Dolphin refuse open odg and pdf files

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Dolphin decided to randomly wont open odg, and pdf file automatically. however it open just fine using gnome file manager. why is that?

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Can you please explain what happens when you right click a PDF or ODG file in Dolphin? What is the text of the first menu entry and what happens when you click it?

Also can you explain your use of the term “randomly”? Do you mean that sometimes it opens and some times it doesn’t?

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@Gibran_Alfil:

Please check, in the KDE Plasma System Settings → section “Personalization” → category “Applications” → tab “Default Applications” –

On this system –

Operating System: openSUSE Leap 15.6
KDE Plasma Version: 5.27.11
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.115.0
Qt Version: 5.15.12
Kernel Version: 6.4.0-150600.23.7-default (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: X11
Processors: 8 × AMD Ryzen 5 3400G with Radeon Vega Graphics
Memory: 29.3 GiB of RAM
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon Vega 11 Graphics
Manufacturer: ASUS

– the association to the file types you’ve mentioned are as follows:

  • ‘*.odg’ → application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.graphics →
    LibreOffice Draw
    Ark

  • ‘*.pdf’ → application/pdf →
    Okular
    LibreOffice Draw
    Chromium Web-Browser
    Krita
    Inkscape
    Gimp

Please note that, from within the KDE Plasma System Settings, you can change the prioritisation order of the applications which will open by default if the particular file type is opened.

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Can you show us something?
What OS?
What version of KDE?
X11 or Wayland?
When I try to open a pdf file, Okular opens it just fine.
In KDE 6 it took some time to find Default Applications. I really miss the System Settings from KD5! :sob: :sob: :sob: