diff --git a/src/Mod/Web/Gui/BrowserView.cpp b/src/Mod/Web/Gui/BrowserView.cpp
index 50bf985def77..278c91899959 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Web/Gui/BrowserView.cpp
+++ b/src/Mod/Web/Gui/BrowserView.cpp
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@
 
 #include <Base/Parameter.h>
 #include <Base/Exception.h>
+#include <Base/Tools.h>
 #include <CXX/Extensions.hxx>
 
 using namespace WebGui;
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ Py::Object BrowserViewPy::setHtml(const Py::Tuple& args)
     PyMem_Free(HtmlCode);
 
     if (myWebView)
-        myWebView->setHtml(QString::fromUtf8(EncodedHtml.c_str()), QUrl(QString::fromLatin1(BaseUrl)));
+        myWebView->setHtml(QString::fromUtf8(EncodedHtml.c_str()), QUrl(QString::fromUtf8(BaseUrl)));
     return Py::None();
 }
 }
@@ -439,7 +440,8 @@ BrowserView::BrowserView(QWidget* parent)
     connect(view->page(), SIGNAL(iconChanged(const QIcon &)),
             this, SLOT(setWindowIcon(const QIcon &)));
 #endif
-
+    connect(view->page(), SIGNAL(linkHovered(const QString &)),
+            this, SLOT(onLinkHovered(const QString &)));
     connect(view, SIGNAL(viewSource(const QUrl&)),
             this, SLOT(onViewSource(const QUrl&)));
     connect(view, SIGNAL(loadStarted()),
@@ -463,6 +465,11 @@ BrowserView::~BrowserView()
     delete view;
 }
 
+void BrowserView::onLinkHovered(const QString& url)
+{
+    Gui::getMainWindow()->statusBar()->showMessage(url);
+}
+
 #ifdef QTWEBENGINE
 void BrowserView::urlFilter(const QUrl &url)
 #else
@@ -523,7 +530,12 @@ void BrowserView::onLinkClicked (const QUrl & url)
                         Gui::Command::doCommand(Gui::Command::Gui,q.toStdString().c_str());
                     }
                     // Gui::Command::doCommand(Gui::Command::Gui,"execfile('%s')",(const char*) fi.absoluteFilePath().	toLocal8Bit());
-                    Gui::Command::doCommand(Gui::Command::Gui,"exec(open('%s').read())",(const char*) fi.absoluteFilePath()	.toLocal8Bit());
+                    QString filename = Base::Tools::escapeEncodeFilename(fi.absoluteFilePath());
+#if PY_MAJOR_VERSION < 3
+                    Gui::Command::doCommand(Gui::Command::Gui,"exec(open(unicode('%s', 'utf-8')).read())",(const char*) filename.toUtf8());
+#else
+                    Gui::Command::doCommand(Gui::Command::Gui,"exec(open('%s').read())",(const char*) filename.toUtf8());
+#endif
                 }
                 catch (const Base::Exception& e) {
                     QMessageBox::critical(this, tr("Error"), QString::fromUtf8(e.what()));
diff --git a/src/Mod/Web/Gui/BrowserView.h b/src/Mod/Web/Gui/BrowserView.h
index 0e8124c0a5bb..c3b436d4c0c0 100644
--- a/src/Mod/Web/Gui/BrowserView.h
+++ b/src/Mod/Web/Gui/BrowserView.h
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ protected Q_SLOTS:
     void onUnsupportedContent(QNetworkReply* reply);
     void onLinkClicked (const QUrl& url);
 #endif
+    void onLinkHovered(const QString& url);
     void onViewSource(const QUrl &url);
     void onOpenLinkInExternalBrowser(const QUrl& url);
     void onOpenLinkInNewWindow(const QUrl&);