How to disable link click action

[jstangroome]

• I am on the latest Hyper.app version

• I have searched the issues of this repo and believe that this is not a duplicate

• OS version and name: Windows 10 Pro x64 1809

• Hyper.app version: 2.1.1

Issue

When clicking in the terminal window to give focus, or to select text for copying, the click often lands on text that Hyper considers to be a URL and then Hyper opens the URL in my default browser which is unwanted in this scenario.

It appears that pre Hyper 2.x the URL click handler was a separate extension and supported the click being disabled or requiring a modified key to be held while clicking to trigger the navigation:
https://github.com/zeit/hyperlinks#change-click-action

Now that this URL click handling is built into Hyper 2.x, how can I disable the behaviour, or require a modifier key?

[ecker00]

This issue is driving me bananas as well, I keep opening irrelevant links in my terminal, when I click to give it focus. "requiring a modified key to be held" would do wonders! (And feel natural for a terminal behaviour)

[eromoe]

Today is my first try to hyper , this really annoy me ! I need a simple way to disable this . Any workaround for now ?

[gujunhk]

Today is my first try to hyper , this really annoy me ! I need a simple way to disable this . Any workaround for now ?

The issue is watched by @ppot .
However, it hasn't been planned.

[antlauzon]

in ui/window.js:

    // xterm makes link clickable
    window.webContents.on('new-window', (event, url) => {
      const protocol = typeof url === 'string' && parseUrl(url).protocol;
      if (protocol === 'http:' || protocol === 'https:') {
        event.preventDefault();
        //shell.openExternal(url); <-- comment the devil here
      }
    });

[SamJoan]

I too would like this behaviour to be disabled or at least configurable. I don't know how to apply @anthonylauzon's patch without having to rebuild the terminal, which I can't do right now :( may try later if I have some time.

[abroglesc]

Configurable would be ideal. Coming from iTerm2 they had it to where if I held command, then clicked a link it would open in a browser. Allowing to disable this functionality or add in a modifier like holding command + click link would be amazing!

[joshwcomeau]

++ this is the single biggest issue I'm having with Hyper, the server I use fills the window pointless URLs and I can't focus the window without very careful clicking.

Is this something the maintainers are open to? I could maybe open a PR to add a config option, if there's a willingness to merge it.

[zcaceres]

I also find this extremely frustrating. Ideally it should be configurable or at least only happen with a key press + click action.

[sydneyitguy]

👍

[regs79]

I think at least a config option for this would be good.

My dev browser isn't the same as my default and they're on different desktops. If I accidentally
click the link - which can happen just trying to focus on the terminal - I get sent 3 desktops over.

[edk]

@anthonylauzon - thank you so much! you saved my sanity. i was able to rebuild with your tip. Luckily it was pretty quick and painless to rebuild.

[ppamorim]

Please give us a option to disable this.

[woutervanwijk]

+1

[Groovylein]

+1

[ernie18a]

+1