How do you stop steam web browser from opening links to external sites

[PersonalC0ffee]

It used to be that they would open in my external browser. But since one of these last updates, they open in the steam browser which I do not like and do not want to use. I already have a perfectly fine browser.

[Iceira]

Thats not how it works, you have a OS default browser, steam will point at that then external link, you most have other you want to use , but did not tell OS that.

example i always has either MS edge or Firefox or Chrome, and only 1 of them is OS default.

[PersonalC0ffee]

Originally posted by Iceira:

Thats not how it works, you have a OS default browser, steam will point at that then external link, you most have other you want to use , but did not tell OS that.

example i always has either MS edge or Firefox or Chrome, and only 1 of them is OS default.

I'm sorry to say but my OS default is set to Firefox. When I use the steam client it is not opening external links in Firefox. It is opening them in Steam web browser. As an example if you were to give me a Youtube URL right now and I were to click it, it would open in SWB and not Firefox.

[Iceira]

Yes you will use steam internal browser at steam for security reason, you said external link , then on my pc it open my browser.

https://packetlosstest.com/

check this external link.

[PersonalC0ffee]

Originally posted by Iceira:

Yes you will use steam internal browser at steam for security reason, you said external link , then on my pc it open my browser.

https://packetlosstest.com/

check this external link.

OK clearly I need to explain this better because there is confusion.

In the past, as in before I started having this problem, when I clicked a Youtube embed or an external link I would get a warning and it would load in my web browser of choice.

As of the last few updates, I don't know exactly when, it doesn't do this anymore and I DON'T LIKE IT.

Note: that link worked as intended. It went to my browser.

I just want my links to open in my web browser of choice on my PC. Youtube, Steam, Guides, Discussions, or otherwise. I don't want to use the insecure and quite frankly awful Steam Web Browser. I'd remove or disable it if I could.

[Iceira]

Lets see what other steamuser say here on the subject, or know if something has change or a new bug maybe.

[Iceira]

If you know Browser and there extension issue from the past you might not highpraise them Browser as we all did in the past, but also say alot of why so many just accept steam internal browser choise.
( this is not a critic of your choise or your ways, its when our Thirdpart Browser have own issue and why so many of us learn to check with other Browser. )

[PersonalC0ffee]

Originally posted by Iceira:

Lets see what other steamuser say here on the subject, or know if something has change or a new bug maybe.

I had seen this in a discussion thread in the past but it was locked so not sure if they or op locked it. But I don't intend to lock this.

[MonkaShift]

Originally posted by PersonalC0ffee:

I'm sorry to say but my OS default is set to Firefox.

Then this is most likely your problem though. I do remember people on Reddit complaining that Valve made Youtube videos not play in Firefox browsers anymore, and forced users to play them in the Steam browser.

You could try installing a chromium based browser, just like the Steam browser is, to see if this fixes your problem.

EDIT:
This was the post i saw:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/1fsxo0w/cant_watch_videos_from_the_steam_store_via/

[PersonalC0ffee]

Originally posted by That90zVibe:

Originally posted by PersonalC0ffee:

I'm sorry to say but my OS default is set to Firefox.

Then this is most likely your problem though. I do remember people on Reddit complaining that Valve made Youtube videos not play in Firefox browsers anymore, and forced users to play them in the Steam browser.

You could try installing a chromium based browser, just like the Steam browser is, to see if this fixes your problem.

EDIT:
This was the post i saw:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/1fsxo0w/cant_watch_videos_from_the_steam_store_via/

Thank you for this and that's real annoying on the part of valve but the videos still play for me, it is just the links that are the problem. I'm almost positive this is a Steam problem with Firefox.

[Temi]

Hey, did you find any solution to this ploblem ?