when running in electron mode, open links in a browser window

Author: joshwnj

electron.js

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const electron = require('electron')
+const runInBrowser = require('electron-run-in-browser')
 const { 
   app, 
   BrowserWindow
@@ -13,4 +14,19 @@ app.on('ready', () => {
   })
 
   win.loadURL(`file://${__dirname}/dist/index.html`)
+
+  win.webContents.on('dom-ready', function (e) {
+    runInBrowser(win, interceptLinks, function () {})
+  })
 })
+
+function interceptLinks () {
+  const shell = require('electron').shell
+
+  document.querySelectorAll('a[href^="http"]').forEach(elem => {
+    elem.onclick = function () {
+      shell.openExternal(elem.getAttribute('href'))
+      return false
+    }
+  })
+}