How to select specific browser?

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@ArturAs

The gist of it is: I want to open an HTML file using a specific browser, the name of which is stored in a variable.

Hi, @ArturAs. You might find the following macro useful. I just updated it to properly handle local files.

MACRO: Select or Open a New Browser Tab, v6.0

Note: This macro has been renamed and significantly improved. Prior to v5.0, it was named Activate, Reload, or Open Browser Tab. If you are transitioning from an older version, please refer to the UPGRADE AND INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS. PURPOSE This macro will open a URL in: Safari, Orion, Chrome, Brave, Edge, Vivaldi, Arc, or Firefox. In the simplest case, if a URL is already open in a browser tab, then that tab will be selected rather than opened in a duplicate tab. The exact behavior of t…

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That macro supports: Safari, Orion, Chrome, Brave, Edge, Vivaldi, Arc, or Firefox.

To open your example file in Chrome, you'd use this action to call the macro:

Execute a Macro.kmactions (606 B)

c:file:///Users/foobar/Desktop/myTestHTML.html

In this case the c specifies Chrome.

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One advantage of using this macro is that if the local file is already open in a browser tab, the existing tab will be activated. In contrast, most methods would open a new tab.