How to open webpages through imgui widgets ???

[svkvarun43]

Version/Branch of Dear ImGui:

Version: 1.88
Branch: master

My Issue/Question:

Hi, I am interested to know if we can add hyperlinks (url) to open up using Imgui

eg:

Press button widget -> open up a webpage (for example google)

Sorry that i cannot provide any information, but if there is an API to get this feature, please do share

[ocornut]

Opening a webpage or external applications is out of the scope of Dear ImGui.

If I type "how to open a webpage in imgui" on google I stumble on this question:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/71712920/how-to-open-a-webpage-in-imgui

Which I have answered myself, and copying answer here:

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It's not really a dear imgui question, more about how to use your OS API to perform that.

Something like that would work:

void OsOpenInShell(const char* path)
{
#ifdef _WIN32
    // Note: executable path must use backslashes!
    ::ShellExecuteA(NULL, "open", path, NULL, NULL, SW_SHOWDEFAULT);
#else
#if __APPLE__
    const char* open_executable = "open";
#else
    const char* open_executable = "xdg-open";
#endif
    char command[256];
    snprintf(command, 256, "%s \"%s\"", open_executable, path);
    system(command);
#endif
}

[ocornut]

This was formalized today in a portable manner with the io.PlatformOpenInShellFn handler and new TextLinkOpenURL() widget, see #7660 (comment)