JavaFX stop opening URL in WebView - open in browser instead

Question

The embedded WebView browser I am using needs special handling for particular URLs, to open them in the native default browser instead of WebView. The actual browsing part w

Answer 1

2017 version - still very hacky but much more concise:

class AboutDialog extends Dialog {
    private final Controller controller;
    private final String url;

    AboutDialog() {
        super();

        this.controller = Controller.getInstance();

        this.setTitle(controller.getProperty("about_title"));
        this.setHeaderText(null);

        this.url = getClass().getResource("/about_dialog.html").toExternalForm();

        this.setWebView();

        this.getDialogPane().getButtonTypes().add(new ButtonType(controller.getProperty("close"), ButtonBar.ButtonData.CANCEL_CLOSE));
        this.getDialogPane().setPrefWidth(600);
    }

    private void setWebView() {
        final WebView webView = new WebView();
        webView.getEngine().load(url);

        webView.getEngine().locationProperty().addListener((observable, oldValue, newValue) -> {
            controller.getMainFxApp().getHostServices().showDocument(newValue);
            Platform.runLater(this::setWebView);
        });

        this.getDialogPane().setContent(webView);
    }
}