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Iron Contributor

Aug 27, 2019

How to always allow specific local protocol

I often use Edge Chromium to open urls that rely on local protocols like: zotero://select/items/1_EDK2F vscode://file/C:/Users/user/Desktop/script.py:52:1 But each time I want to open these urls, E...

johnjansen

Iron Contributor

Aug 27, 2019

07_19 thanks for submitting this report. I see the prompt in Chrome, but there is a checkbox there that says "Always open these types of links in the associated app". I am betting you checked that box at some time in the past and have forgotten. What I find interesting is that Edge is not presenting that option. I'm going to follow up on why we removed the checkbox.

-John

07_19
Iron Contributor
Aug 28, 2019
johnjansen Yes I probably have forgotten that I checked this box at some point. Thanks for following up on this!
- johnjansen
  Iron Contributor
  Aug 28, 2019
  07_19 It turns out that that setting is now removed from Chrome (Canary) as well. It's being removed so that you always have to approve using a protocol because with the old design there was no way for you to know you'd checked that box, which is a bit of a security concern.
  
  Thanks again for reporting this one.
  
  -John
  - 07_19
    Iron Contributor
    Aug 28, 2019
    johnjansen Thanks for checking, but if it's the case, why not having a setting in the "Site permissions" section so we can always allow specific local protocol. That way, there is no security issue (we can always go to site permissions to remove the protocol permission) and you keep the users happy!