How do I set the default browser as chrome in Visual Studio Code?

Go to file-> preferences -> user settings -> search "By Default it will open your default favorite browser" set your browser.

The other StackOverflow questions regarding the browser, had to do with opening a specific file. Here are the steps to creating a tasks.json file in a brand new environment.

1. From the Tasks menu, Select 'Configure Tasks'
2. The entry field prompts you for 'Select a task to configure'
3. Choose 'Create tasks.json file from template'
4. Edit the file to include the following block:

{
            "version": "0.1.0",
            "command": "Chrome",
            "windows": {
                "command": "C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe"
            },
            "args": ["${file}"]
}

Chrome can be launched by way of debugging your application. Within launch.json, the configurations[].serverReadyAction.action configuration was given a possible value of debugWithChrome in the VS Code February 2019 release. Note that this will also require you have the Debugger for Chrome extension installed. You will not receive a warning if the extension is not installed and you've configured launch.json to use debugWithChrome.

Note: Configuring launch.json with debugWithChrome will work even if you launch using CTRL+F5 to run the app without debugging.

Go to Settings -> Extensions -> Live Server Config -> Update Default Browser:

This Alternate Way helped me:)

GoTo-->Google Chrome-->Settings-->Default browser-->Set Google Chrome as default browser

The method of modifying tasks.json no longer works in newer versions of Visual Studio Code. The easiest way to be able to launch your code in a browser is to install the Open in Browser extension from the marketplace.

After it is installed and VS Code is reloaded, you can go to your code and press ALT + B to launch your application in your default browser or ALT + SHIFT + B to select the browser you want to use.

You can also right click and select these option from a drop down menu, but I mention this last because this currently does not work in some versions of VS Code.

Just a helper for the windows users, I just installed windows 10 again and I was wondering how do I set my vscode to open the server (web) using chrome instead of edge, so to do that you just have to configure your windows to use google chrome as default, you don't need to change anything in vscode, I hope this helps someone.

ps: normally you can go open browser you want to be default and setup the configuration. so in chrome you have to go to configurations and scroll down to default browser.

When you want to use your own browser using "Open with Live Server" without change OS globally configuration.

In Windows, Visual Studio Code (ver. 1.70.1 (July 2022)). Go to "File" > "Preferences" > "Settings"

Then select a tab, "User" tab if you want your desired browser for all your projects, or select "Workspace" tab or "ProjectName" tab for especified projects.

Then go to "Extensions" > "Live Server Config" > "Settings: Custom Browser" finally change the 'null' value selecting the browser of your preference from the list (apparently this list depends on installed browsers but i'm not sure).

search for local.testsettings on vscode on the search and for web tests, change the browser to chrome and apply.

The Live Server extension was not appearing for me on settings. However, I installed Open in Browser and typed "liveServer.settings.CustomBrowser" in settings and the extension appeared with a dropdown box in which I was able to change the default browser.

Hope this helps!

In my case changing the default browser in the system settings of my pc did it.

You can adjust settings in your computer to open.HTML file extensions in chrome as a default browser: for Example in PC windows:

go to Control Panel > Default programs > Associate a file type or protocol with a specific programs >HTML extension and choose Chrome.

This may be old but I found something that could help.

First go to Settings/Apps/Default Apps. Set your browser as default.

Next go to VSCODE and go to File/Preferences/Settings/Extensions/LiveServerConfig

Then scroll to settings: CustomBrowser Change it to your custom browser

Note- If the browsers don't show up on VSCODE then you need to set it to default in the settings.

Click settings -> enter: default browser -> find: Open-in-browser:Default -> enter: Google Chrome

Google Chrome > Settings (left sidebar) > Default browser = Google Chrome

Just change your default web browser in your OS. In Windows 10, you can search "default browser" then the wizard for changing it, will be appear.