Redirect to Google Chrome when opening links in Microsoft Teams in full screen

Question

Hello and anticipated thanks for the future help!

Context:

Switching from a windows machine to a mac for work, where we are using Teams as communication tool.
My use case is the following:

• I have my teams and google chrome in full screen on my mac's monitor.
• I have chrome as my default browser.
• I open a link shared on teams with the expectation of it opening on chrome.

**Extended expectation:**By clicking the link I would expect to be redirected to chrome (the focus on screen switches) with the link loading in a new tab.
Existing behaviour: The screen kind of flashes out, the view returns with the focus on Teams and the link gets loaded in chrome in the background and have to switch to the chrome view to actually see the page loaded with the link.
Reasons for posting here: From what i noticed this behaviour only happens on Teams app. I have other applications, like my IDE (software engineer here) that work in the expected way.
Question: Is there some settings/shortcut that could enable the expected behaviour? If not could we have it somewhere down the line?

Answer 1

This is the best solution. It worked for me

Answer 2

Follow this :

1. Open Teams app
2. Go to settings by clicking on 3 dots button at top right.
3. Go to Files and links
4. set Link open preference to Default browser

Answer 3

It worked Thanks

Answer 4

Hi,

for some reason I don't have that option there. "Files and links" contains only "File open preference" for me and that's it.
No cookies for me I guess? :(

It's very annoying when the link opens in unused browser. I wonder if M$ is so stupid that it can't set that option to default (very likely) or what happens here.

Answer 5

WHy does microsoft use these sh*ty dark patterns? Why would teams use Edge when the default isn't edge? This is why people can't stand MS and Edge.