Open web-url from Script UI in default browser

Question

Hello I have created a dialog for the Photoshop script and in this dialog there is a static text that is the url of some web page. Here I have used Adobe forum url as an example. Is it possible to make it clickable and open that url in the web browser. I am aware that if this is the plugin, this is psosible. But I am using Script UI to create thsi dialog, so is it possible to make clickable link in Photoshop? Here is the codefunction showDialog() {
    var obj = {};
    var dlg = new Window("dialog", "Sample");

row = dlg.add('group', undefined, '');
    row.add('statictext', undefined, "Path: ");
    var pathInput = row.add('edittext', undefined, "");
    pathInput.enabled = false;
    pathInput.preferredSize = [350, 22];

//Icon button
    var selectButton = row.add('button', undefined, 'Select', {
        name: 'Select'
    });

selectButton.onClick = function () {
            var folderPath = Folder.selectDialog("Select a folder to save the files");
        if (folderPath) {
            pathInput.text = decodeURI(folderPath.fsName);
            goButton.enabled = true;
        }
    };

var checkBoxGroup;
    checkBoxGroup = dlg.add('group', undefined, '');
    checkBoxGroup.alignment = "left";
    checkBoxGroup.orientation = 'column';
    checkBoxGroup.alignChildren = "left";
    checkBoxGroup.margins.left = 25;

var buttonGroup = dlg.add('group', undefined, '');
    buttonGroup.alignment = 'right';
    var cancelButton = buttonGroup.add('button', undefined, 'Cancel', {
        name: 'Cancel'
    });

cancelButton.onClick = function () {
        dlg.close();
    };

var goButton = buttonGroup.add('button', undefined, 'Go', {
        name: 'Go'
    });

goButton.onClick = function () {
        // Some other tasks 
        dlg.close();
    }
    if (pathInput.text == '') {
        goButton.enabled = false;
    }

info = dlg.add('group', undefined, '');
    info.alignChildren = 'left'
    var version = info.add('statictext', undefined, "Version: 1.1 ");
    version.preferredSize = [350, 15];

var website = info.add('statictext', undefined, "https://community.adobe.com/");
    website.preferredSize = [200, 15];

dlg.show();

}

showDialog(); Also, attached image to give clear explanantion. Please let me know whether is it possible to do using Script UI in photoshop or not? If yes, Please share any references.Thanks in advance

JJMack · Accepted Answer

A Script UI button on click function can do something to open a url in the user's default browse just through a html file over the wall to the user's OS. The file should be associated with the user's default browser. That is what my Script dialog Help buttons do.

function help() {
	try{
		var URL = new File(Folder.temp + "/PhotoCollageToolkit.html");
		URL.open("w");
		URL.writeln('<html><HEAD><meta HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" content="0; url=http://www.mouseprints.net/old/dpr/PhotoCollageToolkit.html"></HEAD></HTML>');
		URL.close();
		URL.execute();
	}catch(e){
		alert("Error, Can Not Open.");
	};
}

jazz-y · Answer

using .addEventListener ('click', ...), we can do click processing for statictext. If add an underline and color the text, then we get something that looks like a link. Link processing can most likely be done by calling an external script

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