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Is it possible to open a LinkLabel in the default computers web browser?

d219
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acctman
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    well it's the default behavior once you have set a proper valid url. What kind of problem are you having and how does your code look like so far? – Davide Piras Aug 22 '11 at 22:18
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    I was looking in the Properties for something that would start it. Originally I tried just setting a url address to the .Text property and of course that didn't work. – acctman Aug 22 '11 at 22:32
  • i don't understand the existence of this control, probably because i do don understand how to use it – beppe9000 Jan 26 '16 at 19:28

4 Answers4

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yes - you can use System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(url) in the "link clicked" event.

Cheeso
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I always use them like this. This way you will get the default browser to open the URL.

ProcessStartInfo sInfo = new ProcessStartInfo("http://www.google.com");
Process.Start(sInfo);
Tys
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Here's a solution inspired by MSDN that works without hardcoding the URL into your code:

private void linkLabel1_LinkClicked(object sender, LinkLabelLinkClickedEventArgs e)
{
    string url;
    if (e.Link.LinkData != null)
        url = e.Link.LinkData.ToString();
    else
        url = linkLabel1.Text.Substring(e.Link.Start, e.Link.Length);

    if (!url.Contains("://"))
        url = "https://" + url;

    var si = new ProcessStartInfo(url);
    Process.Start(si);
    linkLabel1.LinkVisited = true;
}

You can then easily use LinkArea to have un-hyperlinked text around the link.

eug
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Try this solution it is better:

private void linkLabel1_LinkClicked(object sender, LinkLabelLinkClickedEventArgs e)
{
    System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(((LinkLabel)sender).Text);
}
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