Specifying the Default Browser

The IDE comes with a set of browsers, which enables you to use different browsers for different tasks. One browser is selected as the default. At startup, the default browser is the Microsoft Windows or UNIX external browser, depending on your platform. An external browser is the preferred browser for use with the IDE because it provides more functionality than an internal browser.

To specify the default browser for HTML pages:

  1. Open the Options window and select the System Settings node.
  2. Click the value for the Web browser property and select a browser type from the combo box.

    JSP also uses this browser unless you explicitly change the browser under the JSP & Servlets node in the Options window.

To specify the default browser for JSPs and servlets:

  1. Open the Options window and select the JSP & Servlets node.
  2. Click the value for the Web browser property and select a browser type from the combo box.

For a description of the different browser types, see Using a Web Browser With the IDE.

See also
Configuring an External Browser
Using the Swing HTML Browser

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