[news.eclipse.platform] Re: Which browser is used as internal?

["Grant Gayed" <grant_gayed@xxxxxxxxxx>]

And note that on windows and osx you need xulrunner, because Firefox is not
embeddable when downloaded as a binary from mozilla.org.  FAQ entry:
http://www.eclipse.org/swt/faq.php#howusemozilla

Grant

"Jacek Pospychala" <jacek.pospychala@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Omega,
> you're right, by default Linux systems use Mozilla and Windows uses IE.
> The logic used to select the impl is in org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Browser
> constructor.
> In your own code you could explicitly choose implementation by using
> style flag (SWT.MOZILLA), but in Internal Web Browser it's impossible.
>
> Omega wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I heard, that since version 3.3 Firefox is used as Internal Web
> > Browser in Eclipse (Mozilla, to be more exact). I tested it under 3
> > platforms (Widnows XP, Ubuntu, OpenSUSE). Under both Linux distros
> > internal browser is Firefox, but under WinXP IE is used, even though I
> > have Firefox installed and set as system default browser. Should I
> > understand, that Mozilla engine can be used, but only if I explicitly
> > say so? And if I don't then platform specific browser is used, and
> > it's not always the browser, which is set as default?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for an answer
> >
> > Omega