How to turn off internal editors/viewers?
Since the last update to 2024.1.1 PyCharm started doing two things that annoys the heck out of me:
- It started opening .xlsx Files in the built-in editor instead of the “associated application” of my OS (which is Excel)
- It started opening links in the system browser (which doesn't show the URL, nor does it display all websites properly)
how can I turn these off?
HINT: I've already set this (but it's still using the built-in editor to open .xlsx-files)
HINT 2: When I right click on the file then choose “Open In” then “Open In Associated Application” it opens the file in Excel as expected
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I'm not sure why this option affects the behavior but, turning off “Open file as table if detected by scripted loader” in “Setting → AdvancedSettings → Database” solve the problem. After deselecting this, .xlsx Files are opened in external MS Excel app by double clicking the file.
Source: https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/DBE-20207/Data-Editor-and-Viewer-does-not-respect-open-in-associated-application-file-type#focus=Comments-27-9815431.0-0
Thank you for your help. That does the trick. I would never have found that setting.
Nevertheless I believe this behavior of PyCharm doesn't make sense. When specifying to "Open In Associated Application" it should not even try with the script loader. With the provided workaround, I can't use the benefits of the script loader.
I agree. This is completely unexpected and non-intuitive behavior. How does one adjust the “scripted loader” (ex, to exclude Excel but still open say parquet files in the internal better-than-nothing viewer)? Nothing shows up in the setting search. This option should be set in the “File Types” dialog instead!