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How to open browser preview from intellij in flatpak google chrome

When I try to open browser preview in Google Chrome, I encounter this error:

browser error

Unfortunately, I have installed Google Chrome via flatpak, and there is no working installation path that I can just provide to IntelliJ.

Solution

  • There are two options.

    If Chrome is your default browser

    You can use whatever "open" command you have for URLs. In my case it's xdg-open:

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    If Chrome is not your default browser

    You need to start it via flatpak.

    First, type flatpak in "Path":

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    Then click on edit button and paste run --command=/app/bin/chrome com.google.Chrome in "Command line options":

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    This works as I expect it to, opening new tab in existing Chrome window.

    My IntelliJ is not sandboxed, it's managed by JetBrains Toolbox which in turn was semi-manually installed with this script.

    Naturally, I have flatpak on PATH.