How can I set Chrome as default external browser in Eclipse for Mac?

Question

I think that question is self-explained :-)

When I browse to Application eclipse send me an error.

Answer 1

rubdottocom almost got it. The problem is, that the path contains spaces. If you write a new shell script with the following content:

'/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome' $1

Eclipse can launch a new Chrome instance with it. Sadly, this way it is not possible to open a new tab in an already running instance, as the script exits with the following error message:

[21043:2307:292361872340725:ERROR:process_singleton_mac.cc(102)]
    Unable to obtain profile lock.

Answer 2

I posted the answer on another question like this on stackoverflow, so here it goes:

I found the solution in a blog's post that doesn't exist anymore, it involves configuring the Location to be '/usr/bin/open' and the parameter is '%URL%'.

You need to make sure that google chrome is your default browser and it will work properly. This is the only method that worked for me on OSX Lion.

Answer 3

I solved this by calling /usr/bin/open -a "/Applications/Google Chrome.app" <url>