<html> <head> <base href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/"> </head> <body> <div> <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - URL to folder / directory no longer working in LO 6.2.4.2 for Mac" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125607#c3">Comment # 3</a> on <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_NEW " title="NEW - URL to folder / directory no longer working in LO 6.2.4.2 for Mac" href="https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=125607">bug 125607</a> from <a class="email" href="mailto:sbergman@redhat.com" title="Stephan Bergmann <sbergman@redhat.com>"> Stephan Bergmann</a> <pre>That commit is part of a security fix, to prevent that clicking on hyperlinks executes arbitrary applications, which may surprise the user (who assumes that clicking on a hyperlink will open the browser, and as such not execute unexpected code on their machine). On macOS, applications are stored as directories (of a certain structure) in the file system, which is why this commit blocks opening directories (including those not representing applications, as something one could consider as "collateral damage"). As I wrote on our closed security list, "I don't think we are taking away reasonable functionality when also blocking any other sort of non-regular file". Thomas, what is your use case of having hyperlinks to folders in documents? One detail that was caused by this being a security fix is that the "is not an absolute URL" error message is wrong. I can probably fix that part, even if overall I would prefer to close this bug as WONTFIX.</pre> </div> <hr> You are receiving this mail because: <ul> <li>You are the assignee for the bug.</li> </ul> </body> </html>