Issue with Webviews on floating menus: external links do not redirect to the browser

Bugs or Unexpected Behavior
1

Describe the bug

Hi,

I have had a long-standing bug for Webviews on Floating Menus, where nothing happens when an external link is clicked, I am not redirected to the browser, I have tried changing the default browser several times but nothing happens.

Best regards,

Affected : Custom Floating Menus & WebView

Screenshots

Device information:

  • Type of Mac: MacBook Air M2
  • macOS version: MacOS Sonoma 14.5 (23F79)
  • BetterTouchTool version: 4.530 (45290)
2

I'll need to provide the external URL configuration to the floating menu webviews. For now you can paste this user script:

let openFunc = async (url) => {
    //make use of BTT's Open URL action:
    let actionDefinition = {
      "BTTOpenURLBrowser" : "Default",
      "BTTPredefinedActionType" : 59,
      "BTTOpenURL" : url,
    }

    let result = await trigger_action({json: JSON.stringify(actionDefinition), wait_for_reply: false});

}


window.open = openFunc;

// overriding like this will open any a href link in the external browser. You could modify this to only apply to external links, e.g. by checking whether it starts with http before passing to openFunc
document.onclick = function (e) {
  e = e ||  window.event;
  let element = e.target || e.srcElement;

  if (element.tagName == 'A') {
    openFunc(element.href);
    return false; // prevent default action and stop event propagation
  }
};
3

Thank you for the solution, it works on Webview with ChatGPT or Google Gemini, but I also use a Webview with Perplexity.ai, on this one the script does not work on all external links.

4

4.540 alpha now let's you configure this (uploading now):

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5

Thank you for adding the feature. I just did the update, it works perfectly. How do we use the "Hide Floating Menu If System Browser Has Been Opened" option?

6

ah that should have been a checkbox. Fixed in 4.541 (uploading now)

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7

Thank you for the correction. I tried it just now. I checked the option, but when I click on a link in a WebView and get redirected to the browser, the floating menu doesn't hide. It stays in the foreground.

8

ah you are right, in some situations this didn't work. Should be fixed in 4.542 alpha! (uploading)

9

Thank you, it's working correctly now, perfect. I just noticed a small bug in some cases when trying to open links on WebViews with Google Gemini or Perplexity, nothing happens and the window closes.

Here is a video to show the problem :slight_smile:

10

is maybe the user script from earlier in the post still active?

11

No, I deleted the script as soon as you added the new function.