When clicking URL in E-Mail, the client switches to the browser window

Question

I want to switch to opened browser window or start new browser window in the current Desktop/Viewport.

When I click a link in Thunderbird, that will open a new Tab in existing browser session/window (and blinking in applet bar).

I want that my browser (Google Chrome) open a new session/window (in current Desktop with TB) or switch automatically to the Desktop with existing opened Chrome window.

May be this funktionality is interesting, then clicking an URL in another application (PDF-Viewer,..).

Can I determine desired functionality systemwide?

Answer 1

I have found followed solution. First, edit file in ~/.local/share/applications/google_chrome_my.desktop. Must contain:

[Desktop Entry] Version=1.0 Name=Google Chrome Exec=/usr/bin/google-chrome-stable --new-window %U Terminal=false Icon=google-chrome Type=Application Categories=Network;WebBrowser; MimeType=text/html;text/xml;application/xhtml_xml;image/webp;x-scheme-handler/http;x-scheme-handler/https;x-scheme-handler/ftp;.

Add this .desktop file to your Applet Launcher Bar (Drag and Drop).

Next, add following to file ~/config/mimeapps.list in pragraph [Default Applications](but not in ~/.local/share/applications/):

text/html=google_chrome_my.desktop x-scheme-handler/http=google_chrome_my.desktop x-scheme-handler/https=google_chrome_my.desktop text/xml=google_chrome_my.desktop application/xhtml_xml=google_chrome_my.desktop image/webp=google_chrome_my.desktop x-scheme-handler/ftp=google_chrome_my.desktop.

Next logout/login. From now on that must to work.

xdg-settings set default-web-browser has no funktion on my Desktop(?).

(thanks to Post in linux.org.ru: https://www.linux.org.ru/forum/desktop/12427558?lastmod=1457875649636#comment-12427623 and https://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/MIME-Typ/#Standardanwendung-festlegen)