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type="topic" style="task"
id="files-open">
<info>
<link type="guide" xref="files#more-file-tasks"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.6.0" version="0.2" date="2012-09-30" status="review"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.13.92" date="2014-09-20" status="review"/>
<revision pkgversion="3.18" date="2015-09-28" status="candidate"/>
<credit type="author">
<name>Cristopher Thomas</name>
<email>crisnoh@gmail.com</email>
</credit>
<credit type="author">
<name>Shaun McCance</name>
<email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
</credit>
<include href="legal.xml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"/>
<desc>Open files using an application that isn’t the default one for that
type of file. You can change the default too.</desc>
</info>
<title>Open files with other applications</title>
<p>When you double-click (or middle-click) a file in the file manager, it
will be opened with the default application for that file type. You can open
it in a different application, search online for applications, or set the
default application for all files of the same type.</p>
<p>To open a file with an application other than the default, right-click
the file and select the application you want from the top of the menu. If
you do not see the application you want, select <gui>Open With…</gui>.
By default, the file manager only shows applications that
are known to handle the file. To look through all the applications on your
computer, click <gui>View All Apps</gui>.</p>
<p>If you still cannot find the application you want, you can search for
more applications by clicking <gui>Find New Apps</gui>. The
file manager will search online for packages containing applications
that are known to handle files of that type.</p>
<section id="default">
<title>Change the default application</title>
<p>You can change the default application that is used to open files of a
given type. This will allow you to open your preferred application when you
double-click to open a file. For example, you might want your favorite music
player to open when you double-click an MP3 file.</p>
<steps>
<item><p>Select a file of the type whose default application you want to
change. For example, to change which application is used to open MP3 files,
select a <file>.mp3</file> file.</p></item>
<item><p>Right-click the file and select <gui>Properties</gui>.</p></item>
<item><p>Select the <gui>Open With</gui> tab.</p></item>
<item><p>Select the application you want and click
<gui>Set as default</gui>.</p>
<p>If <gui>Other Applications</gui> contains an application you sometimes
want to use, but do not want to make the default, select that application
and click <gui>Add</gui>. This will add it to <gui>Recommended
Applications</gui>. You will then be able to use this application by
right-clicking the file and selecting it from the list.</p></item>
</steps>
<p>This changes the default application not just for the selected file,
but for all files with the same type.</p>
<!-- TODO: mention resetting the open with list with the "Reset" button -->
</section>
</page>
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