooser.desktop | |
# Change themes with: | |
# rofi-theme-selector | |
browsers="Firefox\0icon\x1ffirefox,Chromium\0icon\x1fchromium" | |
browser_count=$(($(echo "$browsers" | tr -cd ',' | wc -c)+1)) | |
browser_choice=$( | |
echo -en "$browsers" | \ | |
rofi -dmenu -i -sep ',' -format i -width 10 \ | |
-lines $browser_count -line-margin 0 -line-padding 1 \ | |
-font "hack 32" -hide-scrollbar \ | |
-icon-theme "Papirus" -show-icons | |
) | |
[[ "${browser_choice}" == "0" ]] && chosen_browser="firefox" | |
[[ "${browser_choice}" == "1" ]] && chosen_browser="chromium" | |
# chosen_browser=$( | |
# case $browser_choice in | |
# 0) | |
# echo -n "firefox" | |
# ;; | |
# 1) | |
# echo -n "chromium" | |
# ;; | |
# esac | |
# ) | |
if [ -n "$chosen_browser" ]; then | |
$chosen_browser $1 | |
fi |
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