Java Desktop System Release 3 User Guide

Web Browser Preferences

Use the Web Browser tabbed section to configure your preferred web browser. The preferred web browser opens when you click on a URL. For example, the preferred web browser opens when you select a URL in an application, or when you select a URL launcher on the desktop background.

Table 7–30 lists the preferred web browser preferences that you can modify.

Table 7–30 Preferred Web Browser Preferences

Dialog Element 

Description 

Select a Web Browser

Select this option if you want to use a standard web browser. Use the drop-down combination box to select your preferred web browser. 

Custom Web Browser

Select this option if you want to use a custom web browser.  

Command

Enter the command to start the custom web browser. To enable the browser to display a URL that you click on, include “%s” after the command.

Start in Terminal

Select this option to run the command in a terminal window. Select this option for a browser that does not create a window in which to run.