open links in browser

website/src/lib/engine/backend/tauri.ts

@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ export async function createTauriBackend(): Promise<Backend> {
             exportFiles: (fileIds, options) =>
                 invoke<boolean>('export_files', { fileIds, options }),
             listFolder: (path) => invoke<FolderEntry[]>('list_folder', { path }),
+            openUrl: (url) => invoke('open_url', { url }),
             listen: async (onEngineChanged, onWorkspaceChanged, onFilesOpened, onFolderChanged) => {
                 await listen<Outcome>('files-opened', (event) => onFilesOpened(event.payload));
                 await listen<Outcome>('engine-changed', (event) => onEngineChanged(event.payload));

website/src/lib/engine/backend/types.ts

@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ export interface DesktopFiles {
     exportFiles(fileIds: string[], options: ExportOptions): Promise<boolean>;
     /** The folders and GPX files in a folder of the open folder (the open folder by default). */
     listFolder(path?: string): Promise<FolderEntry[]>;
+    /** Opens a web page (or an email to write) in the app of the system for it. */
+    openUrl(url: string): Promise<void>;
     /**
      * Tells when the engine changed without being asked, because the files on the disk did (the
      * outcome to apply), when the status of the files changed, when files were opened with the

website/src/lib/engine/engine.ts

@@ -617,6 +617,16 @@ class Engine {
         await this.enqueue(async () => this.refreshWorkspace(this.backend!));
     }
 
+    /** Opens a web page in the browser of the system (the desktop app). */
+    async openUrl(url: string) {
+        await this.ready;
+        try {
+            await this.backend!.desktop?.openUrl(url);
+        } catch (error) {
+            console.error('The page could not be opened', error);
+        }
+    }
+
     /** The folders and GPX files in a folder of the open folder (the open folder by default). */
     async listFolder(path?: string): Promise<FolderEntry[]> {
         await this.ready;