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--- action:Open_a_URL [2016/09/12 05:45] – peternlewis
+++ action:Open_a_URL [2019/07/01 08:08] (current) – peternlewis
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+====== Open a URL ======
 The Open a URL action allows you to open a specified URL with a selected application.
+===== How to Use =====
 Enter the full URL in the //Open URL// text area.
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 Select the application to open the URL from the //with// pop-up.
-The action allows you to control what text processing happens in the gear menu (7.2+) :
+:!:  Keep in mind that the URL **must** be properly formatted.  It cannot contain spaces or other invalid characters (the [Percent Encode for URL](/action/Filter) filter may be useful for this purpose).
+{{ open-url.png?nolink&575x112 | Open URL Action }}
+===== Action Options =====
+The action (gear) ⚙ menu provides options to control the action.
+{{ open-url-gear-menu.png?nolink&252x537 | Open URL Gear Menu }}
+You can(v7.3+) control the text processing is applied in the URL block before it is send to the application :
 * Process Text Normally (process text tokens and backslash characters)
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 * Process Nothing (process neither text tokens nor backslash characters)
-Most other [Text Fields](https://wiki.keyboardmaestro.com/Text_Fields) in Keyboard Maestro process both text tokens and (except for regular expression fields) backslash characters.
+You can also (v9.0+) whether the URL is opened in the background or the browser application is brought to the front.
+If the action fails (because the URL is invalid), you will be notified but the macro will continue on.  You can adjust these in the gear menu.
 ===== See Also =====
-==== Documentation ====
+==== Actions ====
 * [[action:Open a File Folder or Application|action:Open a File Folder or Application]]