Extend planned hyperlink capability to arbitary text #9002

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opened 2026-01-31 01:43:26 +00:00 by claunia · 2 comments
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Originally created by @idleberg on GitHub (Jun 12, 2020).

Description of the new feature/enhancement

I'm well aware of existing feature requests to make URLs clickable (e.g. #574). However, there are many terminal emulators that also support hyperlinks on arbitary text.

Example:

printf '\e]8;;http://example.com\e\\This is a link\e]8;;\e\\\n'

Screenshot from iTerm2:

Screenshot 2020-06-12 at 23 18 59

This feature is especially popular in the NodeJS world, as you can tell from terminal-link close to 3 million weekly downloads.

Originally created by @idleberg on GitHub (Jun 12, 2020). # Description of the new feature/enhancement I'm well aware of existing feature requests to make URLs clickable (e.g. #574). However, there are [many terminal emulators](https://gist.github.com/egmontkob/eb114294efbcd5adb1944c9f3cb5feda) that also support hyperlinks on arbitary text. **Example:** ```sh printf '\e]8;;http://example.com\e\\This is a link\e]8;;\e\\\n' ``` Screenshot from iTerm2: ![Screenshot 2020-06-12 at 23 18 59](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1504938/84547114-1e1dd480-ad03-11ea-906d-25162d799b90.png) This feature is especially popular in the NodeJS world, as you can tell from [`terminal-link`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/terminal-link) close to 3 million weekly downloads.
claunia added the Issue-FeatureResolution-Duplicate labels 2026-01-31 01:43:27 +00:00
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@DHowett commented on GitHub (Jun 12, 2020):

Thanks for the request! This is tracked in /dup #204

@DHowett commented on GitHub (Jun 12, 2020): Thanks for the request! This is tracked in /dup #204
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@ghost commented on GitHub (Jun 12, 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 (Jun 12, 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#9002