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node-webkit-external-linker.js
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Forces all external links to open in regular browser windows in node-webkit apps.
A plugin for node-webkit which forces all external links to open in the user's default browser outside your app.
Either download the file from here or use bower:
bower install node-webkit-external-linker.js
Include the file in your node-webkit app:
<script>
global.window = window; // needed by externally linked scripts
</script>
<script src='bower_components/node-webkit-external-linker.js/node-webkit-external-linker.js'></script>
Once the script is loaded, all external links will automatically be opened in the user's default browser.
The script scans for:
rel='external'
target='_blank'
target='_top'
http
Links not meeting that criteria are assumed to not be external links.
You can override this behavior by specifying target='_self'
in your links.
All original code in this library is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Commercial and noncommercial use is permitted with attribution.
FAQs
Forces all external links to open in regular browser windows in node-webkit apps.
The npm package node-webkit-external-linker.js receives a total of 3 weekly downloads. As such, node-webkit-external-linker.js popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that node-webkit-external-linker.js demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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