1917286 - Firefox does not set itself as default browser if installed its path contains spaces

Status: NEW

(Firefox :: Shell Integration, defect, P3)

Description

[Max Christian Pohle [:/dev/max]]

Attachment: Screencast from 03.07.2024 15_27_43.webm created by test engineer Bianca Hidecuti [:bhidecuti]

With a tar.bz2-installation on gnome its not possible to configure Firefox as default browser if the path name contains spaces.

Steps to reproduce:

• Extract the archive to a folder with a space in its name
• run Firefox
• visit about:preferences and try to set it as default browser (does not work, sad smiley)

The console displays an error message of type NS_ERROR_FILE_NOT_FOUND in setDefaultBrowser

This bug was discovered by Bianca Hidecuti (thank you!) and explained here.

Comment 1

[Max Christian Pohle [:/dev/max]]

Assigning severity 4, because one has to intentionally name a folder to trigger the problem as the folder contained in the archive does not have a space. With this additional effort the impact on users is even lower.