Shell

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Shell API requires node-webkit >= v0.3.0

Shell is a collection of APIs that do desktop related jobs.

Synopsis

// Load native UI library.
var gui = require('nw.gui');

// Open URL with default browser.
gui.Shell.openExternal('https://github.com/rogerwang/node-webkit');

// Open a text file with default text editor.
gui.Shell.openItem('test.txt');

// Open a file in file explorer.
gui.Shell.showItemInFolder('test.txt');

Reference

openExternal(URI)

Open the given external protocol URI in the desktop's default manner. (For example, mailto: URLs in the default mail user agent.)

openItem(file_path)

Open the given file_path in the desktop's default manner.

showItemInFolder(file_path)

Show the given file_path in a file manager. If possible, select the file.