From 9f30e007c0bde2dbb0a9bc3e5afc1393d7b72eb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Grintsvayg <alex@grin.io>
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2017 19:12:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] open http links in external app (probably browser)

---
 ui/js/app.js | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ui/js/app.js b/ui/js/app.js
index ab5fc1c3b..466fde6ad 100644
--- a/ui/js/app.js
+++ b/ui/js/app.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {Modal, ExpandableModal} from './component/modal.js';
 import {Link} from './component/link.js';
 
 
-const {remote, ipcRenderer} = require('electron');
+const {remote, ipcRenderer, shell} = require('electron');
 const {download} = remote.require('electron-dl');
 
 
@@ -60,6 +60,19 @@ var App = React.createClass({
       this.alertError(event.detail);
     });
 
+    //open links in external browser
+    document.addEventListener('click', function(event) {
+      var target = event.target;
+      while (target && target !== document) {
+        if (target.matches('a[href^="http"]')) {
+          event.preventDefault();
+          shell.openExternal(target.href);
+          return;
+        }
+        target = target.parentNode;
+      }
+    });
+
     lbry.checkNewVersionAvailable((isAvailable) => {
       if (!isAvailable || sessionStorage.getItem('upgradeSkipped')) {
         return;