I'm trying to get it so i can click on complex mailto links (that have params for subject etc) in a page in Chrome, and that opens the mail in gmail, in Chrome.
I've installed gnome-gmail. Chrome is set as my default browser, in System/Preferences/Preferred Applications. my x-www-browser and gnome-www-browser config are both set to /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable 200 auto mode:
$ sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser There are 3 choices for the alternative x-www-browser (providing /usr/bin/x-www-browser). Selection Path Priority Status ------------------------------------------------------------ * 0 /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable 200 auto mode 1 /usr/bin/firefox 40 manual mode 2 /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable 200 manual mode 3 /usr/bin/opera 200 manual mode $ sudo update-alternatives --config gnome-www-browser There are 3 choices for the alternative gnome-www-browser (providing /usr/bin/gnome-www-browser). Selection Path Priority Status ------------------------------------------------------------ * 0 /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable 200 auto mode 1 /usr/bin/firefox 40 manual mode 2 /usr/bin/google-chrome-stable 200 manual mode 3 /usr/bin/opera 200 manual mode When i open gnome-gmail, it opens in Firefox, not chrome. Various other apps seem to prefer to open firefox rather than chrome.
When i click on a mailto, it opens an empty window in chrome.
I'm confused. Am i missing some config here?
Any help much appreciated! Max
EDIT: i've now made it so that all the apps which used to open firefox (including gnome-gmail) now open chrome instead, by editing ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list and changing all instances of =firefox.desktop to =google-chrome.desktop. So, gnome-gmail now opens chrome. But, when i click on a mailto it still just opens a new empty chrome window.
