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Set Default Browser in VS Code

Set default browser in VS Code

When you open a link from VS Code, it opens in your default browser.

But in the latest update, VS Code added a new option where you can choose which browser to use for opening links.

Let’s take a look!

🎥 Want to see this feature in action? Have a look at the following video:

How-to

Open the Settings panel by using CTRL + , (comma) and find the Workbench: External Browser setting.

You can set the name of the browser (i.e: firefox or brave) or the absolute path to the browser’s executable (i.e: C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\firefox.exe).

VS Code External Browser setting that allows you to set a default browser

VS Code will use the system default browser if no value is set.

Settings.json

You can also use this setting in the settings.json file.

"workbench.externalBrowser": "firefox",

"workbench.externalBrowser": "C:\\Program Files\\Mozilla Firefox\\firefox.exe",

Happy coding 💜

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