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If in the project explorer, Source Packages, I right click on a HTML file and select View then the page is shown in the IDE's default browser. This confirms that the choice of the default browser is correctly registered in the IDE. However if I run a Maven Web project, which is deployed to a registered Tomcat instance, then the application is opened in the operating system's default browser (MS IE in this case) not the IDE's default browser as expected. The IDE's default browser is registered in the Project Properties|Run|Browser list box. The last few lines in the output window are Start is in progress... start?path=/<insert application context here> OK - Started application at context path /<insert application context here> After this, Internet Explorer gets focus and opens the application in a new tab.
Appears to be transient. Works fine after the IDE is re-started. Would be interesting to know what actually causes this. I will update with new information when I find out what the least disruptive action is to get the IDE to change from system default browser to IDE default browser.
tried a couple of times, but worked always for me with the current dev build feel free to reopen in case you are able to reproduce with an actual build thanks