Change default web browser in Visual Studio

Question

I\'m trying to change the default browser to Chrome at VS Community 2015, I\'m not talking about release browser, but the browser that opens when I press CTRL-Click. It opens au

Answer 1

This is how:

Right-click your html file -> Browse with -> Click on your favorite browser -> Set as Default.

Note that the next time you'd right-click your html file, you'd still see it says: "View in Browser (Internet Explorer)", but clicking it will actually browse with the default browser we set above.

Answer 2

After spending 5 minutes searching online and not finding what I want, I dug into the Visual Studio interface and found it:

The internal web browser in Visual Studio 2019 (at least), is in View => Other Windows => Web Browser, or CTRL+ALT+R on Windows.

EDIT: According to the Microsoft Documentation, you can send the web browser command to devenv directly using nav, i.e.

devenv /command "nav https://docs.microsoft.com/"

Answer 3

To change the source default editor:

Tools -> Options -> Search for "browser" -> View Source in "external editor" -> put the path to your preferred.

Answer 4

Click the drop down icon next to "Start" project button and choose your web browser