<!DOCTYPE html>
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<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8" />
<title>Open external links</title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="demo">
<div class="demo-wrapper">
<div class="demo-box">
<div class="demo-controls">
<button class="demo-button" id="open-ex-links">View Demo</button>
</div>
<p>
If you do not want your app to open website links
<em>within</em> the app, you can use the <code>shell</code> module
to open them externally. When clicked, the links will open outside
of your app and in the user's default web browser.
</p>
<p>
When the demo button is clicked, the electron website will open in
your browser.
</p>
<p></p>
<h5>Renderer Process</h5>
<pre><code>
const { shell } = require('electron')
const exLinksBtn = document.getElementById('open-ex-links')
exLinksBtn.addEventListener('click', (event) => {
shell.openExternal('https://electronjs.org')
})
</code></pre>
<div class="demo-protip">
<h2>ProTip</h2>
<strong>Open all outbound links externally.</strong>
<p>
You may want to open all <code>http</code> and
<code>https</code> links outside of your app. To do this, query
the document and loop through each link and add a listener. This
app uses the code below which is located in
<code>assets/ex-links.js</code>.
</p>
<h5>Renderer Process</h5>
<pre><code>
const { shell } = require('electron')
const links = document.querySelectorAll('a[href]')
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)
})
}})
</code></pre>
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</div>
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<script>
// You can also require other files to run in this process
require("./renderer.js");
</script>
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