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What & why

Clicking a URL in a Page navigated its iframe to the destination. Sites that reject embedding left the Page pane blank. Forward supported link clicks to the desktop so they open through the existing terminal URL actions while the Page remains loaded.

Workspace Pages honor configured URL actions and modifier shortcuts, with a browser-pane fallback for plain clicks when the terminal plain-click action is unset. Standalone Pages open links externally. In-page anchors, downloads, and comment selection retain their existing handling. The frame bridge is opt-in and checks the message source and origin.

Requires both the desktop change and the updated usercontent runtime. The runtime has a five-minute browser cache.

How I tested it

• Reproduced before and after in this worktree's real Electron app over CDP, using a local copy of the reported page and real mouse input.
• Before: plain-clicking a LinkedIn profile link replaced the Page iframe with LinkedIn's auth wall and blanked the pane; no browser pane opened.
• After: the same link and click coordinates opened a separate browser pane. The original Page retained its URL, title, scroll position (630), and 133 links. No renderer console errors occurred during the click.
• Also checked Command-click, in-page anchor navigation, comment selection, and closing/reopening the Page. Before/after screenshots captured locally; they contain private workspace content.
• Targeted runtime and zoom regression tests: 30 passed. Added cases for bare/empty/whitespace/absolute anchors, SVG links, document base URLs, query/path changes, malformed URLs, cancelled events, and right clicks.
• Follow-up CDP verification with a local fixture in the real Page pane: before the fix, href="#" opened a duplicate browser pane; afterward, it returned scrollY from 1492.5 to 0 with no link message. Empty href stayed in-frame; an SVG text link forwarded exactly https://example.com/svg. Screenshots captured locally.
• Follow-up shared typecheck and changed-file lint: passed.
• Shared, UI, and desktop typechecks: passed.
• Repository-wide lint: passed.
• Repository-wide typecheck: passed (42 tasks).
• Full bun run test: failed in the desktop suite, including unchanged git task handlers and external worktree import tests receiving empty git command output. Rerunning git-task-handlers.test.ts in isolation passed all 12 tests. The targeted page regression tests pass.

Checklist

• PR title follows conventional commits (type(scope): subject)
• bun run lint and bun run typecheck pass (CI fails on lint warnings too)
• "Allow edits from maintainers" is checked on fork PRs (not applicable: same-repository branch)

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features

  • Added link handling in page views, including regular, middle-click, and modifier-key interactions.
  • Links can open externally, navigate within the workspace, or follow configured link actions.
  • Added support for email and telephone links.
  • Improved handling for downloads, in-page anchors, relative links, and links used while commenting.

• Bug Fixes

  • Prevented unsupported, malformed, cancelled, or invalid links from triggering unintended navigation.

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The change adds iframe link forwarding, typed link messages, UI callback handling, and desktop URL policy actions. Tests cover supported protocols, modifier clicks, comment mode, downloads, relative URLs, and edge cases.

Changes

Page link handling

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Runtime link forwarding packages/shared/src/page-comments-runtime.ts, packages/shared/src/page-comments-runtime.test.ts	The runtime defines link message types, forwards eligible links after host opt-in, preserves modifier keys, and excludes unsupported or in-page links. Tests cover protocol, event, anchor, and URL-resolution behavior.
UI link message bridge packages/ui/src/components/PageComments/components/PageCommentsView/PageCommentsView.tsx	PageCommentsView accepts an onLinkClick callback, enables runtime link handling when provided, validates supported URL schemes, and invokes the current callback.
Desktop link actions apps/desktop/src/renderer/routes/_authenticated/_dashboard/components/PageViewer/PageViewer.tsx, apps/desktop/src/renderer/routes/_authenticated/_dashboard/v2-workspace/$workspaceId/hooks/usePaneRegistry/components/PagePane/PagePane.tsx, apps/desktop/src/renderer/routes/_authenticated/_dashboard/v2-workspace/$workspaceId/hooks/usePaneRegistry/usePaneRegistry.tsx	PageViewer provides a default external URL callback. PagePane receives the renderer store and applies URL policy actions, external handling, or pane navigation. The page pane registry passes the store to PagePane.

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Sequence Diagram(s)

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  participant PageCommentsRuntime
  participant PageCommentsView
  participant PagePane
  participant electronTrpcClient
  PageCommentsRuntime->>PageCommentsView: send link-click with URL and modifiers
  PageCommentsView->>PagePane: invoke onLinkClick
  PagePane->>PagePane: apply URL policy or pane navigation
  PagePane->>electronTrpcClient: open mailto or tel URL externally

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In `@packages/shared/src/page-comments-runtime.ts`:
- Line 248: Update the anchor click handling around the existing local-anchor
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