[bug]: Opening a hyperlink in the built in terminal opens in a webview popup instead of my default browser

[sargunv]

Bug Description

Hyperlinks in terminal emulators

Some tools output hyperlinks, for example my zsh prompt links to the PR associated with my branch, or yarn links to docs on error codes, or oxlint links to docs on lint errors.

When I click such a link, I expect it to open in my default browser. Instead, it opens in a popup window in Emdash. If the page requires login (the PR case), then of course it's not accessible (without logging in this additional browser).

Steps to Reproduce

Run this in the Emdash terminal to output a clickable hyperlink:

printf '\e]8;;https://example.com\e\\Click here\e]8;;\e\\\n'

Then click "Click here" in the terminal output.

Actual vs Expected Behavior

Actual behavior: The link opens in an Emdash webview popup window.

Expected behavior: The link opens in the system default browser (e.g. Safari, Chrome, Firefox), matching the behavior of other terminal apps like Ghostty, VSCode, Zed, Conductor, Codex, etc.

emdash Version

0.4.19

Operating System

macOS 26.1 build 25B78

Additional Context

No response

[arnestrickmann]

Good catch @sargunv