Visual Studio 2012 change web browser

Question

If I click control-click a hyperlink in the text editor, it opens the URL in a new Visual Studio tab. I would rather the link open outside Visual Studio in

Answer 1

In VS 2012 Professional, on the toolbar next to the run debug icon, is the word 'Start' which can be expanded. When expanded you have the option to 'Open with...' and you can select the browser to open the web project up in. It does not run the debugger, it only opens the website in the selected browser. (toolbar > Start (expanded) > Open with...)

Answer 2

Go thru this setting...

Hope this will help you

Answer 3

VS 2012 -->> File -->> Browse With -- >> Select Browser -->> Click on "set Default" Button -->> Now Click "Browse" Button

Answer 4

You can use the default browser switcher application if you are using Visual Studio 2010 for this kind of situation:

1. On your tool bar menu select "TOOLS"
2. Then from options choose "EXTENSION Manager"
3. It will open the extension manager window in the left hand side there are options choose the "Online Gallery" option
4. In Online Gallery search for "WoVS Default Browser Switcher"
5. Download it and Install it
6. After download restart VS

Hope this works best for you

Answer 5

Frustratingly, this isn't possible in Visual Studio 2012 or 2013.

Bug reported to developers at http://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studio/suggestions/2723548-open-links-in-an-actual-browser Please add your vote!

Answer 6

It seems that it is not possible (except if your default browser is IE, so you would not know the difference).

As Anand wrote above, you could ctrl + right click on the link and then select open link in external window (you cannot do that on the start page, only on an opened webpage) but it still opens the window in IE no matter what your default browser is.

Even if you go to TOOLS --> Options --> Environment --> Web Browser, you will notice that it indicated that IE and the internal VS web browser are siblings.

So just copy the URL from the address bar and paste it to your default browser (it's not too much trouble in my opinion).