From c3ac16f3303be82c09e324a2aeecdac9a3be13fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Olivier Gagnon <oli.gagnon4418@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2021 13:32:06 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] electron open pages in external browser

---
 electron/main.js | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/electron/main.js b/electron/main.js
index 71efe5820..405d4627b 100644
--- a/electron/main.js
+++ b/electron/main.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-const { app, BrowserWindow, Menu, globalShortcut } = require("electron");
+const { app, BrowserWindow, Menu, globalShortcut, shell } = require("electron");
 
 Menu.setApplicationMenu(false);
 function createWindow() {
@@ -20,6 +20,17 @@ function createWindow() {
   globalShortcut.register("f8", function () {
     win.loadFile("index.html", { query: { noScripts: "true" } });
   });
+
+  win.webContents.on("new-window", function (e, url) {
+    // make sure local urls stay in electron perimeter
+    if ("file://" === url.substr(0, "file://".length)) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // and open every other protocols on the browser
+    e.preventDefault();
+    shell.openExternal(url);
+  });
 }
 
 app.whenReady().then(() => {