Bug #54192 WB opens links in IE instead of default browser
Submitted: 2 Jun 2010 22:02 Modified: 17 Jun 2010 10:38
Reporter: Todd Farmer (OCA) Email Updates:
Status: Closed Impact on me:
None 
Category:MySQL Workbench Severity:S3 (Non-critical)
Version:5.2.22 OS:Windows (XP)
Assigned to: Mike Lischke CPU Architecture:Any

[2 Jun 2010 22:02] Todd Farmer
Description:
I clicked on the Community -> Learn How to Code for Workbench menu item, which brought up an tab containing links to other resources.  Clicking on these links opens a web page in IE, which is not my default browser (in fact, I never use it unless forced to do so).

How to repeat:
See above.

Suggested fix:
Use default browser.
[14 Jun 2010 13:27] Mike Lischke
Unfortunately, this is unavoidable, if we want an embedded browser (and we want that). IE is evil enough to open external links in an IE window, instead the default browser. This is something we have no control over. And since IE is the only embedable engine (on Windows) we are allowed to use we have to accept that.
[14 Jun 2010 14:51] Mike Lischke
I almost gave up too early. With some trial and error I was able to make the embedded webbrowser behave as we want it. Links on a web page in an embedded browser that want to open a new window are now opened in the system's default browser (just like any other external link).
[16 Jun 2010 20:53] Johannes Taxacher
fix confirmed in repository
[17 Jun 2010 10:38] Tony Bedford
An entry has been added to the 5.2.23 changelog:

When clicking on external links in the embedded browser, Internet Explorer was launched, rather than the default browser.