javascript - How to open a link in chrome browser, even though the default computer browser is 'Safari'?

Question

I've built a chrome packaged app, and I'm trying to make one of the buttons in it open the chrome browser in a specific link.

For this, I used window.open("http://myLink.com"), which works, but unfortunately it opens the default browser rather than chrome. Is there a way around this?

Answer 1

This only happens from inside the app window.

If you call window.open from the background page, it will open in Chrome.

So, send it to your background page:

// app window
function openInChrome(url) {
  chrome.runtime.sendMessage({action: "openURL", url: url});
}

// background
chrome.runtime.onMessage.addListener(function(message, sender, sendResponse) {
  if(message.action == "openURL") window.open(message.url);
});