Anki can process links to web pages and open them in a default browser. But can it reveal/open a file on my computer in a default app for me?
If you prepend the absolute path (ie. starting with /
) of that file with file://
and put that in a link, it should open that file when you click on a link, where open is very system dependent: maybe on your mac it will open it with a default application you have previously set.
Thanks for your reply.
<p><a href="file:///Users/eugen/Study">Study</a></p>
<p><a href="file:///Users/eugen/package-lock.json">package-lock</a></p>
<p><a href="file:///Users/eugen/stopwatch.mp4">stopwatch</a></p>
Unfortunately, these links don’t work at all. Nothing happens when I click them. But they do work in Chrome. Chrome lets me navigate through the filesystem.
After searching a bit I found this question / answer which explains why it’s impossible to do what you are asking for. TL;DR it’s a security issue.
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@BlackBeans Thanks.