Clicking a link should open it in the browser

Description

Clicking a link either added directly or with markdown syntax []() should open it in the browser.

Steps to reproduce

1. Add a link like https://example.org or [https://example.org](https://example.org)
2. Click it

Expected behavior: The link should open in the browser

Actual behavior: Nothing happens

Link to an example:

Versions

• Mark Text: v0.12.25 installed from flathub
• OS: Linux

Thanks for this awesome markdown editor. 👍 Probably the most promising I’ve ever tried. 😉

[Jocs]

@juliushaertl Thank you very much for your suggestion, we have also considered this feature. And we are also thinking about how to achieve a better user experience. Our requirement is to jump directly to the document if it is an internal link, or open it through a browser if it is an external link. The initial plan is use ctrl/cmd + leftMouseClick to open them. What’s your opinions?

[beorn]

I think all of these are okay, even Cmd-Click to have it open like Typora does, which is even faster to use. It’s just nice to have at least one way to open links 😃

I guess later it might be even nice to try to open links without URI protocol spec inside of Mark Text itself (as you mention), but pass all others to some OS-level URL-link opener so you can make a wiki type knowledge base. For example:

  [internal link](another_file.md)

  [external file: link](file:another_file.md)

  [external web link](https://www.google.com/)