How to open a browser window from a node-webkit app?

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I have a desktop application, packaged using node-webkit. I need to open the default browser of the user on click of a link. I am using

window.open("www.google.com")

but this opens a new node-webkit window rather than opening a browser window. How do I open a browser window instead??

Possible duplicate of How to use nodejs to open default browser and navigate to a specific URL — Tomek Rękawek
– Tomek Rękawek, Commented Oct 3, 2013 at 11:14
@Tomek: Certainly looks like it, yeah; this answer seems most relevant. — T.J. Crowder
– T.J. Crowder, Commented Oct 3, 2013 at 11:17
@Tomek, the link posted uses another gem. I would be more interested if I can play with it through any javascript method. Can't find a way to do it yet — Infant Dev
– Infant Dev, Commented Oct 4, 2013 at 9:10

theabraham · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-04 21:28:55Z

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To open a link in the user's default browser, you could use gui.Shell.openExternal("http://website.com"). Checkout the documentation for gui.Shell.

answered Oct 4, 2013 at 21:28

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Infant Dev Over a year ago

Thanks.. It works perfect. This also comes in the window object, so I can say window.gui.Shell.openExternal("website.com")

dopatraman Over a year ago

is there a way to store a reference to the window that is opened?

evalarezo Over a year ago

For completeness, you must define before the gui variable: var gui = require('nw.gui');

Kalmon V. · Accepted Answer · 2022-09-13 17:37:35Z

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NWJS Stable v0.68.0
Shell.openExternal(uri)
uri {String} A URL to open in system default manner.
Open the given external URI in the desktop’s default manner. For example, mailto: URLs in the default mail user agent.

window.nw.Shell.openExternal("https:google.com.br")

answered Sep 13, 2022 at 17:37

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