Links open in the SHIPIT browser
A link from a terminal, chat or an agent's reply opens in a Browser pane next to your work. It is on from the start and turns off with one switch.
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01Click a link
In a terminal pane hold
⌘and click the address. In chat and in agent replies a plain click is enough.The page opens in a Browser pane. A local server, for example
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02Where the pane appears
SHIPIT opens the Code tab with the workspace that is on screen. If it already has a Browser pane, the page opens there. If not, a new pane appears to the right of the one you were using.
When no workspace is selected, SHIPIT makes a separate workspace in your home folder.
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03One pane for all links
Later links open in the same pane, so panes do not pile up. If the workspace has several browsers, SHIPIT uses the one you are in, otherwise the first.
The Back arrow returns the page you had before the link.
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04Sign-in, payments and downloads
Google, Apple and Microsoft sign-in pages and Stripe checkout always open in your default browser. Google does not allow sign-in inside an embedded browser, and your saved cards and keys live there.
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.dmg,.pkg,.zipand similar downloads go there too: the Browser pane does not download files. -
05Mail and other apps
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mailto:link opens your mail app, as before.A link that leads to another app, for example
ssh:orsmb:, first shows an Open this link in another app? window. Click Open only when you trust the link. -
06How to turn it off
Open Settings → General and turn off Open links in the SHIPIT browser. From then on every link goes to your default browser.
You can turn it back on in the same place at any time.
Tips
- Keep the browser next to the agent that builds a site: a link from its reply opens in that same pane.
- For the pane itself, the address field and its buttons, see the browser pane guide.
Questions
Why did the Google sign-in page open outside SHIPIT?
That is on purpose. Google does not allow sign-in inside an embedded browser, so sign-in and payments always go to your own browser.
I turned off the Code tab. Where do links go?
To your default browser. The Browser pane lives in the Code tab, so without it SHIPIT hands links to macOS.
Next
- The browser paneA browser pane shows a page next to the agent and the terminal. Handy for looking at a site you have just built.
- Markdown files open in SHIPITA double-click on a .md file in Finder opens it in SHIPIT, in a pane next to your work. Here is how to turn it on, what you will see and how to undo it.
- Levels and tabs: Beginner, Intermediate, ProThe level decides how much SHIPIT shows at once. Nothing is locked: the level and the tabs change any time.