Preferred Applications

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Use the Preferred Applications preference tool to specify the applications that you want the Oracle Solaris Desktop to use when it starts an application. For example, you can specify a web browser application (Epiphany, Mozilla Firefox, or Opera) to start when you click a link in other applications such as email clients or document viewers.

To access this preference tool, choose System → Preferences → Preferred Applications.

You can customize the preferences for the Preferred Applications preference tool in the following functional areas:

Internet (Web, Mail)
Multimedia (Multimedia Player)
System (Terminal)
Accessibility (Visual, Mobility)

For each preferred application category, you can choose from a list of possible applications. The list depends on the applications installed on your computer.

In each category, the last item in the menu (Custom) enables you to customize the command used by the system when the specific launch action occurs. The following table summarizes the various options that you can choose when you select Custom.

Table 10-1 Custom Command Options

Dialog Element	Description
Command	Type the command to execute to start the custom application. For the Web Browser and the Mail Reader applications, you can include a `%s` after the command to tell the application to use the URL or Email address you clicked. The exact command arguments depend on the specific application.
Run in terminal	Select this option to run the command in a terminal window. Select this option for an application that does not create a window in which to run.
Execute flag (Terminal only)	Most terminal applications have an option that causes them to treat the remaining command-line options as commands to run (`–x` for the terminal). Type this option here. For example, this setting is used when executing a command of a launcher for which the chosen type is Application in Terminal.
Run at start (Accessibility only)	Select this option to run the command as soon as your session begins. For more accessibility options, see Oracle Solaris 11 Desktop Accessibility Guide .