Add Cmd/Ctrl + Shift + Click to open in-app browser links in external browser
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app
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enhancement
- Dominant language
- Rust
- Stars
- 125k
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Description
What variant of Codex are you using?
Desktop
What feature would you like to see?
Currently the only way to open a link displayed on an in-app browser page in external browser is to right click > Open in external browser.
Having a keyboard shortuct for this would speed up the workflow.
Something like Cmd(Mac)/Ctrl(Linux/Window) + Shift + Click could work.
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Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the desktop in-app browser's link handling and the existing right-click "Open in external browser" action. Add the Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+Click path for links, then verify that it opens externally on macOS, Linux, and Windows without changing ordinary clicks.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- rust
- Domain
- desktop
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 68/100