JavaFX Freeze on Desktop.open(file), Desktop.browse(uri)

Question

I\'m running some code in Java on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64 Bit (with Gnome Shell), using Oracle JDK 1.8.0_05 via NetBeans8.0.

The following function works perfectly when

Answer 1

I also had the same problem and this solution works for me:

if( Desktop.isDesktopSupported() )
{
    new Thread(() -> {
           try {
               Desktop.getDesktop().browse( new URI( "http://..." ) );
           } catch (IOException | URISyntaxException e1) {
               e1.printStackTrace();
           }
       }).start();
}