352142 - No way to specify appplication to handle unknown file types.

Status: RESOLVED INCOMPLETE

(Firefox :: File Handling, defect)

Description

[web]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1b2) Gecko/20060821 Firefox/2.0b2
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X; en-US; rv:1.8.1b2) Gecko/20060821 Firefox/2.0b2

If I click on a link to a PDF, a dialog opens which asks me what I'd like to do with the file.  My choices are to open it with Adobe Acrobat Professional (no other applications appear in the drop-down) or save it to disk.  There is no way to specify an application which is not in the list.  I would like to be able to open PDFs with Preview.  There should be an option to select an application which is not in the list.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Click a link to a PDF.
2.Look at the dialog that appears.

Actual Results:  
I am only given one option for which application to open the PDF with.

Expected Results:  
I should be allowed to choose an application which is not in the list.

Comment 1

[Steve England [:stevee]]

Reporter, do you still see this problem with the latest Firefox 2? If not, can you please close this bug as WORKSFORME. Thanks!

Comment 2

[web]

Attachment: the dialog that appears when I click on a .pdf

Comment 3

[web]

Attachment: the drop down list I get.

Comment 4

[web]

I still see this in Firefox 2.0.0.4.  Could it have something to do with the fact that I have Adobe Acrobat installed?

Comment 5

[Steve England [:stevee]]

Are you able to change the default handler in Tools, Options, Content, Filetypes, Manage? If this is still a problem in Fx2 then I think it won't be in Fx3 as the whole filetype/mimetype thing is being reworked.

Comment 6

[web]

If, in the dialog box, I select "Always perform this action" (or whatever it's called), then, yes, I can go into Firefox > Preferences > Content and change the application.  This is a good workaround, it still seems like a bug to have a drop-down list that only ever has one option, even if that option can later be changed somewhere else.  

Comment 7

[web]

I still see this in Firefox 3 Beta 1.

Comment 8

[Tyler Downer [He/Him]]

How about Firefox 3.0.10 or later in a new profile?

Comment 9

[Carsten Book [:Tomcat]]

-> incomplete - no reply