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There is already a nice option to search for a selected text in Google.
A natural addition would be to go directly to the address in selection.
The selection does not need to be parsed for http:// and the like, because quite often URL might be given as www.site.com or even site.org, but a browser still could open that page.

Already possible.
Just add similar text to your main INI file under [Lister] section. You can also define many browsers, e.g.

This line did precisely what was requested.
Thanks, Gral.

21.08.24 Added: Lister: Right click on URL starting with http://, https://, www. or alphanumeric text with at least one dot before the end selects it and shows context menu item 'Open in default browser' (32/64)

Thanks.
This implementationI could be enhanced, so that the menu item 'Open in default browser' would also be present for a selection: use selection if there is no link at the cursor, or the cursor is at the selection (a link or a part of the link was selected explicitly).
Selected text should not be parsed - this would help if text was not recognized as a URL.
An additional possibility, seletion could be a file path/name to be opened in a browser.

The most common operation with selections is 'Copy', so ''Open in default browser' item should be always at the bottom to prevent the item from jumping around the menu.

This implementationI could be enhanced, so that the menu item 'Open in default browser' would also be present for a selection

It already is when you select an URL manually.

Selected text should not be parsed

Why not? You would only get an error otherwise.

this would help if text was not recognized as a URL

Please report any such cases.

ghisler(Author) wrote: 2024-10-13, 07:37 UTC

This implementationI could be enhanced, so that the menu item 'Open in default browser' would also be present for a selection

It already is when you select an URL manually.

It is not if selection was not "a URL" by your definition.
Besides, there are other URL schemes, not only hypertext.

ghisler(Author) wrote: 2024-10-13, 07:37 UTC

Selected text should not be parsed

Why not? You would only get an error otherwise.

No big deal.
For example, a program needs a file name in command line, but got a directory path - simply correct your actions and choose a file.
Same here, user should think at least when selecting text.

ghisler(Author) wrote: 2024-10-13, 07:37 UTC

this would help if text was not recognized as a URL

Please report any such cases.

As said above, file names can be without dots and usually cannot contain URL schemes.
Also examples would be: localhost for local site, of a line "thisserver 10.0.0.10" in hosts file, or DNS suffix in network configuration.

It all boils down to the initial feature request - use selection, otherwise trying to parse text for a link would be a nice addition.

You could define your own custom menu item, e.g.
Contextmenu2=Open in Chrome|"chrome.exe" %s

ghisler(Author) wrote: 2024-10-14, 15:22 UTC You could define your own custom menu item

So I did 7 years ago - following Gral's advice; and still keep it for 11.50.

TC does not validate URL syntax or link destination, so user's decisions may take precedence over automatic ones.
Otherwise, the action would still be done with slightly more efforts, be it a custom menu or mere copy & paste.