topic Re: How do I change ArcGIS Pro's default browser in the pop-up from IE to Chrome? in ArcGIS Pro Questions

How do I change ArcGIS Pro's default browser in the pop-up from IE to Chrome?

VirajP — Tue, 22 Dec 2015 00:54:16 GMT

When I configure my pop-ups with links or images the default browser is set to IE. My system default browser is Chrome and I'd like to set ArcGIS Pro to use Chrome as well. Is this possible?

Re: How do I change ArcGIS Pro's default browser in the pop-up from IE to Chrome?

DanPatterson_Retired — Sat, 26 Dec 2015 21:29:12 GMT

Not sure, since IE is required... ArcGIS Pro system requirements—ArcGIS Pro | ArcGIS for Desktop

Re: How do I change ArcGIS Pro's default browser in the pop-up from IE to Chrome?

ChrisFox — Tue, 29 Dec 2015 20:13:11 GMT

Hi Adam,

There is currently no way to do this. In ArcGIS Pro we use the WebBrowser control provided by Microsoft to display the html associated with the pop-up. This control is basically a wrapper around internet explorer so when you click a link it is equivalent to clicking a link in internet explorer which opens a new window/tab in internet explorer. Similar to how clicking a link in Chrome would open a new tab/window in Chrome. It looks like there are some extensions to Chrome and Firefox out there that add options to open links in different browsers but I didn't find anything like this for Internet Explorer.

Regards,

-Chris

Re: How do I change ArcGIS Pro's default browser in the pop-up from IE to Chrome?

MichaelDavis3 — Wed, 24 Aug 2016 17:32:16 GMT

Please change this behavior. This is beyond frustrating. We have URLs in attributes and regardless of our user's default browser AGS Pro opens the links in IE.

Re: How do I change ArcGIS Pro's default browser in the pop-up from IE to Chrome?

MatthewCallahan1 — Thu, 16 Feb 2017 15:47:07 GMT

Why is it using a WebBrowser class here? It's a one liner to open a url with the system default browser:

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("http://my-url.com");

Re: How do I change ArcGIS Pro's default browser in the pop-up from IE to Chrome?

BBulla — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 16:33:29 GMT

Agreed...this is beyond lame. ESRI should not be forcing users to choose one browser over another. I've been using ArcGIS Pro for about 30 minutes, and I'm ready to go back to ArcGIS Desktop.

Re: How do I change ArcGIS Pro's default browser in the pop-up from IE to Chrome?

DanielMatranga — Sat, 17 Jun 2017 15:11:57 GMT

2 years later... is there still no way to change the default web browser for links clicked in ArcGIS Pro?

Re: How do I change ArcGIS Pro's default browser in the pop-up from IE to Chrome?

Brownschuh — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 17:49:04 GMT

3 years later ...

Re: How do I change ArcGIS Pro's default browser in the pop-up from IE to Chrome?

MichaelDavis3 — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 17:57:16 GMT

At this point I assume this is never going to happen. Just one more roadblock to adopting Pro across the org.

Re: How do I change ArcGIS Pro's default browser in the pop-up from IE to Chrome?

BBulla — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 18:08:57 GMT

This seems to be working for me, and has been for a while. Maybe earlier this year I noticed it was working. Unless you are talking about something else, but when I click on a 'link' in the PopUp window (see image below), it now opens in my default web-browser (ie. Chrome).

Re: How do I change ArcGIS Pro's default browser in the pop-up from IE to Chrome?

MichaelDavis3 — Tue, 09 Oct 2018 18:15:06 GMT

Woah - nice. Totally missed that change. Guess I should start reading all those ESRI emails a little more closely!

Re: How do I change ArcGIS Pro's default browser in the pop-up from IE to Chrome?

Burnski — Mon, 20 Jun 2022 03:28:54 GMT

Hi Chris,

Has this changed in the intervening years? And if so, where can I change this? Currently, it's mapped to Edge and I'd like to change it to Chrome. Thanks!