Launch URL with Any Browser

[TestMeister]

• Chrome is my default browser so when I save a URL to a file folder, it creates a Chrome shortcut
• I frequently am working among multiple web sites and to keep things organized, use multiple browsers.
• I often save URLs in a file folder associated with the project I am working on
• I would like to be able to open a URL with Chrome, Edge or Firefox

The "Send to" doesn't work as it tries to send the entire shortcut to the browser which is what Windows File Explorer does.
Is there a way to format a URL, perhaps in a text file, so XY will process it?[/list]

Alternatively, can the "Open With" "Custom File Associations" be configured to show multiple browsers?

[highend]

Create a script that reads the url file (it's nothing more than an .ini) and then uses popupmenu() to show a list of your browsers to open the url and put that in your CFA list. The same would work for the "Open With" part of the CFA list...

[TestMeister]

Thanks for the tip but my skill at scripts is very weak.
However, it looks like the XY Custom File Associations almost does it as the browsers are now listed in the "Open with" dialogue.
It works for Firefox, but oddly, defining Chrome and Edge the same way, it sends the shortcut not the URL.
However, all three are properly parsed with the Windows File Explorer

[highend]

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    $url = getkey("URL", "InternetShortcut", <curitem>);
    end (!$url), "No URL found in:" . <crlf 2> . quote(<curitem>);

    $browsers = <<<>>>
Vivaldi|D:\Tools\Vivaldi_x64\Vivaldi [Portable].exe|D:\Tools\Vivaldi_x64\Vivaldi [Portable].exe
Opera|D:\Tools\Opera\Opera [Portable].exe|D:\Tools\Opera\Opera [Portable].exe
    >>>;

    $browser = popupmenu($browsers, 6:=<crlf>, 7:="|");
    if ($browser) {
        run lax("$browser" $url);
    }

[TestMeister]

Thanks, very kind of you!

I expect this won't work from a toolbar button, where do I define this?

[highend]

It works everywhere (button, catalog, ...).

Use it as a CFA^^

"Open url file" url>::load "Launch url with any browser.xys";

[TestMeister]

So in XY, navigate to the file, select it and hit the button, right?

[highend]

Just double click it?

[TestMeister]

Is there any way to have it appear in the mouse context menu the way the Open with works??

[highend]

|"Open url file" url>::load "Launch url with any browser.xys";