Add ability to click on links within the terminal #7808

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opened 2026-01-31 01:13:07 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @agrmohit on GitHub (Apr 29, 2020).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

A feature that would let users click on any hypertext link in the console and be able to open that in the default browser would be very helpful.

Such a feature would help a lot in many cases like viewing the raw markdown using 'cat' command and being able to know where it links rather than going through the process of copying the link by mouse.

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An implementation similar to what is in place in visual studio code would, in my opinion, be quite adequate. Like underlining clickable links and only (ctrl+click) opens the link to prevent accidental clicks.

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claunia added the Issue-FeatureResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-31 01:13:07 +00:00
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@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 29, 2020):

Thanks for the suggestion! This is actually already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #574 for more discussion.

/dup #574

@zadjii-msft commented on GitHub (Apr 29, 2020): Thanks for the suggestion! This is actually already being tracked by another issue on our repo - please refer to #574 for more discussion. /dup #574
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Apr 29, 2020):

Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!

@ghost commented on GitHub (Apr 29, 2020): Hi! We've identified this issue as a duplicate of another one that already exists on this Issue Tracker. This specific instance is being closed in favor of tracking the concern over on the referenced thread. Thanks for your report!
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Reference: starred/terminal#7808