I'd like to have my Eclipse plugin cause a URL to be opened by the users' default browser. This seems like pretty standard behavior, but I haven't been able to find any docs on how to do this.
Can anyone help?
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A:
Do you mean launch an external windows (IE, FireFox, ...) outside eclipse, or opening an internal "Browser" composite ?
Because on the internal side, the org.eclipse.help.ui.internal.browser.embedded.EmbeddedBrowser seems to be able to define any kind of major browser.
To open the default user's browser (as an internal or external window) is a preference defined in General/Web browser.
VonC
2008-11-18 19:27:00
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A:
Use Program.launch(String) from the SWT API.
(Alternatively, Java 6 introduced the Desktop class.)
McDowell
2008-11-18 19:33:52
That's what we're looking for :) Thanks
bruno conde
2008-11-18 19:39:30
Good suggestion. +1
VonC
2008-11-18 20:39:30
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A:
You are looking for:
final IWebBrowser browser = PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getBrowserSupport().createBrowser( ... );
browser.openURL(url);
John Stoneham
2008-11-18 21:06:34
This is the correct answer for an Eclipse workbench. IWorkbenchBrowserSupport doc: http://help.eclipse.org/stable/nftopic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/api/org/eclipse/ui/browser/IWorkbenchBrowserSupport.html
McDowell
2009-05-13 12:27:09
A:
If you want it in an external browser, you don't need to create one. This is the way:
PlatformUI.getWorkbench().getBrowserSupport().getExternalBrowser().openURL(new URL("http://www.example.com/"));
zvikico
2008-11-19 08:29:27