Dashboard issue!

First off I'm a new Apple user. Not sure what I did to cause it as it didn't do this when I first got the MacBook. It's a 2009 model with 4 gig of ram and a 2.13 GigHz Duo processor updated to El Capitan Version 10.11.6. When I open Dashboard after 3 to 5 seconds it opens whichever browser is set as default. Unit came with Safari and I added Google Crome Browser. It hits a couple of pages but lands on One-drive. After installing Chrome it didn't do this at first. I'm just not sure where I erred!

I found answer to open finder and hold down Option Key, select Go, then Library, then Preferences and delete the apple.dashboard.plist file. I've done this and eventually the file gets re-created. My problem is this doesn't fix the browser issue as suggested. Hoping someone has a solution.

Thanks,

Jack