Backends: SDL2, SDL3: Using SDL_OpenURL() in platform_io.Platform_OpenInShellFn handler. (#7660)

backends/imgui_impl_sdl2.cpp

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 
 // CHANGELOG
 // (minor and older changes stripped away, please see git history for details)
+//  2025-02-10: Using SDL_OpenURL() in platform_io.Platform_OpenInShellFn handler.
 //  2025-01-20: Made ImGui_ImplSDL2_SetGamepadMode(ImGui_ImplSDL2_GamepadMode_Manual) accept an empty array.
 //  2024-10-24: Emscripten: from SDL 2.30.9, SDL_EVENT_MOUSE_WHEEL event doesn't require dividing by 100.0f.
 //  2024-09-09: use SDL_Vulkan_GetDrawableSize() when available. (#7967, #3190)
@@ -480,6 +481,8 @@ static bool ImGui_ImplSDL2_Init(SDL_Window* window, SDL_Renderer* renderer, void
     platform_io.Platform_SetImeDataFn = ImGui_ImplSDL2_PlatformSetImeData;
 #ifdef __EMSCRIPTEN__
     platform_io.Platform_OpenInShellFn = [](ImGuiContext*, const char* url) { ImGui_ImplSDL2_EmscriptenOpenURL(url); return true; };
+#else
+    platform_io.Platform_OpenInShellFn = [](ImGuiContext*, const char* url) { return SDL_OpenURL(url) == 0; };
 #endif
 
     // Gamepad handling

backends/imgui_impl_sdl3.cpp

@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 
 // CHANGELOG
 // (minor and older changes stripped away, please see git history for details)
+//  2025-02-10: Using SDL_OpenURL() in platform_io.Platform_OpenInShellFn handler.
 //  2025-01-20: Made ImGui_ImplSDL3_SetGamepadMode(ImGui_ImplSDL3_GamepadMode_Manual) accept an empty array.
 //  2024-10-24: Emscripten: SDL_EVENT_MOUSE_WHEEL event doesn't require dividing by 100.0f on Emscripten.
 //  2024-09-03: Update for SDL3 api changes: SDL_GetGamepads() memory ownership revert. (#7918, #7898, #7807)
@@ -464,6 +465,7 @@ static bool ImGui_ImplSDL3_Init(SDL_Window* window, SDL_Renderer* renderer, void
     platform_io.Platform_SetClipboardTextFn = ImGui_ImplSDL3_SetClipboardText;
     platform_io.Platform_GetClipboardTextFn = ImGui_ImplSDL3_GetClipboardText;
     platform_io.Platform_SetImeDataFn = ImGui_ImplSDL3_PlatformSetImeData;
+    platform_io.Platform_OpenInShellFn = [](ImGuiContext*, const char* url) { return SDL_OpenURL(url) == 0; };
 
     // Gamepad handling
     bd->GamepadMode = ImGui_ImplSDL3_GamepadMode_AutoFirst;

docs/CHANGELOG.txt

@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ Other changes:
   handle UTF-8 regardless of system regional settings. (#7660) [@achabense]
 - Demo: Combos: demonstrate a very simple way to add a filter to a combo,
   by showing the filter inside the combo contents. (#718)
+- Backends: SDL2, SDL3:  Using SDL_OpenURL() in platform_io.Platform_OpenInShellFn
+  handler. (#7660) [@achabense]
 - Backends: Metal: Fixed a crash on application resources. (#8367, #7419) [@anszom]
 - Backends: WebGPU: Fix for DAWN API rename WGPUProgrammableStageDescriptor -> WGPUComputeState.
   [@PhantomCloak] (#8369)