const { ipcRenderer, shell } = require('electron') const selectDirBtn = document.getElementById('select-directory') const links = document.querySelectorAll('a[href]') selectDirBtn.addEventListener('click', event => { ipcRenderer.send('open-file-dialog') }) ipcRenderer.on('selected-directory', (event, path) => { document.getElementById('selected-file').innerHTML = `You selected: ${path}` }) Array.prototype.forEach.call(links, (link) => { const url = link.getAttribute('href') if (url.indexOf('http') === 0) { link.addEventListener('click', (e) => { e.preventDefault() shell.openExternal(url) }) } })