From 5bc52561660333b82871edeefb285645072cbe92 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Nicola=CC=81s=20Lo=CC=81pez?= <nicolaslopezj@me.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 13:48:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] open external links in default browser

---
 app/App/index.ts | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app/App/index.ts b/app/App/index.ts
index 98fed19..c7a59aa 100644
--- a/app/App/index.ts
+++ b/app/App/index.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import ElectronStore from 'electron-store'
 import {autoUpdater} from 'electron-updater'
 import {baseURL, browserWindowConfig, isMac} from '../env'
 import {registerIntraSync} from './offline/ipc'
+import {shell} from 'electron'
 
 import './offline'
 import {checkCertsAndStartServer} from './offline/certs'
@@ -74,6 +75,12 @@ export default class Main {
     // disable background throttling
     Main.mainWindow.webContents.setBackgroundThrottling(false)
 
+    // make links open in default browser
+    Main.mainWindow.webContents.setWindowOpenHandler(({url}) => {
+      shell.openExternal(url)
+      return {action: 'deny'}
+    })
+
     const latestURL = (store.get('latestURL') || '') as string
     const initialURL = latestURL.startsWith(baseURL) ? latestURL : baseURL