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User Story
As a extension developer, I want to be able to open a website in the user's browser so that I can send them to more information.
Example use case: Open the currently loaded website of a website viewer tab in the web browser: Because website viewer is a url webview, there is no other place to add such action than in the menu.
Description
It's possible to launch a url in the web browser by clicking on a link in a web view, but there is not way to do that from the extension host process, e.g. add a menu entry that would open a url in the browser.
window.open is not available and importing packages (e.g. from electron) throws
Error: Requiring other than papi is not allowed in extensions!
Implementation idea
Testing ideas
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered:
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Add a way for extensions to launch urls in a browser window
Add a way for extension main files to launch urls in a browser window
Dec 5, 2024
User Story
As a extension developer, I want to be able to open a website in the user's browser so that I can send them to more information.
Example use case: Open the currently loaded website of a website viewer tab in the web browser: Because website viewer is a url webview, there is no other place to add such action than in the menu.
Description
It's possible to launch a url in the web browser by clicking on a link in a web view, but there is not way to do that from the extension host process, e.g. add a menu entry that would open a url in the browser.
window.open
is not available and importing packages (e.g. from electron) throwsImplementation idea
Testing ideas
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: