#1 2017-03-19 12:25:29

sickley

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[SOLVED]Open URL through openbox menu

Just wondering if anyone knows how to add an openbox menu item to open a specific ("static") URL in a browser

I know I've done this before, but can't remember how I did it. I also can't find my answer on Google or in the forums here, but if it is already answered you can just forward me to the page

Thanks!

Last edited by damo (2017-03-19 13:02:11)

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: [SOLVED]Open URL through openbox menu

This works for me:

~/.config/openbox/menu.xml:

		<item label="bunsenlabs.org">
			<action name="Execute">
				<execute>x-www-browser bunsenlabs.org</execute>
			</action>
		</item>

EDIT: ha! That's the broken version of obmenu that I've used...

@damo's answer gives the correct syntax.

Last edited by Head_on_a_Stick (2017-03-19 12:50:19)

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Re: [SOLVED]Open URL through openbox menu

<item label="URL">
            <action name="Execute">
                <command>
                    x-www-browser "http://your-url-here/"
                </command>
            </action>
        </item>

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sickley

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Re: [SOLVED]Open URL through openbox menu

Thank you kindly sirs, worked perfectly!

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Re: [SOLVED]Open URL through openbox menu

NB "<execute>" is deprecated syntax, and <command> should now be used. BL ships a patched version of obmenu which is compatible with the newer syntax - the versions in the Debian jessie/stretch haven't been fixed yet.

Next time, you can add [SOLVED] yourself, by editing the title of your first post

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cpoakes

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Re: [SOLVED]Open URL through openbox menu

You can also use the Open Desktop/XDG standard way xdg-open:

<item label="URL">
  <action name="Execute">
    <command>
      xdg-open "http://your-url-here/"
    </command>
  </action>
</item>

The x-www-browser method is only suited to Debian and RedHat derivatives using /etc/alternatives. Xdg-open is distro- and desktop-agnostic (if you find yourself in the Arch or Gentoo universes).

It can also open files according to the mime-assigned applications (~/.config/mimeapps.list), particularly useful when applications don't have defined x-* (or bl-*) alternatives. Example:

xdg-open /path/to/mydocument.odt

would start whatever office/document app is your default.