Make a link from Electron open in browser

Question

Is there any (simple/built-in way) to open a new browser (I mean default OS browser) window for a link from Electron instead of visiting that link inside your Electron app ?

Answer 1

There's a much better and simpler way, than what @Marcelo proposed, yet easier to implement for all links at once to what @zianwar proposed.

const shell = require('electron').shell;

// assuming $ is jQuery
$(document).on('click', 'a[href^="http"]', function(event) {
    event.preventDefault();
    shell.openExternal(this.href);
});

NOTE: Requires jQuery.