force external links to always open in the terminal

Author: NdibeRaymond

src/main/ipcMain.js

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // eslint-disable-line no-console
-import { BrowserWindow, ipcMain, Notification, dialog } from 'electron';
+import { BrowserWindow, ipcMain, Notification, dialog, shell } from 'electron';
 import initWebSocket from './webSocket';
 import { handleClipBoardActivity } from './utils';
 
@@ -131,6 +131,11 @@ export const initIpcMain = app => {
 		const clip_board_value = handleClipBoardActivity('paste');
 		window.webContents.send('pasted-from-clipboard', clip_board_value);
 	});
+
+	ipcMain.on('open-external-link', (_, link) => {
+		shell.openExternal(link);
+	});
+
 	// eslint-disable-next-line no-console
 	console.log('all ipc inited and waiting for connection');
 };

src/main/window.js

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { BrowserWindow } from 'electron';
+import { BrowserWindow, shell } from 'electron';
 import { getWindowPosition } from './config';
 import { updateWindowInfo, openDevTools } from './ipcMain'; // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
 import { require, isDev, getAssetPath, resolveHtmlPath } from './utils';
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ export const createWindow = async () => {
 	window.loadURL(resolveHtmlPath('index.html'));
 
 	// Open urls in the user's browser
-	// window.webContents.setWindowOpenHandler((edata) => {
-	//   shell.openExternal(edata.url);
-	//   return { action: 'deny' };
-	// });
+	window.webContents.setWindowOpenHandler(({ url }) => {
+		shell.openExternal(url);
+		return { action: 'deny' };
+	});
 
 	return window;
 };