Firefox is not visible in MX-Linux Xfce about browsers HOT 7 CLOSED

I've added custom *.desktop files after I've installed browsers, and it didn't detected it even after I've hit refresh button.

BUT after reboot it finally found these files I've created. At the same time, it still didn't found the original files. And, the most important: these new options don't work at all. When I click on them, nothing happens, also, nothing is written to logs.

Here is the original file:

[0] $ cat userapp-Firefox-R6VET0.desktop
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.0
Type=Application
NoDisplay=true
Exec=/opt/firefox/firefox-bin %u
Name=Firefox
Comment=Custom definition for Firefox

Here is the file I've created that was successfully detected after reboot (not after Refresh) BUT not working:

[0] $ cat firefox-work.desktop 
#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Web-Browser;Browser;
Name=Firefox Work
Comment=Working profile of Firefox browser
Exec=/opt/firefox/firefox-bin -P Work --class=firefox-work --new-tab %u
Icon=firefox
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
StartupWMClass=firefox-work
MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml+xml;application/vnd.mozilla.xul+xml;text/mml;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;

Here is an example of working chromium desktop file:

[0] $ cat chrome-gfknjhjpnhcfadibcopidfknmoennjmd-Default.desktop
#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Name=Vysor
Exec=/usr/bin/chromium --profile-directory=Default --app-id=gfknjhjpnhcfadibcopidfknmoennjmd
Icon=chrome-gfknjhjpnhcfadibcopidfknmoennjmd-Default
StartupWMClass=crx_gfknjhjpnhcfadibcopidfknmoennjmd

All files are located in ~/.local/share/applications folder

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Hey, @GRbit, thanks again for testing. I tried out in VM and think I have a solid fix:

First, download latest Browsers version, this will help the app to identify Firefox as Firefox (so it adds Firefox profile support).

1. Edit the original firefox desktop file
   sudo nano /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop
2. Add these two values to MimeType (they really should be there already but are not in MX Linux for some reason)
   MimeType=x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/http;...
3. Save the file and update the desktop file database
   sudo update-desktop-database
4. Run Refresh in Browsers and reopen Browsers if required

So the root cause really is that those two scheme handlers are missing for some reason in MX Linux Firefox.
I could add some other mimetypes to detect, like html mimetype, but I'm a bit confused why MX Linux does not have them in firefox.desktop unlike all the other distros.

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@liias
Wow! That's very cool that you've found time to work on it so fast!

I did exactly as you said, unfortunately, it doesn't help. "Browsers" didn't find just firefox, it detects only the two desktop files that I've created, even after sudo update-desktop-database and running refresh in "Browsers" and re opening it. Maybe reboot will change something, but I can't do it right now. Will post an update later.

I've downloaded the latest version from the website. Is it ok, or should I compile it from source?

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Hmm, not sure why your system main firefox desktop file is not detected.

Another thing you can try is to rename/copy your own firefox-work.desktop to one of:

• firefox.desktop
• firefox_firefox.desktop
• firefox-esr.desktop

Then Browsers will know that it's a firefox browser, and adds support for profiles.

Also, keep only this for exec:
Exec=/opt/firefox/firefox-bin %u

Browsers will take /opt/firefox/firefox-bin %u, removes %u suffix, and hopes for the best that rest is a program path that can be executed (if not absolute, then it searches from PATH).

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Sorry for taking so much time to test it, but here is my update.

After renaming the original file to firefox.desktop and adding mime types to it, "Browser" app didn't found it even after a reboot. I don't why, but it is how it is.

The main problem for me is that my profile doesn't work. Like they were located with browsers, but when I choose them nothing happens. At the same time LibreWolf works fine, Chromium works fine, everything else just works out of the box.

I'm quite confused with your suggestion to keep exec Exec=/opt/firefox/firefox-bin %u. How do I choose profile then? I need to add -P Work to the command. Though, it still ends with %u suffix, so it should work, but, unfortunately, it doesn't.

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Hey. Sorry, I realize I never responded on this.

The main problem for me is that my profile doesn't work. Like they were located with browsers, but when I choose them nothing happens. At the same time LibreWolf works fine, Chromium works fine, everything else just works out of the box.
I'm quite confused with your suggestion to keep exec Exec=/opt/firefox/firefox-bin %u. How do I choose profile then? I need to add -P Work to the command. Though, it still ends with %u suffix, so it should work, but, unfortunately, it doesn't.

If Browsers identifies that you have firefox installed (by the .desktop file name), then it reads the firefox profiles.ini file and automatically adds all profiles in Browsers and knows to use -P <profile-name> command line argument.
However, since last time I wrote this, Browsers now also supports command line flags for Exec= line, so custom command line arguments should also work now (but in case Browsers detects profiles, you should still not add the -P flag, otherwise there will be two -P flags and it would be indeterminate what will happen).

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I will close this for now. Browsers will not detect desktop items which don't have https scheme handler, and I'm going to keep that, as it's a rare case and easy to fix per .desktop file when such browser exists.

I'm not sure about any other issues you had, but if there is still something up, feel free to re-open.

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