chore: handle opening docs and community via external shell

Author: haritabh-z01

apps/desktop/src/components/nav-secondary.tsx

@@ -34,7 +34,13 @@ export function NavSecondary({
             <SidebarMenuItem key={item.title}>
               <SidebarMenuButton
                 isActive={currentView === item.title}
-                onClick={() => onNavigate?.(item)}
+                onClick={async () => {
+                  if (item.external && item.url) {
+                    await window.electronAPI.openExternal(item.url);
+                  } else {
+                    onNavigate?.(item);
+                  }
+                }}
               >
                 <item.icon />
                 <span>{item.title}</span>

apps/desktop/src/main/core/event-handlers.ts

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { HelperEvent } from "@amical/types";
 import { AppManager } from "./app-manager";
 import { logger } from "../logger";
+import { ipcMain, shell } from "electron";
 
 export class EventHandlers {
   private appManager: AppManager;
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ export class EventHandlers {
 
   setupEventHandlers(): void {
     this.setupSwiftBridgeEventHandlers();
+    this.setupGeneralIPCHandlers();
     // Note: Audio IPC handlers are now managed by RecordingService
   }
 
@@ -43,4 +45,12 @@ export class EventHandlers {
       logger.main.warn("Swift bridge not available for event handlers");
     }
   }
+
+  private setupGeneralIPCHandlers(): void {
+    // Handle opening external links
+    ipcMain.handle("open-external", async (event, url: string) => {
+      await shell.openExternal(url);
+      logger.main.debug("Opening external URL", { url });
+    });
+  }
 }

apps/desktop/src/main/preload.ts

@@ -130,6 +130,9 @@ const api: ElectronAPI = {
         ipcRenderer.invoke("log-message", "debug", name, ...args),
     }),
   },
+
+  // External link handling
+  openExternal: (url: string) => ipcRenderer.invoke("open-external", url),
 };
 
 contextBridge.exposeInMainWorld("electronAPI", api);

apps/desktop/src/types/electron-api.ts

@@ -65,4 +65,7 @@ export interface ElectronAPI {
       debug: (...args: any[]) => void;
     };
   };
+
+  // External link handling
+  openExternal: (url: string) => Promise<void>;
 }