1783679 - In Compose window, if a PDf is attached and clicked to open, Thunderbird launches Firefox instead of Evince (Ubuntu)

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1698140

(Thunderbird :: Message Compose Window, defect)

Description

[Xavier]

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:103.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/103.0

Steps to reproduce:

Hi,

In Thunderbird on Ubuntu Gnome, I set Evince as default program to open pdf files from Thunderbird.

In received messages, and those saved on "Sent" folder, it works perfectly.

Actual results:

But in the "Compose" window: if I add a pdf file to the message, and double-click on it to open and verify it, Thunderbird always uses Firefox to show it.

In case Firefox is not installed (or has been removed), I have an error message telling there is not associated application for pdf files and to go to Preferences - where Evince is already and still defined as default.

It happens since many months and bug is still present in Thunderbird 102 / Ubuntu 22.10 beta.

Expected results:

Thunderbird should use the default program set by the user (like Evince) even in the Compose window to open pdf files.

Related bugs:

Upstream
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1734428

Ubuntu
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1945741
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/thunderbird/+bug/1981163

Thanks!

Comment 1

[Thomas D. (:thomas8)]

Hi Xavier, thanks. From your symptoms, this looks like a duplicate of bug 1698140. Do you agree?