Jelly Bean (Android 4.1.1): How to choose default ("Always") app

[SFBayArea]

Guys, I ran CleanROM 5.6, which is a Jelly Bean version of Android. I have a hard time with the default app choices. The system would not let me choose particular app "always" option as a default app. For example, when I click on a URL link in my e-mail message, I would be prompted with the choices of browser to handle to referred link. I try to select "Always" button for chrome, but keep getting following "Clear default app settings by going to Settings> Applications manager > All" I've encountered this issue with many other applications. The only thing I can do is to make a "just once" choice, which is kind of annoying because I have to do it all the time for the same apps.
What can I do to fix the issue and be able to choose "always" for the apps I want to use as default for one or another task?

 

[valorian]

The "Clear default app settings by going...." message shows just to let you know how to clear the default if you ever want to use a different app later. If you select Always then choose the app you shouldn't have to do this selection anymore till you clear the default.

 

[SFBayArea]

The "Clear default app settings by going...." message shows just to let you know how to clear the default if you ever want to use a different app later. If you select Always then choose the app you shouldn't have to do this selection anymore till you clear the default.

That is the thing, how can I know which one of the application is the "default" that I need to clear? For instance when I try to run video from the website it gives me choice of three or even four different apps I can view video in. Does that mean I need to go to each of these four apps and "clear defaults"?

 

[valorian]

After you make your selection, the app you selected will be the one the phone defaults to. If you later want to choose a different app you can just go to Settings>Application Manager then select the app you want to clear the default on. Scroll to the bottom and select clear default. Then you can make a different selection later. Make sense?