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portal 2026-07-16
I have a string values that are valid hyperlinks. In inspector viewer, is there a way to click on the link to open it in default browser?
I know i can run (browse v) on a value, but is there a no-fuss way to invoke?
I’m assuming the lowest friction is:
1. register a browse fn in the portal helper fns, with an optional hotkey .
2. create a calva repl command that uses the var symbol for selected portal value, which could have it’s own hotkey (I’m on vscode Calva)
In the calva repl output i can cmd-click on links
(but those values are often truncated)
One thing I’m running into is that when I use and inspector viewer, nested values default to the pprint viewer. Is there a way to enforce the inspector view as i drill down?
Portal will check if a string is a url string, https://github.com/djblue/portal/blob/master/src/portal/ui/inspector.cljs#L823-L824 and make it a link. Is this not working for you?
that helper is just sugar for clear, then tap with inspector viewer
Does cmd+click do anything?
No, it just works like a normal click.
Ohh, it looks like I'm also running into the same issue: Blocked opening '. I'll see about improving opening links from the vscode extension. Would you expect the link to open in your default browser?
Yes. Like (browse) in clj. I could use custom commands if i need different behavior.