How to change the default text editor

Budgie Desktop
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I am looking for a way to change the default text editor. I can already change it per file type by doing:

  1. Right-click on a file
  2. Open With
  3. Other application…
  4. Select the desired application
  5. Hit the “Set as default”

However, I want to change the default application for all types of text files. I already found a similar topic but it doesn’t provide a solution to that problem: Replace Text Editor system app for different one - #7 by zilexa

I found the “Default Applications” tab in the system’s Settings but there is no entry for text:

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Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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There isnt a concept of “all text files”. Mimetypes are basically types of files usually denoted by their file extensions. So .csv which is a text file is different from a .txt which is also a text file. So in these cases you would normally want the text file with a .csv opened in a spreadsheet based application. Likewise, .txt you would want to open in your favourite text editor.

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Alright, thanks for the info. I’m going to mark your answer as the solution in that case.