Community-edition: Clicking on links opens a blank chrome browser tab

[origal]

Steps to reproduce

1. Click a link on a message. (Tested on WhatsApp and Slack)

Expected behavior

Link should open in existing browser window

Actual behavior

New blank tab is opened regardless of link URL

ENVIRONMENT

Rambox: v0.5.13

OS: macOS High Sierra version 10.13.2

Arch: x64

[szada92]

Hi!

I had the same problem, it's a OS X related bug.

See the solution here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8151536
Basically you just have to re-set the default browser.

[origal]

Thanks @szada92 ! It works.

[dmeza]

For anyone still looking. It is a Chromium issue with updates not being applied yet. The solution seems to be coming with Chromium 65 in beta right now. The thread of the issue:
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=777863#c18

[vk-sourcefuse]

I'm seeing this with Slack on Chrome 67.0.3396.87 (Official Build) (64-bit)

[vk-sourcefuse]

This simple solution worked for in https://askubuntu.com/questions/820900/slack-fails-to-open-links-in-ubuntu-14-04

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