How can I force external links from browser-window to open in a default browser from Electron?

Question

I\'m using the BrowserWindow to display an app and I would like to force the external links to be opened in the default browser. Is that even possible or I have to approach

Answer 1

I haven't tested this but I assume this is should work:

1) Get WebContents of the your BrowserWindow

 var wc = browserWindow.webContents;

2) Register for will-navigate of WebContent and intercept navigation/link clicks:

wc.on('will-navigate', function(e, url) {
  /* If url isn't the actual page */
  if(url != wc.getURL()) {
    e.preventDefault();
    openBrowser(url);
  } 
}

3) Implement openBrowser using child_process. An example for Linux desktops:

var openBrowser(url) {
  require('child_process').exec('xdg-open ' + url);
}

let me know if this works for you!