Recoll: Change evince to okular

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Hi all wonderful guys!
I have Recoll on KDE Plasma, BTRFS.
In search results attempting to open a PDF file it is configured to use evince but I want it to use okular.

I have it configured in Preferences → GUI configuration → User interafce tab → choose editor applications

evince --page-index=%p --find=%s %f

I tried at the bottom to add okular at “New values”

okular --page-index=%p --find=%s %f

But it does not seem to work.

How can I change it permanently to make okular the default not evince?
Thank you.

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Use File Associations search for it the application launcher menu search bar.
The move okular to the top of Application Preference Order for pdf
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Thank you @daab for attempting to help!
I checked and I have the same as the photo you posted.

I believe it is configuration of Recoll, I have to change something in the menus/fields I mentioned in OP.

I did it once (as my OP) and it worked, but perhaps I am missing something.
I just do not want to do something stupid.

P.S.
In search results, I can right click on open with and I have Okular as first option.

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Just change them to “Desktop Default” by selecting the line and click apply without any other options.

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As usual, @dalto is always there for the rescue. Though I don’t really nedd it now after I got it working through Dolphin and after the "customization I did at Make Dolphin Use Recoll "kio_recoll" Installed - #68 by limotux

But I will do it in Recoll app as well. You took time to reply to me and I won’t waste it.

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Seems to me that “Desktop Default” is masking a command below it.
For “application/msword” though it apears “Desktop Default” it has

libreoffice %f
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It isn’t masking it. That is just telling you what recoll’s default it. When you select desktop default, it uses whatever you have configured on the system itself.

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I tried as well putting “okular %f”, and it works.

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Sure, but then if you switch your preferred pdf viewer at a later date you will have to change it in multiple places. The only reason to set a specific application on that list is if you want recoll to use a different application than the rest of the system.

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I am just experimenting and trying lots of things… to learn…
But generally I would go with the defaults.
Thank you very much.

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